https://leafbear.com/tags/why/ Recent content in WHY on Leafbear Studio Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 April Yip · Leafbear Studio Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/tommy-the-angel-cat/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/tommy-the-angel-cat/ Watch on YouTube Tommy had left us a month ago and became an angel cat. We miss him a lot~I hope he’s doing well up there ~ T_T https://leafbear.com/blog/missing-tommy/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/missing-tommy/ Tommy the Tiger, our beloved cat, had left us for more than 10 days already… but we are still missing him a lot~ I hope he’s doing well in the Cats Heaven… https://leafbear.com/blog/asia-geographic-magazine/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/asia-geographic-magazine/ Finally received my copy of the No. 132 issue 4/2018 @asiangeographic magazine 😁 Happy to see my #pleinair #watercolor #painting of #pulauketam on the content page✨ https://leafbear.com/blog/sketch-your-desk/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/sketch-your-desk/ I received an email from #mymoleskine a few days ago, telling me that someone is following my work on their web site. I got curious and went to check it out; and was pleasantly surprised that an old drawing of mine that I submitted for the #sketchyourdesk challenge is now used as the feature image of the challenge! The drawing was done in 2014, more than 4 years ago, on my Moleskien Watercolor Sketchbook! Well, I’ve now moved to a new place, but I’m still using the same desk and the same iMac! It was a fun challenge, I might do another one if I could find some time this week :) https://leafbear.com/blog/website-update-2018/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/website-update-2018/ Yeah! I finally updated my website with the new portfolio page! I used the minimalist portfolio theme created by colormelon and followed the tutorial to set everything up. Love the new look of my site :) https://leafbear.com/blog/october-update/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/october-update/ It’s been awhile since my last update. Well, a lot had happened… and we finally moved to a new city/ place in early October. For the past few weeks, we have been busy unpacking/ settling down/ explore the neighborhood. https://leafbear.com/blog/june-update/ Sun, 24 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/june-update/ I joined an artfair with fellow USKSG members. I had a booth to sell some of my works for the first time. Valuable and fun experience! https://leafbear.com/blog/march-aceos/ Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/march-aceos/ A late update on my ACEO project – I managed to finish a total of 54 ACEOs in March! I was experimenting with different papers and different art materials. It was fun just to paint whatever I feel like whenever I feel like, but after doing that randomly for the past 3 months, I think I need to be a little more focus and working on some series instead of making a lot of individual pieces… and I need some time to think what I’d like to focus on…it’s hard to decide…… https://leafbear.com/blog/pameran-poskad-2015/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/pameran-poskad-2015/ Thanks to the encouragements of my friends, I’ve decided to join this year’s Pameran Poskad 2015, a postcard show that features works from artists around the world. This year, a total of 502 artists are included, and more than 5000 postcards are on the show and for sales! https://leafbear.com/blog/hk-2/ Sat, 05 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/hk-2/ I just came back from Hong Kong but I already want to go back again! :D Managed to do quite a few things, including visiting the Studio Ghibli layout designs exhibition (It was awesome!!). Also joined Sketch Hong Kong for a culture and heritage sketchwalk around Causeway Bay. I did more than 30 sketches during the trip, most were done while eating or waiting for food :) https://leafbear.com/blog/mushrooms/ Sat, 05 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mushrooms/ Hello! Anyone here? I’m still alive! Ya, I know, I’ve been ignoring this blog for too long that it has been growing mushrooms…. https://leafbear.com/blog/malaysia-trip/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/malaysia-trip/ Went to KL and Seremban for a short trip last month. We arrived at the Larkin bus terminal around 2:30pm on that day, and bought tickets for the 3pm bus to KL. However, the bus didn’t take off until almost 4:45pm!! It seems that there were too few people on the bus so they keep delaying while trying to get more people to get on the bus… They even pretend to count the number of people on the bus and took our tickets so that we cannot get off the bus or get refund! How ridiculous…. I drew the bus terminal building and the bus next to us while waiting… https://leafbear.com/blog/bookillustration/ Mon, 22 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bookillustration/ Earlier in June, I was busy working on 20+ illustrations for this book called《觀城記－－做個有情有義的香港人》, written by 天航 and published by {格子盒作室 | gezi workstation}. The book is now published and is available at the HK Book Fair; it should be available at book stores such as The Commercial Press after the book fair too. https://leafbear.com/blog/sketchwalkchaophraya/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/sketchwalkchaophraya/ The highlight of Feburary is my first ever oversea sketch trip with the UrbanSketchers Singapore members at Bangkok, Thailand. It was a 2-day event organized by the Bangkok sketchers as part of the community festival that celebrate a heredity area next to the Chao Phraya River. I am impressed by the hospitality and the organization of the BKK sketchers. I enjoyed the experience very much and would sure be back to BKK! https://leafbear.com/blog/little-blue-bird-and-the-magic-feather/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/little-blue-bird-and-the-magic-feather/ Little Blue Bird and The Magic Feather is a story about a little young bird who loves to sing, but is very shy and anxious to sing in front of others. The story is written for pre- school children of age 3 to 5. I wrote this last month as part of my course assignment.. https://leafbear.com/blog/pop-up-art-store/ Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/pop-up-art-store/ Joined the Urban Sketchers Singapore for a 2-day art event…The following original sketches were submitted for exhibition and is on sale at the Viridian Art House (opposite Liang Court, at the foothills of Fort Canning Park) from 15 – 16 Dec. https://leafbear.com/blog/hk-trip/ Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/hk-trip/ Haven’t updated for a while as I went back to HK for a short break. Did not bring the camera this time, just a small sketchbook and a pen. It was great to see family and friends again, but the trip was too short. https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-mothers-day/ Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-mothers-day/ A little drawing for my dear Mom, wish you happy and healthy everyday. I drew the bear with a hand-made twig pen on rice paper, and then add the background and words in photoshop. https://leafbear.com/blog/south-bridge-road/ Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/south-bridge-road/ Last weekend, I joined Master Chan Chang How and the USKSG group to sketch along South Bridge Road around Chinatown. Master Chan is one of the most excellent watercolor painters in Singapore, and it was a very valuable experience to sketch with him. He is a very warm and generous person, volunteer to organize a sketching session like this to share his knowledge in sketching and painting. It was really helpful to see him demonstrate how our sketches could be improved. A very inspiring session indeed. https://leafbear.com/blog/paper-by-fiftythree/ Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/paper-by-fiftythree/ The iPad app Paper by FiftyThree is my favorite sketching app. It is beautifully design, and is so fun to play with. I think Paper is the best app for quick sketches and doodles. I’ve been using it to draw, to sketch, to write down ideas and to-do list. https://leafbear.com/blog/seashells/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/seashells/ I was at Bintan, the Indonesia island that is just around an hour’s ferry ride from Singapore, with my family for a very relaxing holiday trip last month. While we were there, we picked a lot of seashells from the beach. I miss that place, so I did a drawing of some of the seashells we picked. https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-texture/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-texture/ I’ve been playing with watercolor texture recently. First, I painted some random watercolor my sketchbook, a Daler Rowney 4*6″ 100 g/m cream color one. Then I scanned the images in and adjusted them in Photoshop to create my own watercolor brushes. https://leafbear.com/blog/mushroom/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mushroom/ I’ve been very busy with all the visitors in town since Xmas, and haven’t got much time to update this blog. Can’t believe it’s Feb already! Now it’s time to clear all the mushrooms that have been growing here :) https://leafbear.com/blog/sake-bottle-set/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/sake-bottle-set/ Pottery is fun. I made this sake bottle set with the help of the instructor. I didn’t know that it could be so hard to make the tiny cups. I spend another hour painting them, and quite like how they turn out. https://leafbear.com/blog/resolutions2012/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/resolutions2012/ Hello world! 2012 is here already! Hows everyone doing? I’ve been quite busy with all the visitors in town the past few weeks and haven’t got much time to update this blog or to draw. Anyways, here’s a little doodle I did about resolutions with Pilot G-2 05 gel pens, wish you all a great 2012! This also starts my 6th years of blogging, how time flies. https://leafbear.com/blog/balestier-road/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/balestier-road/ Joined USKSG for a weekday sketchwalk at Balestier Road yesterday afternoon. It has been raining almost every afternoon this past week, and yesterday was no exception. It started raining once we stepped out of Loy Kee, the chicken rice restaurant. Once we arrived at our first location, the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, it started pouring. The Memorial Hall is now a museum, and I ended up spending more than an hour inside the museum before I started sketching. https://leafbear.com/blog/deepavali/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/deepavali/ “Deepavali, which literally means “row of lights,” is celebrated by Hindus across the world and is the most important festival in Hinduism. In Singapore, the Festival of Lights, as it’s endearingly called, falls on 26 October 2011 and is a public holiday.” – read more at the YourSingapore.com web site. https://leafbear.com/blog/urban-sketchers-singapore-bookexhibition/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/urban-sketchers-singapore-bookexhibition/ I was at The URA Centre this evening, for the book launch and the exhibition of Urban Sketchers Singapore. The exhibition features sketchbooks, sketches, photos, and videos of the fellow SG sketchers. I’ve also contributed a small sketchbook, 2 small sketches, and a collaborative drawing for the exhibition. If you are in SG, please drop by the URA center and check it out! The exhibition last until 24 Dec 2011. https://leafbear.com/blog/bookmaking-rainbow-book/ Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bookmaking-rainbow-book/ I made this little booklet with 10 sheets of colorful construction papers. Rainbow Book https://leafbear.com/blog/the-devil-and-miss-prym/ Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/the-devil-and-miss-prym/ Picked up this book at a secondhand book sales for only S$4 last month. Finished reading it not long ago, and one day after i finished this drawing, it somehow reminds me of Miss Prym, the character of the novel. https://leafbear.com/blog/simple-dinner/ Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/simple-dinner/ Drawing our dinner… simple dinner https://leafbear.com/blog/nando-and-vivocity/ Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/nando-and-vivocity/ Nando is famous for its peri-peri chicken. We were at their Bugis store a few times and quite like their food. This time, we tried the one at PlazaSingapura. For some reasons, the foods don’t seem to be as good. I also ordered a ‘refreshing mint’ drink, and it was SO sour – I can hardly taste the mint but lime juice. I guess we should just go back to Bugis next time. https://leafbear.com/blog/bukit-timah-plaza/ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bukit-timah-plaza/ Bukit Timah Plaza is a pretty old shopping complex, but you can find all kinds of stores there. My friend took me there for Laksa last time. This time, it already passed lunch time when I arrived, and all the laksa and prawn noodles were sold out. I ordered a cup of ‘hot tea’, which is actually milk tea, so that I can sit down and sketch. While sketching, I overheard the ladies in front saying that this place has very nice Nonya desserts too. https://leafbear.com/blog/piquenique/ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/piquenique/ We went to Orchard Road on Sunday and it was SO SO SO crowded. There was even a big crowd at the entrance of an underpass and people need to line up to get in! It’s that crazy! ! It was about dinner time when we were at Takashimaya, so we went to the food court to look for food. Needless to say, there were lineups everywhere and no free table at the food court at all. We decided to go somewhere for dinner, and we found this little cafe called PiqueNique on our way out. It has some interesting decorations – large tins of milk bottles were hanging on the walls. We were seated at the middle of a long table as this is the only available spot left, and there was a cute glass bottle on the table, with a paper tag in it. The letters ‘LTM’ were printed on the tag. I drew these sketches while waiting for my food – ‘big breakfast cheese burgers with fries’, which costs $12 before tax/service charge. https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-june-2011-summary/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-june-2011-summary/ I started this A Bear A Day project in June, hoping to brush up on my computer drawing skills. As Makoto Nagasawa said in his book 《線條速寫上達術》， “when you continue to draw, you can discover your own style after you’ve finished 30 or 50 drawings”, I am hoping to explore a new style. This past month, I mainly focused on using Photoshop – playing with different brushes and textures to make it more interesting. There are still a lot to learn and to try out, I think I shall continue the project in July and see how things go.. https://leafbear.com/blog/little-india-sketchwalk/ Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/little-india-sketchwalk/ Joined USK Singapore for the Little India sketchwalk. We arrived late, as usual; but this time we couldn’t see sketchers everywhere. We tried to find the group but I guess Little India is actually not that ‘little’, we had no idea where did everyone go. After wandering around for a while, I decided to stay at the Little India Arcade to sketch as it started raining. Only managed to do two sketches, one was the flower shops on the Campbell Lane, and the other was a corner shop at the Little India Arcade. There were so much to see there, and everything is so colorful – the houses, the shops, the street, the people. I should go back to sketch more later. Added the colors later at home, and scanned the sketches with my brand new scanner – yummy colors! https://leafbear.com/blog/pottery-class/ Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/pottery-class/ I had my first pottery class at Tanglin CC last week, it was fun! Tools for pottery class Tanglin CC https://leafbear.com/blog/starbucks-2/ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/starbucks-2/ Sketching at Starbucks yesterday, enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate with jazz musics and air conditioning. Starbucks https://leafbear.com/blog/dads-first-group-show/ Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/dads-first-group-show/ Dad’s having his first group show from 13-15 May 2011 at HK Central Library Exhibition Gallery 4-5. He has two paintings showing there. If you happen to be in HK, please drop by and say hi! I was making some name cards for him, as those provided by their association doesn’t include his personal email and portfolio web site. https://leafbear.com/blog/singapore-sketches/ Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/singapore-sketches/ joined the Singapore urban sketchers for a sketchwalk during my CNY trip in SG other SG sketches… https://leafbear.com/blog/wedding-band/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/wedding-band/ it was a crazy month in March… too many things are going on… https://leafbear.com/blog/sketchbooks/ Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/sketchbooks/ I have quite a number of sketchbooks and journals, each have a ‘specific’ function… but sometimes I forget which book is for which function. I just realized that I have started on 10 books, and have 10 new ones waiting for me to fill them up! So one of my art resolutions this year is to finish all these sketchbooks.. so that I can get new ones :)) https://leafbear.com/blog/painting-gathering/ Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/painting-gathering/ at a fd’s place… https://leafbear.com/blog/dads-chinese-painting-web-site/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/dads-chinese-painting-web-site/ Built a web site for Dad’s watercolor paintings, please check it out: http://ysf.leafbear.com https://leafbear.com/blog/april-month/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/april-month/ Just realized that it’s already April! The first quarter of 2010 had just been gone, but I haven’t had time to think about my plan for 2010 yet! The day job is just too tiring, I feel so wore out and I can hardly find time to think. https://leafbear.com/blog/cheer-up-book/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/cheer-up-book/ i made my first mini book, now i have 22 pages to fill in…. https://leafbear.com/blog/bday-card/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bday-card/ last fri was mom’s bday, and i drew this for her. https://leafbear.com/blog/macau/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/macau/ took Mom to Macau abt 2 months ago.. and watched the《ZAIA》show by the Cirque du Soleil Macau… i fell asleep while watching the show -__-~ drew these on the ferry on the way to Macau.. https://leafbear.com/blog/hk-art-centre/ Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/hk-art-centre/ had dinner at the cafe in the art center before watching the show “Goodbye but goodbye” by Kearen Pang last month.. mushroom omelette w/ cheese… tasted pretty good.. also had some peppermint tea.. https://leafbear.com/blog/500th-post/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/500th-post/ This is the 500th post of this blog! I was wishing to post something special but that’s all i got – a photo of the nekoyama cat i just finished making.. (see more photos here) https://leafbear.com/blog/dim-sum/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/dim-sum/ went to ‘drink tea’ with parents last sat…and i brought my sketchbook along..I made my parents draw too… here’s the same dish of ‘carrot cake’.. the top drawing is Dad’s, the middle one is mine, and the last one is Mom’s.. Dad also drew the bowl and Mom’s cellphone.. https://leafbear.com/blog/tee-3-black-bears/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/tee-3-black-bears/ new tees: gals and guys … check my other products out on MySoti https://leafbear.com/blog/dads-watercolors/ Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/dads-watercolors/ I’ve started helping Dad to post his watercolor paintings on his blog since last week. He’d love to hear comments from everyone, please pay us a visit and leave us some comments :) You are welcome to subscribe to his blog too. https://leafbear.com/blog/mumu/ Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mumu/ Introducing MuMu — the penguin with a bell and a bag.This amigurumi doll is my mom’s request, and she decided to call it MuMu. :) more photos here https://leafbear.com/blog/dads-blog/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/dads-blog/ Dad’s been posting some photos and drawings… :D Check out his blog: http://ypdraw.blogspot.com/ https://leafbear.com/blog/drawings-by-mom-and-dad/ Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/drawings-by-mom-and-dad/ https://leafbear.com/blog/drawing-by-mom-and-dad/ Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/drawing-by-mom-and-dad/ by mom…by dad… https://leafbear.com/blog/pick-of-the-week/ Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/pick-of-the-week/ This is the 427th post on whycreate.My wrinkle teru got picked by the IllustrationFriday site this week!! what a nice surprise! :D https://leafbear.com/blog/painting-away/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/painting-away/ @SS lobby with J and S last weekend… https://leafbear.com/blog/shiny-trees/ Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/shiny-trees/ it was all white outside yesterday when i got up. all the trees were covered with ice and snow.. very pretty.. today, we have a blue sky finally!! but it feels like -20… -__-~~ https://leafbear.com/blog/2008/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/2008/ happy new year, everyone. it’s been a year since i started this blog… time really flies!!2008 will be a better one :) https://leafbear.com/blog/new-sketchbook/ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/new-sketchbook/ i won tascha‘s draw the other day and got this in my mail last week. yay. make sure u check out her lovely works on her blog… i like the paper and did a quick drawing on it with ink and colored pencils.. https://leafbear.com/blog/andrew-fulton/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/andrew-fulton/ I signed up to get his ‘first birthday celebration’ drawing on his blog awhile ago, and received this original drawing in mail 2 days ago! It looks great, and even better in real life (i need to take better photo!!)! His work is both funny and cute and i really like it. Make sure you check out his site too! Thanks again for the drawing, Andrew! https://leafbear.com/blog/moms-cat-bear/ Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/moms-cat-bear/ I received a parcel from home today. There’s this cute cat bear in it , covered with snacks. Does It look familiar to you? It’s based on one of my mom’s very first mspaint drawings! https://leafbear.com/blog/moo-notecard/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/moo-notecard/ yay! the moo notecards arrived today! the index card idea is really nice… and they sent a sample stickerbook along which looks just amazing! https://leafbear.com/blog/mommy-bear-cat/ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mommy-bear-cat/ i painted this based on mom’s drawing… https://leafbear.com/blog/300th-post/ Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/300th-post/ for this special post, i invited friends to send me a drawing… and here’s what i got… thanks soo much for taking the time and effort to do it :D https://leafbear.com/blog/an-outdoor-concert/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/an-outdoor-concert/ at TO island yesterday… bjork was impressive! the dress, the stage, the band, the laser, the effect… https://leafbear.com/blog/add-oil-fighting/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/add-oil-fighting/ another sweet drawing by mom… https://leafbear.com/blog/moms-drawing/ Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/moms-drawing/ mom’s very first mspaint drawings.. it’s awesomely sweet and cute!! https://leafbear.com/blog/a-morning-at-the-second-cup/ Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/a-morning-at-the-second-cup/ 2 days ago, i spent a whole morning at the second cup on spadina and bloor, and did these sketches…#3,4,5 are people waiting to cross the road from across the street, its quite far and i can barely see their faces… and they are always moving and its hard to sketch… the last three are the people in the second cup… https://leafbear.com/blog/the-zero42-project/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/the-zero42-project/ It’s finally finished. John made a tabblo of the progress and it’s really neat. Please check it out! And thanks John for asking me to do it! :) I also put its variations on Bountee and it’s available here.. https://leafbear.com/blog/one-afternoon/ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/one-afternoon/ last Tue, i went to buy some new pens at the art supply store near college street, and decided to walk down to the lakeshore after that….bought some more pens at another store near king street, bought some socks, took some photos along the way, had some Jap food, drew some sketches, and sat and stared at the lake for awhile.. it was so windy that day…. https://leafbear.com/blog/lock-out/ Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/lock-out/ what a week… friday already. and here’s what happened last nite… -__-… https://leafbear.com/blog/moo-cards/ Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/moo-cards/ i received my free 10 pack mini cards from moo.com the other day.. and i and the back of the card… https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-tee-live/ Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-tee-live/ Here’s a photo of how the Teru Tee looks in real life, thanks to Pam who ordered a T, took a picture of it, and allow me to post it here :) Being one of the sweetest persons on earth, she even made a tabblo for the tee! please check it out!! and thank you sooo much, Pam!! https://leafbear.com/blog/my-w-h-y-book/ Sat, 26 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/my-w-h-y-book/ I printed my w.h.y book…. it’s a hard cover 4*4 book with 80 pages, it looks really nice.. :D the quality of both the paper and the print are really good!! I wish I’m rich, then I can order many copies and give them to all of my friends…. :P https://leafbear.com/blog/brush-pen/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/brush-pen/ My ink pens are running out of ink, so I decided to take a walk out in this SUNNY afternoon and went to the art supply store to pick up a new pen. I got a Sakura Pigma Micron 01 this time. I also got a Pigma Brush pen, and 2 more journals/sketchpad! Just can’t resist it -__-… https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-the-tee-star/ Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/teru-the-tee-star/ Heehee, Teru is finally on a TEE.And here’s the complete collection… I think I’ll take a break from that site now.. https://leafbear.com/blog/tee-design/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/tee-design/ So I was playing with the tee printing site”Bountee” the other day and I have my first designed tee up… it’s based on this random flower painting… https://leafbear.com/blog/edm-96-draw-something-sweet-97-draw-a-present-you-have-received-why-is-it-special/ Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/edm-96-draw-something-sweet-97-draw-a-present-you-have-received-why-is-it-special/ from home… https://leafbear.com/blog/andreas-place/ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/andreas-place/ Visited Andrea last weekend.. drew that from memory after I got back.. She sent me this ‘quote’ by Frank Kafka in response to the ‘waiting‘ story… I copied it to the Sa paper journal too. I think the Sa paper likes acrylics better than watercolor, and it took ink pretty well too… https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-birthday/ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-birthday/ to you! https://leafbear.com/blog/waiting/ Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/waiting/ a silly story about waiting for nothing… read it here.. https://leafbear.com/blog/spring-flowers/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/spring-flowers/ 2*1″, acrylics on bristol board. So warm these days, sunny and nice outside.. i wanna go out to take photos…… https://leafbear.com/blog/edm-57-draw-a-picture-frame-and-the-picture-in-it-write-about-why-its-special-to-you/ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/edm-57-draw-a-picture-frame-and-the-picture-in-it-write-about-why-its-special-to-you/ I found a set of 2 mini frames (2*3″) in Chinatown the other day, and I decided to frame one of my mini paintings. I picked the sunrise painting that I did last week.. but I had to cut some of the edges off so that it can fit into the frame. https://leafbear.com/blog/handmade-journal-sa-paper/ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/handmade-journal-sa-paper/ I found this cute journal at Chinatown as well, it said its handmade in Thailand with Sa paper… I tried it with watercolor.. and hmm… i’m not sure if i like it.. haha https://leafbear.com/blog/plum-blossoms/ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/plum-blossoms/ 2*3″, acrylics on bristol board. JY was showing me how to do some Chinese paintings on rice paper last weekend, we did some plum blossoms, blue flowers, bamboos, etc… and yesterday when I was trying to think of what to paint, I decided to try the plum blossoms with acrylics… I framed it with the 2nd mini frame, but I don’t think it goes very well with it :P https://leafbear.com/blog/stand/ Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/stand/ I made this book up finally… please check it out. comments welcome. :) https://leafbear.com/blog/edm-38-month-long-challenge-until-end-of-november-2005-draw-at-a-museum/ Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/edm-38-month-long-challenge-until-end-of-november-2005-draw-at-a-museum/ I’ve been wanting to do this for a loong time.. and I’ve been meaning to go to the Bata Shoe Museum since last summer… and I finally dragged myself there yesterday. My original plan was just to see The Charm of Rococo, but I found the Summoning Animal one very interesting too. and I also spent some time in the Chronicles of Riches. https://leafbear.com/blog/golden-pig-year/ Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/golden-pig-year/ It’s the Chinese new year tomorrow. Wish you all a happy golden pig year. https://leafbear.com/blog/pans-labyrinth/ Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/pans-labyrinth/ I watched Pan’s labyrinth yesterday. It was good, but bloody violent. And the noise of the bugs/fairies annoys me -__-. https://leafbear.com/blog/parcel/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/parcel/ Finally got the parcel from T :D. GH got it since 5 Feb but I never found any notice in the mailbox! I had to ask them at the office.. lucky it didn’t get lost! https://leafbear.com/blog/parcel-2/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/parcel-2/ Goooodies!! Today is a good day, I got 2 parcels! This is a box of snacks from home! Yay! With a new shirt and 2 keroro red pockets for the new year!! Wowhoho!! :D https://leafbear.com/blog/ned-block/ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/ned-block/ I drew that picture from memory after I got home from his 2-hrs talk on consciousness. It was a very interesting talk. And I’m quite pleased with this little sketch too, I think I remembered more than I thought I would. https://leafbear.com/blog/while-waiting-for-hair-cut/ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/while-waiting-for-hair-cut/ I did 4 quick sketches during the 30min wait… it is a small salon with mirrors on both sides of the wall , the reflections from the mirrors look pretty interesting… drew that in the new 6*6 sketchbook I just bought, I’m having a thing for the square format recently…and the last sketch is like a 10 second sketch of the hairdresser and the customer.. https://leafbear.com/blog/coca-cola/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/coca-cola/ It’s soo loud, keep urging me to draw it. https://leafbear.com/blog/gift/ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/gift/ I love hats, and I love blue. There’s nothing better than a ‘warm brand’ hat :) Two failed attempts, so hard to draw and paint the wool… https://leafbear.com/blog/thank-you/ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/thank-you/ Thank you very much :’) https://leafbear.com/blog/1816/ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/1816/ 2.5″*3.5″, acrylics, 1.5 hours. Wanted to paint one of those “streetlight paintings” photos, but it didn’t turn out right at all. Don’t know how to paint lights. I just kept painting over and over and finally settle with this. Not happy about it, maybe I’ll paint it over again later, but that’s it for today. https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-sky/ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/blue-sky/ 3*4cm, ink and watercolor, 1 min It’s sunny today, and the sky is so so blue. I really miss the blue sky. https://leafbear.com/blog/mitsu/ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mitsu/ 5.5 * 7cm, ink, 30min I dreamed of the cat Mitsu just now. It shrinks to mouse size and the couches become too high for him, but he still managed to jump up and down the couches.