Archive

This is a piece that I put on hold for quite some time. I took this photo in a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. The whole atmosphere of the restaurant was warm and cozy. I saw this huge pot of orchid beside the entrance and can’t help liking the lighting that gave the orchids an enthralling overall. I captured this on my mobile and it turned out just as I like it.

As you can see, I enlarged the reference picture  to A4 for clearer definitions. I started off with free hand sketch. No grid this time as this is quite a free flow kind of piece with plenty of whites.

Now, this is the toughest part of all, the almost silhouette, transparent petals on the right. That’s the main reason I chose a black surfaced paper. Eventhough it’s supposed to

What can I say, I did a commissioned work!! Which I never intended to do any at the first place. WHY??

First of all, I find it tedious to do commissioned work as it’s very difficult to please everyone. I may like something which someone may not. One man’s meat another man’s poison.

I was approached by Wendy, the owner of Leo books located in Island Plaza where I rent all my books. She is the one that really got me started on my art work. She inspired me to paint a picture, which I posted ealier, ‘Water for Life’ for water.org. And also, she also suggested that I put some of my work at her shop for sale, what a nice lady, so how could I not do a favour back?

I got her email one fine day sending me this reference photo of Leo, the