When I made the hexagon panels for Japanese Yuzen style painting, there are some scrap pieces of linen canvas left. The leftover canvas pieces are generally triangle shape and hard to make them onto a regular wood panel as whole. But I don’t want to discard them like that because those are nice quality linenContinueContinue reading “Upcycle project #6 Old gods, painting with blue”
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Revised Japanese Yuzen hexagon oil painting with frame
After the first experiment with Japanese Yuzen style hexagon painting, I don’t like the way it frames. It is flat as my planned but it is not easy to put hanger on the back. My original thought was to use mounting tape but I think I can do it more straightforward and make it readyContinueContinue reading “Revised Japanese Yuzen hexagon oil painting with frame”
Trying out pink underpainting
I tried pink underpaintings with these four pieces. Finished paintings I often see artists laying out pink/magenta underpainting on canvas. They often leave some pink/magenta edges in the following layers. It makes the painting very interesting because you can see through the warm and saturate underneath color. I am curious about this pink/magenta base colorContinueContinue reading “Trying out pink underpainting”
Portrait painting for my little girl
Last time when I took my little girl for 18 month check, we waited a while in the patient room. I tried to keep her in good mood and she was laughing. I took several photos with my phone and thought maybe I can paint a little portrait for her. This is considered as aContinueContinue reading “Portrait painting for my little girl”
Experiments with gold paint pigment
After I finds out gold pigment for oil painting by Schmincke Oil Bronzed, I need to try them and test them. I got several wood sign boards from local crafts store and try to paint something that is simple and straightforward. I want to test out the gold pigment only. I don’t want too manyContinueContinue reading “Experiments with gold paint pigment”
Another portrait painting for my cat
Me and my soul It has been almost a year since Naomi came to our home. She likes the big window at staircase platform. In the afternoon the staircase platform is full of sunlight, perfect for sunbathing. She can stay there for hours. One day I noticed that she and her shadow on the wallContinueContinue reading “Another portrait painting for my cat”
Pet portraits commissioned artworks
In September I got a commission work to paint two pet portraits. I am very grateful for this opportunity since one of the portraits is my largest commissioned artwork so far. Cat Luka Portrait for Luka, 20″×24″ Dog Piper Portrait for Piper, 11″×14″ The client also wants the processing photos so I put together aContinueContinue reading “Pet portraits commissioned artworks”
Upcycle paint – Abstract painting projects
Although I try to save my paint, there is always some leftover on my palette after each painting session. I don’t want to wipe it away just like that. Those colors are well mixed so I think I may upcycle it and paint with it. The only problem is that the color and amount ofContinueContinue reading “Upcycle paint – Abstract painting projects”
Oil painting Gaudi park guell mosaic pattern
Background After we relocated to MN last year, I wanted to paint something for our home. I used to put some posters in frames and hanged them on wall. But now I decided to have at least one real painting. The good news is I can paint it by myself now. 😀 I pick upContinueContinue reading “Oil painting Gaudi park guell mosaic pattern”
Oil painting toilet paper – Treasure of 2020
Probably no one would expect that toilet paper could create such drama before year 2020. Yet anything could happen and we went right through it. When the shortage crisis started to spread, we thought it was rumor. How could those bath tissue had anything to do with pandemic? Yet the theory of chaos proved thatContinueContinue reading “Oil painting toilet paper – Treasure of 2020”