okay. it’d be much cooler and rhymey
if my last name was POW, but alas, it was not
to be. 8)
happy friday, lovely readers!
just a brief update to let you know what i’ve
been up to!
greg van eekhout (Norse Code, The Boy at the End
of the World) and i had a fantastic signing at Mysterious
Galaxy in redondo beach [...]
Category Archives: brushpaintings
how now, cindy pon?
January 25, 2013 – 10:57 am
art in progress: chinese beauty 2
December 3, 2012 – 4:43 pm
hello lovely readers!
i thought i’d share another in progress
image of my second chinese beauty. i really
love her a lot–and this is a rarity for me in
the things i paint. i spent most of last class
coloring in her skirt, very lightly because i wanted
more of a gauze effect. i will go in and darken more
this coming [...]
classic chinese beauty: final!
July 9, 2012 – 12:14 pm
lovely readers, after at least four months of
working on this particular chinese beauty (and
throwing away countless others) i’m finally *finally*
done with my very first pretty lady painting! =D
this painting was such a challenge because of all
the different components: lady, dress, bamboo, tree,
blossoms, fan, rock… all of these i stressed over and
it was anyone’s guess if [...]
classic chinese beauty in progress (2)
April 20, 2012 – 12:58 pm
hello lovely readers!
i thought i’d update with progress on my
classic chinese beauty, which i, miraculously,
haven’t ruined yet. 8)
last week, i did a very frightening part of the
painting which is coloring her flesh. (in this case,
her face and her neck.) it is scary only because rice
paper is very *unforgiving* as a medium, and once you
make a [...]
classic chinese beauty in progress…
April 6, 2012 – 2:32 pm
as some of you might know, i’ve been working on
trying to paint classic chinese beauties for some time.
(months now, i think!) and i’ve yet to not ruin a painting
somehow or other. in the months that i’ve been practicing
and trying to learn, i’ve gotten quite good at painting
heads and hair. then would proceed to ruin the [...]