Acorn 2

59th day of 2019.

Now using angled brush, hoping to stain it as dark as how the flat and round been through from the previous painting. Indigo is very staining. :/

Acorn 1

58th day of 2019.

Laying down basic colour.

Fine Salt Experiment

57th day of 2019.

Using the same formula to test much smaller salt grain.

Coarse Salt Experiment

56th day of 2019.

Upon trying out salt in previous watercolor painting, decided to make a simple chart for better reference.

Moisture tend to be wet around the salt grain, took much much longer to dry.

Nebula 1

55th day of 2019.

Let the water do the work.

Nebula 4 - Salt

54th day of 2019.

Last wet layer, sprinkle salt in 3 different timing.

Salt attracts moisture and take much longer to dry.

Nebula 3 - Selective

53rd day of 2019.

Increasing pigment ratio and select certain areas to darken or intensify saturation.

Nebula 2 - Layering

52nd day of 2019.

Building up depths with multiple layers. 

Daler Rowney's aquafine Indigo and blue are very staining...

Nebula 1 - Wet on Wet

51st day of 2019.

Using spray bottle, generously sprayed a wet layer and randomly drop colours. Wet on wet is very fun to play with.

Bluebells Blue

50th day of 2019. 15th day of CNY.

Bluebell Blue... and purple.

Bluebell 3

49th day of 2019. 14th day of CNY.

Although not much, but I experimented with salt, not very surprised to see it failed.

Bluebell 2

48th day of 2019. 13th day of CNY.

Not really sure whether the mix of side view of bluebell and its front view works...

Bluebell 1

47th day of 2019. 12th day of CNY.

Looking to use up my blue colour...

Shower Melts

46th day of 2019. 11th day of CNY.

I collected some ingredient from kitchen and began testing with my expired fragrance oil.

Shower Melt Recipe

45th day of 2019. 10th day of CNY.

Recently while tidying up the room, there is a bunch of skincare product that my face don't react well with it. So they had been sitting in the corner doing nothing and supposedly passed their expiry date. Instead of throwing them out, I consult the internet to see what I can do with them. There I discover the.....

Shower version of bath bomb!

Ivy Ivy

44th day of 2019. 9th day of CNY.

Decided to go without a defined line and let the shadow define the leave shapes.

Ivy Leaves 4

43rd day of 2019. 8th day of CNY.

Continuing on the half done project. Unguided free hand negative painting of veins... awful. DX

Chinese Coins of Congratulations

42nd day of 2019. 7th day of CNY.

Need to find some time to look into some distinct chinese calligraphy styles.

Chinese Coins 5

41st day of 2019. 6th day of CNY.

Actually google up a list of congratulatory messages typically use in Chinese New Year, and written it on the coin. Fun fun.

Chinese Coins 4

40th day of 2019. 5th day of CNY.

Tried to use some ink in pentel water brush, but doesn't seemed to work well. Winsor Newton Nut Brown drawing ink seemed to have deep red shade in it... maybe I should shake the ink bottle more before using it.

Chinese Coins 3

39th day of 2019. 4th day of CNY.

Thinking what coin design to put on these pieces...

Chinese Coins 2

38th day of 2019. 3rd day of CNY.

The unique coin design produced another challenge of positioning the centre hole below the previous coins.

Chinese Coins 1

37th day of 2019. 2nd day of CNY.

Doing a watercolor pattern painting in Chinese New Year spirit!

SkySnap - No.4

36th day of 2019. 1st day of CNY.

On the way back to home town.

Ivy Leaves 3

35th day of 2019.

Preparing for Chinese New Year...
Adding veins are quite relaxing and challenging without any guidelines.

Ivy Leaves 2

34th day of 2019.

This time trying the same size leaves.

Ivy Leaves 1

33rd day of 2019.

Starting off another pattern painting.

PU Faux Cover Notebook - Elastic Cord Closure

32nd day of 2019.

Finally got my screw punch! Punch some holes to punch through the multi layer cover.