Creative Monday
My Creative Mondays are becoming more and more routine – sketching in the studio in the afternoon followed by oil painting class in the evening. Still very much enjoying it.
tagged: conté, creative-mondays, joy, oil-painting, portraiture, studio, thankful
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Day Off
Took a day off to go see the winning entries of the GIFT Competition. It was nice to see all the marvelous works of local talents, my entry was a bit of a joke in comparison. There was time to spare in the afternoon, I bought some supplies and eagerly went straight to the studio […]
tagged: art, competition, conté, holiday, joy, nostalgia, portraiture, sketches, studio
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Creative Monday
Had a particular productive Creative Monday today! In addition to my regular weekly oil painting class at night, I attempted my first ever graffiti work in the afternoon! The reason that I could do graffiti is that I’ve finally found a dirty and under-utilized industrial flat as studio space! I plan to set up a […]
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A Real Studio?!
I don’t remember for how long and to how many people I’ve been saying that I wanted to rent an industrial unit as a studio/workshop to do some messy work (e.g. painting, soldering, woodworking,…), and I may have just found one today, and possibly for $0 rent too! It just so happens that my family […]
tagged: architecture, career, competition, faithfulness, family, friends, nostalgia, purpose, studio, thankful, travel
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Unscheduled Day-Off
Woken up at around 4am by the blasting sound of thunderstorm, I seriously haven’t felt a storm that loud and in such close proximity before, my half-awake mind was flashed with surreal images of bomb blasts and civilians running for their lives… Alarm went off, and I simply turned it off and continued sleeping as […]
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Working At Office
Started working at one of the spare desks in my brother’s office today, it’s been years since I worked in a formal office setting, it was productive but a little tiring. It may take a little time to get used to working in a formal environment with regular work hours, but I think this is […]
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Cleanup
Planning to start working at one of the empty desks at my brother’s office next week, I’m hoping the formal office environment would make me work more efficient and focused compared to my cozy home studio. In preparation for this big move, I decided to give my home studio/office a slightly more thorough cleanup. It’s […]
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Ready For Work!
Didn’t actually do a lot of work as I planned this week, I can possibly list a few excuses – public holidays on Mon. and Thu., badminton and soccer games on Tue. and Wed. respectively,… But they’re really nothing but excuses, and I had been giving myself way too many excuses, it’s really time to […]
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10K Run
Completed my first 10k run this year (although unofficial), clocked at a little over an hour, 5 minutes less than my record last year. Still need to cut 5 more minutes in order to achieve my New Year’s resolution of completing a 10k run within 55 minutes. Still hasn’t started work today, instead I’ve received […]
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Last Painting Class
Completed my fourth and final painting tonight, this concludes my second 3-month oil painting course. Will repeat the course again (using different reference photos of course) for next semester. Why? Because this is probably the cheapest way to learn and practice something I increasingly enjoy doing, it’s cheapest at least until I save enough money […]
tagged: class, oil-painting, studio, thankful
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