The Arty Farty Diva

Thanks for the memories, Whitney

2012-02-12T12:29:00.004+08:00

And they called it Puppy Love...

2011-07-16T10:40:00.002+08:00

Medium: Faber-Castell Polychrome colour pencils on 250 gsm hot-pressed paper

Apple a day

2011-07-16T10:39:00.002+08:00

Medium: Faber-Castell Polychrome colour pencils on 250 gsm hot-pressed paper

Heliconia

2011-07-16T10:33:00.004+08:00

Medium: Faber-Castell Polychrome colour pencils on 250 gsm hot-pressed paper

It's a jungle out there!

2011-06-25T13:40:00.014+08:00

Left piece

+ Right piece

= BIG piece!

Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 7' (W) x 4' (H)

Happy Father's Day to the love of my life

2011-06-19T12:23:00.000+08:00

Medium: Oil on canvas board

Gratitude III

2011-06-18T11:19:00.001+08:00

Medium: Oil on canvas

Gratitude II

2011-06-18T11:18:00.003+08:00

Medium: Oil on canvas

Gratitude I

2011-06-18T11:17:00.000+08:00

Medium: Oil on canvas

The Portrait Sitting gone awry :)

2011-06-18T11:14:00.003+08:00

Medium: Oil on canvas

Where the wild things are ~ A tribute to Maurice Sendak

2011-05-21T13:17:00.003+08:00

This painting, done impasto style, is my little tribute to my all-time favourite book "Where the Wild Things are" by Maurice Sendak.

Floral tribute

2011-05-01T12:02:00.001+08:00

Provence farmhouse

2011-05-01T11:58:00.001+08:00

Close-ups of everyday in Watercolour

2010-07-22T18:07:00.002+08:00

Can you figure them out?

Oil Painting - Early Autumn Leaves

2010-07-12T11:06:00.007+08:00

Oil Painting - Apples

2010-07-12T10:58:00.006+08:00

Getting the perspectives right - Buildings

2010-07-05T10:57:00.008+08:00

Medium: Watercolour

Learning to paint faces - Mamma Lisa

2010-07-05T10:49:00.004+08:00

Medium: Watercolour

Treescape in watercolour

2010-06-23T22:50:00.006+08:00

Still Life: Redux

2010-06-22T16:05:00.005+08:00

The problem with the previous still life painting that I did was that it had too many layers and resembled a poster. So I painted a new piece, kept the naggy details (eg embellishments) to the minimum and concentrated on painting in a more "watercoloury" way.

Definitely a vast improvement!

Shallow-field study: Still Life

2010-06-18T23:32:00.005+08:00

I finally found a couple of hours to complete last week's assignment which featured a ceramic teacup on two pieces of fabric.

Somehow I still feel that there is something that is not quite right in this painting. We'll have to wait for my Art teacher's comments in the next class to see where I have gone wrong.

Stay tuned.

Watercolour skies

2010-06-04T15:51:00.012+08:00

Lotus II

2010-06-01T13:54:00.003+08:00

Medium: Watercolour on 300gsm acid-free paper

I nearly gave up on this painting. It took me five tries to get the background just right.

The Rose for Mum

2010-05-30T19:50:00.001+08:00

Medium: Watercolour

I painted this rose today for my mum. It's her birthday tomorrow. Happy Birthday, Mum

Floral in watercolour - Lotus

2010-05-27T21:35:00.006+08:00

This picture was painted using only 3 colours: Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue and Lemon Yellow.

Watercolour apples

2010-05-21T16:27:00.005+08:00

Mist over the lily pond

2010-05-20T19:48:00.000+08:00

Medium: Watercolour

Watercolour Lilies

2010-05-15T19:47:00.000+08:00

Sunflowers II

2010-05-09T19:44:00.001+08:00

Medium: Watercolor + bubblewrap (for centers) and salt for texture

Sunflowers I

2010-05-09T19:43:00.001+08:00

Watercolour on 300gsm acid-free paper

Abstract - Swirls

2010-05-08T19:41:00.000+08:00

Medium: Watercolour

Abstract - Experimental using cotton gauze

2010-05-08T19:38:00.000+08:00

Mixed media

Watercolour paints + cotton gauze and salt for texture

Abstract - Experimental using clingwrap

2010-05-07T19:33:00.000+08:00

Mixed media
Watercolour paints + cling warp for texture

Watercolour Fruits - wet on wet (freestyle)

2010-05-05T16:24:00.006+08:00

First try on cold-pressed paper - done during Art class
Thanks to Michelle who is always ready with her camera.

Second try on hot-pressed paper

Colour Wheel & impact of colours

2010-04-14T00:16:00.004+08:00

Posting these for reference to anyone who's interested. Please click on image to see a larger version.

My first attempt with watercolour painting

2010-04-12T15:25:00.002+08:00

Monotone Flowers - 10 April 2010

Medium: Watercolour on 200 gsm cold-pressed paper

Technique: Wet on wet, Background - graded wet wash

The Ultimate Girls' Night Out!

2010-04-05T19:26:00.003+08:00

woooooooohoooooooooooo!!! Eye Candies!!!

Adoi! never been kissed and hugged by so many hunks before.

Big thank you to CL.. you rock, woman!

Life is a Verb...

2010-04-03T14:06:00.000+08:00

Storm in my teacup, clouds in my coffee

2010-04-03T13:27:00.000+08:00

A Groovy Kind of Love

2010-04-03T13:21:00.002+08:00

Wouldn't you agree,
baby, you and me,
We've got the groovy kind of love.

The sweetest things...

2010-04-03T13:19:00.000+08:00

Magic mushrooms

2010-04-03T13:18:00.002+08:00

This one is for Michelle, the avid diver

2010-04-03T13:14:00.004+08:00

After the rain

2010-04-03T13:09:00.005+08:00

All the world's afresh and beautiful after the rain..

A is for Arty-Farty Alphabets

2010-04-02T14:05:00.000+08:00

B is for Balloons for Baby

2010-04-02T14:04:00.000+08:00

C is for the Cat called Cupcake

2010-04-02T14:03:00.000+08:00

D is for Daddy, and Doll and Dog. I like!!

2010-04-02T14:02:00.000+08:00

E is for elephant

2010-04-02T14:01:00.000+08:00

F is more than a noty word

2010-04-02T14:00:00.000+08:00

Go for it! No Guts, No Glory!

2010-04-02T13:59:00.001+08:00

A Home is a House with a Heart

2010-04-02T13:59:00.000+08:00

I am I

2010-04-02T13:58:00.000+08:00

J is for Joker

2010-04-02T13:57:00.000+08:00

Love the Lamb under the Lamp

2010-04-02T13:56:00.001+08:00

Freedom makes us fly like a Kite

2010-04-02T13:56:00.000+08:00

Mother of Mine

2010-04-02T13:55:00.000+08:00

Is that a Nest on the Ninth?

2010-04-02T13:54:00.000+08:00

"Oh la la, what a beautiful Orchid", said the Ostrich

2010-04-02T13:53:00.000+08:00

Please, can I have a Pumpkin Pie?

2010-04-02T13:52:00.000+08:00

Quiet.. shush! shush!

2010-04-02T13:51:00.000+08:00

R is for Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

2010-04-02T13:50:00.000+08:00

S is for that sunshiny smile

2010-04-02T13:49:00.001+08:00

T is for t-shirt

2010-04-02T13:49:00.000+08:00

U is for umbrella

2010-04-02T13:48:00.000+08:00

V is for Volcano

2010-04-02T13:47:00.001+08:00

W is for Wizard

2010-04-02T13:47:00.000+08:00

X is for Xylophone

2010-04-02T13:46:00.000+08:00

Y is for Yacht

2010-04-02T13:45:00.000+08:00

Z is for zebra

2010-04-02T13:43:00.000+08:00

ArtAttack on Wellies

2008-11-09T12:03:00.010+08:00

We used to call the black rubber boot, a gumbo boot. I am not too sure why. But the correct name is Wellington boot or wellies. I think they also come in yellow - remember Phua Chu Kang's boots?

Anyway, I saw some gorgeous wellies in London recently. If you are game to transform your old garden wellies into funky fashionista pieces, here are some ideas. Best to use some weather-proof opaque/ heavyduty paints like mural paints or even leftovers from the paints that you had used to spruce up your house with, pre-festivities. ENJOY!!!

===> or or even this

When Art and Food come together

2008-09-07T09:40:00.006+08:00

This is edible. The whole thing. Don't believe me? Go check it out here and here. If you are ever in NY, the place is called Confetti Cakes on 102 West 87th Street NY

Hooked on pointillism

2008-08-03T14:56:00.005+08:00

poin.til.lism ~ from point, spot, dot. Circa 1901. Theory or practice in art of applying small strokes or dots to a surface so that from a distance, they blend together; ~ to use dots that together produce an even or softly graded shadow.

The following pictures celebrate my new found love. All you have to do is get yourself a fine tipped black marker pen and start doting all over. It's so easy and gratifying. Try it. You'll be amazed!

By the way, this art technique is great for people who:

(1) can't decide on colours,
(2) too lazy to decide on colours,
(3) couldn't care less over messing with colours; and
(4) are "colour-blind".... like me!

-ooOOoo-

Magnolia

2008-08-03T14:36:00.002+08:00

The refreshing fragrance of magnolias in the morning

unfailingly nudges the nostalgia of old times

Morning Glory

2008-08-03T14:32:00.001+08:00

Fragile and delicate

The Morning Glory is a great nature study to sketch

Tulips

2008-08-03T14:30:00.000+08:00

I adore tulips

Thumbergia Grandiflora

2008-08-03T14:05:00.001+08:00

See if you can spot where the mischief is!

By the way, the plant on the right is the ever-lovely

Thumbergia Grandiflora

Heliconia Rostrata

2008-08-03T13:59:00.000+08:00

If you are tired of making dots, you can also draw fine lines.

Use tightly spaced lines, wavy lines or broken lines

to denote gradients and impressions

Grandma's favourite orchids

2008-08-03T13:14:00.000+08:00

Alright, this is a repeat post of Grandma's favourite orchids.

I realized that the previous image was too small to be enjoyed

The secret to drawing: JUST DO IT!!

2008-07-12T13:56:00.001+08:00

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

2007-03-16T16:59:00.001+08:00

Morning Mist.

Decorative Painting in acrylic. 48" x 60". by arty farty diva

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.

But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade.

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this,
and this gives life to thee.

~ Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare

Decorative Painting - Fruits

2007-03-14T17:28:00.001+08:00

Summer fruits. Acrylic painting. 48" x 60". Painted by arty farty diva

Pink Orchids

2007-02-07T22:23:00.001+08:00

Pink Orchids

Oil painting by arty-farty diva

My favourite thus far

2007-01-25T12:53:00.001+08:00

Camouflage

3D artwork on paper by arty-farty diva

Floral Symphony

2007-01-20T08:18:00.001+08:00

Floral Symphony

Oil painting by Arty-farty diva and arty-farty babe

Dream kitchen

2007-01-16T10:20:00.001+08:00

Home Bakery

3D artwork on paper by arty-farty diva

G'day mate

2007-01-08T10:43:00.002+08:00

Melbourne trams

Media: watercolour /opaque poster paint

Technique: dry brush block painting styled to resemble lino-cut woodblock look

Am missing the melbourne trams, the four-seasons-in-a-day weather

and all things fair dinkum

The Lizard and the Butterfly

2007-01-04T11:25:00.001+08:00

by arty farty diva

Media: Charcoal & 8B graphite pencil

Technique: Crosshatching & Pointillism

My best work so far

2007-01-03T09:54:00.002+08:00

Blaze! oil painting by arty farty diva

This piece of work now hangs proudly in the wonderful home of the Goodbodys in Scotland.

Thanks to their generous successful auction bid for it at the 2006 Canadian Thanksgiving Ball.

To Ruth and Q - May you always remember us and our friendship when you look at this painting

Leaves of fancy

2007-01-01T23:15:00.001+08:00

leaves by arty farty diva

By the whisker

2006-12-18T16:41:00.001+08:00

Whimsical sketches from my notebook

Petai seller

2006-12-16T16:54:00.001+08:00

Sketched in-situ by arty farty diva using fine-tipped drafting pen

My experiment with pointillism

Grandma's orchids

2006-12-13T22:04:00.001+08:00

One of the many sketches of orchids from my sketchbook.

Flowers from my childhood

2006-12-11T21:23:00.001+08:00

Another sketch of flowers from my childhood

My first shot at painting close-ups

2006-12-08T07:16:00.001+08:00

Blessed art thou amongst women

Acrylic painting on canvas by arty-farty diva. The inspiration for this painting came from a close-up photo (taken by my dad) of the B.V.M in Michaelangelo's Pietà which is housed in St Peter's, Rome.

Happy family

2006-11-25T21:35:00.001+08:00

The only way to appreciate my painting

is to take a look at my first art piece!