Black and White

It was interesting to play with different strengths of black pigment in this painting.

This is acrylic on paper. I used my new brush for this one. It's from a company called Hwahong. It's number 10. It was actually kind of interesting how I was able to play with different strengths of pigments by using a lot of water to mix the acrylic and loading the brush, and then adding a heavier mix to the tip. This allowed a sort of two tone effect. In particular, I notice this effect from the eyebrows. I will like to play with that more in the future.

A few misses: the areola and nipple on the left is off from where it ought to be, and the breast ought to continue up a bit to form a better suggestion of shoulder. In any case, I kind of like this one.

To be or not to be

 This is the one that was not to be. It was an attempt at a small Korean pagoda. However, the teacher, Lee Young Suk, did not approve of my efforts. Thus, I crushed it with the heavy weight of my fist.

And, from the terrible destruction that came of my wrath was born this figure of clay. It was to be...

Ceramic Skull

The last four weeks I've been attending a ceramics class in a small ceramics village near Daejeon, South Korea.

This is most of the group, sans my lovely wife, Juni, who is behind the camera. I'm the big guy, the only guy, in the orange hat and the yellow hoodie. To my left is our ceramics teacher. I hope one day I can remember her name!

This skull that I did is the result of two different days. The top half I did last week. The bottom I did today. Hopefully the two of them will go together nicely when they're baked.

Encore of nudes

I guess I'm in a mood for painting again.

I just finished these two this morning. This one I started a few days ago. It's acrylic on canvas. I didn't have any particular models in mind when I painted this one. However, I did use my previous painting on paper. They are not identical to each other.


I really like the interesting colour patterns that come out when I used the knife to spread out the background.

This painting has been hanging around unfinished for a long time. It's an attempt of creating the impression of two girls and one girl at the same time.

Again, this is acrylic on canvas.

Abstinance

It's been awhile since my last painting. A lot of my free 'energetic' time I've been spending studying Korean. Today, however, I had an urge.

Older Woman

Woman Walking Down the Street

This is from a picture I took yesterday. I liked her look because she looked very down to earth and lacked pretense. Her hair had its grey. She seemed to be somewhere in her 40s.

Sketches February 15

Woman Treasure Seeking through Abundant Trash

Walking Down the Street

Woman Heading to Train Station

Just three sketches from this morning. Each of them comes from photos I took yesterday as I walked to work.