Well seeing that I'm taking part in 1111 art event I thought I should add some new pieces, and as usual I seem to do well with deadlines and so far it's 3am and two drawings done.
Back to work I go!
The day started off with a sad note, as my camera has decided to not work. I'm upset as I only bought the Canon G9 in February in time for my trip around S.E. Asia and leaving Korea. Argh! I hope things go well with Canon as I bought the camera in Seoul, and to think my other Canon is still working fine that I bought in Daegu back in 2003, even though I dropped like a thousand times!!!
So, here's an older photo, taken with the same camera when I just got it. What's the picture you may say, well that's haemul jeon, 해물전, a seafood pancake that's just too good for words. It goes great with alcohol especially dong-dong-ju 동동주 a rice fermented drink that's one of my favourites.
Why did I take this photo? Well just like the title says, I made my first jeon today but I made a buchujeon 부추전 and with no camera, well you're just going to have to imagine it! I also made a prepacked kimchi stew, but tomorrow I plan on making fresh kimchi from scratch! Oh I also steamed some edamame, but I overdid it :(
Oh well tomorrow is a new day!
I've decided to create something everyday as a way to keep a journal or sketchbook. It doesn't matter what medium I use just as long as I create something, and I must admit that being home without a job and all that jazz, that I have millions of ideas and need to focus with all this inspiration ;P
Oh, today was a fun day trying to get the car unstuck, I hope things are okay tomorrow as there's more snow on the way. However we can't park close to the house as the driveway is too deep of snow. There's no way that I'm shoveling it either, as the length is about two acres long!!!
Oh, the joys of snow :)
Wow, how quick 2009 has come. I know it will a great year as 2008 has some fantastic highlights but it ended not so lively.
I've seen this car, in and around Seoul and here in Alberta, and after searching and searching the Internet to find out what it is, I'm just in love with this car. Wish I knew about it earlier! Oh well :D
I really wish that I can just do my own hair and not deal with trying to find a hairstylist you can trust, cause I'm tired, really tired of bad places. Living in Asia had it's problems, the biggest was language then was my hair type, I am always told off for my fine hair and it's dryness. I try, I do, but that's just the way it is. Oh and the fact that my hair has curl was another issue, so many stylists just straightened it in order to cut, strange. 
I love the new pen that I bought, but now that I'm trying out the software Sketchbook Pro, I'm so over the moon that I can sketch and draw just like the real thing, that I don't know when to stop!
I just found Shantell Martin's fantastic work, and now I'm missing Seoul terribly!
They were talking about my "marshmallow hamburger monster"!!!
Why throw away your old furniture? I know it's not easy to paint, and can be somewhat a pain to sand and get the paint nice and flat without any drips or brushstrokes, but hey the end result is so worth it.
I've seen this particular dresser on a couple reality TV shows, where they threw the set out and bought new stuff. Not that I really like this dresser, but it was the first furniture I ever bought with my first job here in Canada. It's also moved with me to every apartment while I was in college. However I took off to Asia for the last ten years, and it wasn't used much in my absence until now. So the well traveled dresser is now holding my collection of clothes as well as decorated with numerous items I've either bought on my travels or things I've made.
I'm so happy with how it's turned out, and surprised to see just how many blue items I had, as I'm normally a red or curry colored kind of gal! LOL
Or you can vote for "Chav" which was a collaboration with my cousin Luke, if you're unfamiliar what a "Chav" is, check out the video doooooooown below.
Sometimes things can feel like an emotional roller coaster. But not today, today is a great day! How do you feel?
| Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade cheekynado.etsy.com I love Etsy and I'm trying to get motivated to make and sell my own items. There is so much to see that you could spend hours and hours just looking and being inspired. Above is from my collection of favourite items. J'adore! |
I've been using this idea for a while now, especially on furniture. I entered this into Illustration Friday, which is a cool group on Flickr. Each week there's a new topic posted and you have a week to upload an illustration to the group. There's also a website.
You can't see clearly, but the whale is just under the aircon, as well on my table. I did some drawings just on plastic as a way to decorate without hurting the walls, but it was also my inspiration while I worked.
I am addicted to playing around with illustrator anyhow this is a self portrait. Also I'm in love with this blue, I've been using this color in my work a lot, it's different to my usual choice, as I normally go for reds or "Curry Colours" as one instructor put it in art school.
Here's the scan.
