taking the challenge

Today i took a challenge for myself as an artist. First is to finish a painting in one day setting. As am not  usually good at it yet..i suppose. Secondly..this is my very first oil painting of animals. 

Well,my little buddy Cody is the perfect model for this piece. And yes!! (: Happy to say i made it all! 

Have a lovely week ahead! 

Carpe Diem! (:

getting back and something Dutch

It's been a while since i work on my paintings. I have had some projects that's left unfinished..not new to me. :D Well for the busy week that has ended, i am glad to finish one of those oil paintings.  It's from my Dutch holidays, a visit at Prinsenhof in Delft with godfather way back couple years ago. I have had wonderful memories with it- especially the ones when godfather in his own special amusing quirky ways.. (:  did re-enact how the Noble Prince Willem van Oranje was being killed right @ the actual spot of the stairway of his residence. It's nowadays houses the Municipal museum. The old masterpiece paintings are totally grand and amazing. Wonderful memories i so much cherish.And it's always worthwhile to be getting back to painting again. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend ahead! 

Carpe diem! (:

Blossoms

today i just  finished a still life oil  painting  out of the flowers i bought from yesterday. (:

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For an extraordinary gentleman

Finally finished my birthday gift to my earth Angel godfather..

going to good old mail on the way to Holland very soon! (:

Happy weekend everyone! 

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October cheers

grateful start with a cheerful heart 

will be celebrating two siblings and my Godfather's b i r t h d a y
for this special month

 am currently working on a painting for my gift to Dad

It's O C T O B E R  (:

"If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year . . .
Today should always be our most wonderful day."
-- THOMAS DREIER

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Sunday weekend charms

newly finished painting

my workspace this morning 

 

                                                                                                coffee &  fresh lovely flowers  

               last month i have had some little gardening.

.today.. happy to see this beautiful bud growing.. 

Carpe Diem (: 

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across the window

In a cold rainy Monday morning today i made this watercolor painting from the thousand of photographs i took from my Dutch Holidays back then. The view outside the guest room of my godfather's home sweet home was a beautiful sight i always look at especially at the start of the cold autumn morning there.  It brings me so much lovely memories of Holland to look back.

Carpe diem (:

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Illustration Friday entry_refresh

"There is more to life than increasing it's speed." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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Faded- an entry

an entry submission for Illustration Friday Topic: Faded

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Reminiscing Amsterdam

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New beginnings

I am back !!! with my first painting project kick start..

still in the making...

This time as the New Year brings, i will have to do my very best to spend some more more time with my painting, crafting & doodling with all sort of art stuff. I am soooo excited!! :)

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with Vincent

@ the Kroller -Muller museum in the middle part of Holland. Home of 24 masterpieces of Vincent van Gogh and modern art.

I took the advantage of there rules allowing visitors to take pictures of the painting only w/o flash. Regardless i was overwhelmed with happiness. So ever grateful again for this once in a lifetime experience here in NL. A dream come true as an artist. I was with Vincent Van Gogh.. :)

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Double Dutch treat

@ the cafe today with  godfather's favorite traditional sweet treat
and it's always should be part of his every birthday.

Mondriaan and a lot of century original paintings of the masters in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

lots of art museums 

  University of Delft Tech where godfather earned his bachelors degree in Civil Engineering  

  The cheese....

Dutch architecture

The Windmills

flowers

and me at the Peace Palace in The Hauge earlier today..

Almost a week here and such overwhelming amazing Dutch treat... :)

Am just as lucky, grateful and blessed to have my godfather and his wonderful kind family

to be my host here in my Holland adventure.

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i shall do

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”

~Oprah Winfrey

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my kind of fun

Juggling with my art works.. Now that is my kind of fun long weekend.. :-)

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a celebration of LOVE

I feel so grateful and proud...

 Harana ~

a Filipino version of serenade that is romantic, lyrical and slow;

 an old Filipino tradition of courtship;

Today was a great surprise to me when i got a message on my e-mail that somebody was interested to buy my really old painting "Harana". It will be a gift  for her beloved on their anniversary. Awe!!! it feels so wonderful indeed, not because the probability that i would get a thousand bucks out of my painting. But the thought about the gesture of love and thoughtfulness of this someone. And having my work as part of that celebration of their  LOVE feels so wonderful  to me as an artist. It's so inspiring! :-)

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@ the right time

"Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept

in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you"...

~Edward Payson Rod

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wild flower

" I must learn to love the fool in me, the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and get hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries." ~ Theodore Issac Rubin

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getting back

Long time have i abandoned the easel, canvas, oil paints & brushes. For much excuses of the hustles & bustles of daily life. Yet today, it was worth wile getting back to what have i been lost in touch with that part of me. Let loose myself as an artist. :)

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.~ Lowell Thomas

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