I have been thinking about painting this for two or three weeks and yeepieeeeeeeeeeeee I started the first color last weekend. I know once I started I will finish it even there'll be some weekends I am not free but, I WILL STILL FINISH IT. Let's see how when it turns out, if it is nice enough to show I'll show. If it is not nice, I think I'll still show here for a record :-)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Think and Act
I have been thinking about painting this for two or three weeks and yeepieeeeeeeeeeeee I started the first color last weekend. I know once I started I will finish it even there'll be some weekends I am not free but, I WILL STILL FINISH IT. Let's see how when it turns out, if it is nice enough to show I'll show. If it is not nice, I think I'll still show here for a record :-)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Let's Paint Again!
1) Sketch of apples using pencil
2) Use black and white to establish shadows aka light effects
3) Learned to use colors - sweet peppers/bell peppers/capsicums
4) My first idea - autumn leaves
5) Seagull at Skellig Island, Ireland - painted from a photo taken by me
6) My dream flower - mysterious Snow Drops
7) Trakai Castle at Lithuania - also painted from a photo taken by me
2) Use black and white to establish shadows aka light effects
3) Learned to use colors - sweet peppers/bell peppers/capsicums
4) My first idea - autumn leaves
5) Seagull at Skellig Island, Ireland - painted from a photo taken by me
6) My dream flower - mysterious Snow Drops
7) Trakai Castle at Lithuania - also painted from a photo taken by me
I have left painting for quite some time. It has been more than a year since I painted the last oil-paint piece! =.=
I had an Irish environment – cold air, people, alcohol and hot shower when I did my previous paintings. I love arts since I was in primary school so when I have a lot of spare time in Ireland, I signed myself up for a 3-month oil paint course at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT). The students were adults of all ages. The teacher, Louise gave only two simple lessons – sketching objects with pencil (be observant on the size, space, distance and light effects) and mixing colours. That’s ALL about the course. The rest depends on your talent and practice to sharpen your skills. It’s the same for all types of learning in life. We painted whatever we like in the class and Louise will come by to point out what we can do better on our own piece. I enjoyed the learning very much!
The pictures attached are my painting works since the beginning of learning until the last piece of Trakai Castle, within a total duration of 6 months (I guess so). Trakai Castle was given as a gift to my best friend when I worked in Ireland, she is Edita from Lithuania. I had a great Christmas holiday year 2008 with her family in Lithuania. She and her sister brought me and hubby to Trakai castle and the Hill of Crosses, another breath-taking tourist attraction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Crosses ......oh yes, and the unforgettable frozen lake. Being a Malaysian, I can only dream to see a frozen lake in my deep night dream but it came true in 2008 when I really walked on it.
I had an Irish environment – cold air, people, alcohol and hot shower when I did my previous paintings. I love arts since I was in primary school so when I have a lot of spare time in Ireland, I signed myself up for a 3-month oil paint course at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT). The students were adults of all ages. The teacher, Louise gave only two simple lessons – sketching objects with pencil (be observant on the size, space, distance and light effects) and mixing colours. That’s ALL about the course. The rest depends on your talent and practice to sharpen your skills. It’s the same for all types of learning in life. We painted whatever we like in the class and Louise will come by to point out what we can do better on our own piece. I enjoyed the learning very much!
The pictures attached are my painting works since the beginning of learning until the last piece of Trakai Castle, within a total duration of 6 months (I guess so). Trakai Castle was given as a gift to my best friend when I worked in Ireland, she is Edita from Lithuania. I had a great Christmas holiday year 2008 with her family in Lithuania. She and her sister brought me and hubby to Trakai castle and the Hill of Crosses, another breath-taking tourist attraction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Crosses ......oh yes, and the unforgettable frozen lake. Being a Malaysian, I can only dream to see a frozen lake in my deep night dream but it came true in 2008 when I really walked on it.
Let's come back...to painting. Looking at these and think back....after more than a year, I strongly wish to start a new piece of oil painting this Saturday. I wish there will be no excuse this time.
Monday, June 7, 2010
上金马仑买仙人掌 Buy Cactus at Cameron Highlands
不知从什么时候开始
金马仑的仙人掌已经盖过了鲜花和蔬果的光芒
让旅客相竞地购买
也许是坚强的仙人掌比较经得起颠簸的旅程
所以脆弱的鲜花和蔬果无法在拥挤的轿车里争宠
只能无奈地从早夜市里退出来
(不包括水晶苞粟和包菜等自我保护力较强的一类)
默默地在冰冷的货车柜里流泪接受
被贩卖到山脚下城市花店与菜市场的命运
让我选择被当作纯商品和被旅客爱慕而选购的命运
我会义无反顾地当一棵仙人掌
蓝鲸的哀歌 Blues of Blue Whale
This is me. Am I not adorable? I am harmless, why do you hunt me?
上去Wikipedia听一听鲸鱼的歌声，尤其是座头鲸(humpback whale)，你一定会爱上它的可爱和神秘。我在蓝鲸(blue whale)和座头鲸之间徘徊。座头鲸歌声的美和蓝鲸为当今世上最大的动物叫我难以取舍。蓝鲸是须鲸类(即属于无齿鲸)，以小型甲壳动物如磷虾为主。然而成年蓝鲸体积可达33米长180公吨重(或更重)。最后我为我的部落格选择以蓝鲸之歌为名。
人类自二十世纪初发明捕鲸技术以来，短短四十年，蓝鲸从大约239,000只骤减至现今所预算的大约2,000。国际社会在1966年把蓝鲸列入受保护动物(参International Whaling Commission)。身为世上两大捕鲸国，挪威在1864年就开始捕鲸，挪威政府至今仍批准渔业一年可捕上千条的小须鲸(Minke whale)；而日本则更早在十二世纪就开始了，于二十世纪开始大量地进行商用捕鲸直到1986年才有节约，只允许以研究为由捕猎小须鲸，然而诚实与否难以验证。
我无法忍受那样的画面。在电视观看相关的实录片，流血的场面令我心碎而流泪。这样庞大的身躯被渺小无耻的人类结束了生命，为的不是维持生命(不是还有很多陆上的食物可食吗？)而是赚取财富，在那一刻，我真的以身为人类为耻。
我要道歉多少次才足以让你原谅我的同类的残暴？
我要流泪多少次才能够洗净染血的海洋？
我愿以生命换取你们的哀歌
好让我的心灵可以再一次聆听你的呢喃
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Blue_Whale_South_Pacific.ogg
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