Friend

Dreams are to lovers as wine is to friends :)

Rainy monday

Hammersmith - 1 week before Christmas

Trying to get more details, 20 odd layers for lights and reflections. Still, there are so much more to  them in reality, but I guess it is not really about photo realism but the emotions that carry forward. Reminds me of Pixar's the blue umbrella. 

In a way, I've always wanted to capture lights in a rainy night, the way water reflects lights is just so wonderful. Many people doesn't like rain, for me, I've grown to really appreciate it..

Sunday blues

Caroling

A little one for Mom

"Children make you appreciate your parents"

There is always something about a sketch that is much more appealing to me than finished works. Maybe the playful roughness, unanswered questions and details give a broader interpretation of the subjects making it more interesting. There is certainly a better sense of movement in this sketch comparing to the painting. Wonder if I can ever fully capture the true essence of a sketch. Maybe it is better to leave out many details and just focusing on what is important.

The shop downstairs

Little shop below the office that sell many things. One of the most beautiful and interesting shop in the area. It's been around for quite sometime but to this day I still have no idea what are they actually selling. Every time I walk by I notice something new, the bowls of foods, the cupcakes, the fruits, the cafe machine... I never actually look at the menu on the walls, maybe it is better this way, keeps you wonder for a little longer. 

Always a joy to walk by this place. 

Across the room

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

HMS Beagle

Animated poetry

"Must every path leads to love?
Can someone live happily alone?"

What a masterpiece..

Art style in Isao Takahata's movie has always been intriguing, but this is just on another level. The animation and drawing is definitely not perfect, not the most refined, it is very rough even, but so full of life and emotions.

The Elgar room

- Eric Guillon

Fiddling around with textures

The descent

Nephew learning phonics :)

Nascence

Lecture

Reminiscence

Bella notte

Journey

Beginning to listen to what is real..

Trying out lasso tool

Audience

All I could see was her silhouette in the sunset..

A soulful voice, south bank 6/10/2013 18:22

Memories of the sea

After the rain

Days fill with Ratatouille's art and music!

Was going for a sunset scene but got the sunlight a bit too high and cool, looks like scene just after the rain. Happy accident :)

Around the house

Bonne nuit

The most adorable thing about children's drawings is that they are so honest. The way they express their ideas is brilliantly simple and genuine. They may not possess the skills but they have the mind of great artists. 

Hayao Miyazaki has mentioned in numerous occasions "Sincerity towards your work is most important". I will be reminding myself of this from time to time. Perhaps it is true not only for work.

An amazing Pixar playlist

http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2013/09/09/the-ultimate-pixar-playlist/

It's not too late to take up music!

Everyone's musician

Learning to play Up theme. 

It is rare to find such music that the simpler you play, the better it sounds.. 

Just like Carl & Ellie's life, I guess

It's been a while

One of the nicest thing about drawing or painting is that you can only get better, even after a period without learning or practice, you still get better, if not more so. Unfortunately, the same can not be said for learning to play an instrument..

What's on your mind?

You don't really have to go far in search of wonders

At the end of summer

The wind rises!

Dreamcatcher (2)

Dreamcatcher (1)

Memory banks

How much can you recall?

How much is locked away?
Are some of those memories really lost? 
Or are they always there?

Violinist

A place of memory

Young scholar

Painting memories

Late summer light