Digital Sketches

One evening while staying at a hotel I picked up my tablet and began searching for a drawing app. I figured it was worth a try since I didn’t have any other drawing material with me. Luckily my tablet came pre-installed with a  note-taking app that had some basic drawing tools. This app, in addition

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Cartoon Snails

It’s been over three years since I painted with oil paints. I decided to re-start with a fun and simple project, and mostly for my own amusement. The ideas for these paintings came from sketches I’ve done a few months back. They are simple drawing of cartoon snails doing strange and unrealistic actions. The paintings

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Exploring Cubism in Figure Drawing

Every time I attend figure drawing session I try to make the most of it by continuing to explore different styles of drawing and do as many sketches as possible. During the warm up sessions (1-2 minute poses) is when I explore the most, combining cubism, action sketches, wide-stroke drawings, illustration, etc. More recently I

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Pasadena Chalk Festival 2010

Our 7th year participating at the Pasadena Chalk Festival was fun in many aspects. Usually, we scramble and work extra hard to finish our mural, but this year it seemed we were able to complete on time and were able to mingle more frequently with other artists. As usual, the decision for the design this

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Chalk Drawing – Flower Family

As the Chalk Festival in Pasadena approaches, its a perfect time to get reacquainted with chalk materials and get back into drawing mode. This drawing is part of a project I was asked to participate in, where various artists from past events  create and submit a piece which will be displayed and sold within the

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