Shopping on Kingston Road

Went shopping a week ago on Kingston Road. It was a sunny day, a perfect day for some thrift stores and ice cream hunting.

Turn Left Turn Right

Borrowed the book Turn Left Turn Right from Lichia. The drawings in the book are elegantly cute and mesmerizingly poignant. What a precious book!

Happy Mother's Day

Made a drawing for mom's card. 

4 Teeth Out

Had 4 teeth pulled out yesterday. Ouch! Bleeding was bad for a while but still not too bad.

Farewell Card

Made a farewell card for my co-worker who's leaving on Friday. This was inspired by one of the posters from the post book my friend Jackie gave me. I feel more comfortable now just to draw directly on the card.

First Motorcycle Ride

Had my first motorcycle ride last night. I was only the rider in the back but still it was a lot of fun, esp. on the high way! I probably squeezed my co-worker in front of me in a very uncomfortable way though.

Building Sketches

More sketches of buildings for this weekend. The top one is an apartment building in London. I took a photo of it when I was walking by. The shape and colours of the building caught my eyes. The bottom sketch is a building from New York.

Life Drawing 9

The quick poses from last night. Didn't do well with the long pose. I wanted to try the water soluble graphite for the long pose and it didn't turn out as I expected. Both the paper and the brush should be blamed!

Trip to Germany

A lot of things point me to Germany. I studied German for 3 years at college; I'm working at a furniture company whose owner is a German immigrant to Canada 50 years ago; two of my favorite art movements: Expressionism and Bauhaus are German and my favorite industrial designer, Konstantin Grcic, is German. After talking about going to Germany - specifically Berlin, and spending a week in there - about half a year finally I sat down and for the first time in a long time started studying the map of Germany. A very good start and now I know where Berlin is on the map! I think I'm going to sketch at least one thing related to Germany per week from now on until my trip.

New Converse Shoes!

I treated myself with a pair of Converse Marimekko shoes yesterday after the painful teeth cleaning! They're so bright and lovely!