Colour My World :)

I've been discovering the joys of watercolours hehe! I've felt the need to begin experimenting with colour more and more, it's simply the next stage in the evolution of my drawings. So here we GO!!! :D

'Eva' is the one that started it off way back in July this year. It's an A5-sized drawing, I'd wanted to try out some new markers on a base of watercolour. Had some issues controlling  the intensity of the markers, but it was a fun exercise!

Everything seemed too strong, especially on the giant, blue cat. Well, try and learn! It is still unfinished at this point.

The 'Melancholy Dragon Hut', or 'Eric's Home', with markers hehe :) That's pretty much it for colour in this piece. I want it to be kind of a bleeding effect, the lines and black and white still takes precedence over colour.

Detail from 'House of Masks'. Similar concept as Eric's Home, where colour just highlights certain elements of the drawing. When I first conceived the drawing I never intended for colour to be part of it and I think it kind of shows.

'House of Masks', detail of the Rubik's Pyramid and blue door.

Onward to the watercolour pieces! Drew this in Penang in June and began colouring in July.

The Peaceful Bonsai - in progress. Colouring had stalled from July, but I believe things are going to move now! I was frustrated by the dullness of the watercolours I had, it was a very old set :/ Also the colour range was quite limited.

 Detail of sleeping child in the 'Peaceful Bonsai'. A4-sized drawing.

The newest one, 'The Cat Tree' for CAS's art exhibition at Rainforest Gallery in November. I bought a new set of colours that gave me the range I needed. I really had fun here! :D What's left is to colour in the cats and kids!

Learning colour is a big shift for my drawings. I have a huge backlog of line drawings that are crying out for colour and I believe now I can go and finish them! :) One that comes immediately to mind is Birds of a Feather and The Girl and the Monster. And there are a few more new drawings that I haven't uploaded yet!!! Hahahaha!

Melancholy Dragon Hut

After looking back and re-evaluating where my drawings could go, I realized that what I''ve been drawing so far were imaginary landscapes and well...I've been imposing how I feel on these external views. Not sure how to say it but what I really want to explore now are my insides, my thoughts, emotions and spirit.

I really love doll houses and models, so I was inspired one day to 'hey, let's draw interiors!'. So this is the first of my foray inside my inside lol! Not a very happy one, then again that's how I was feeling. But it was fun to work with the depth and the surface patterning of the clouds to convey a sense of oppression. I was feeling trapped in my head and my little apartment.

I hope later drawings will be more fun with imagination types but the common theme would be exposing truths about family and relationships to me. Thank you for staying with me on my journey so far and I hope you enjoy this new phase of my travels! :D

...and I've also resolved to talk less and let my drawings do the talking! :p

Neptune - Completed

Finished this piece a while ago but didn't get to post it till now. I liked how the dark, swirly water looked at the upper left corner! I was a bit worried how it was going to be because I don't want it to be too dark to upset the balance of the whole piece. So, IMHO, it matches the swirly patterns on the sea-gods body quite well :)

Overall, really enjoyed the lines and darks as usual hehe! Not sure if this might end up being coloured, but I'm brushing up on my digital painting skills so this might be next! Or maybe I'll finish 'The Girl and the Monster' first...waaaah such a backlog!!! XD

Whuh?

Sometimes I go through these periods of frustration and confusion, usually brought about by becoming stuck in just doing lol. Means I become stuck in not having enough time and having too many things to do! I don't have time to relax or chill or have fun! 

Well...that tends to happen to me a lot. Learning to deal with it, or accept it and move on. Why a rant before the drawing? Cuz the drawing has everything to do with what I just went through, it was a moment of getting myself back to equilibrium again. My own space, my own life! :D I've no idea how the image came about lol, just felt a really urgent need to sketch and the first thing I drew was the girl's face! Aaaaand then she's caressing something! Which happens to be an oversized Neptune head...yeah. It was drawing on the go hehe! :P No pre-planning just go with the feeling~

 Square drawing this time around. I think it is working out really well! Trying not to go overboard with the lines because it is a small piece and and easily get 'hairy'.

Closeup. 

Music listened to were soundtracks from Sucker Punch and We Bought a Zoo. I'm lovin' it! :D