Sketching a male subject is quite a challenge for me as all of my portrait sketches are females.
When I have thought about sketching a dear friend for his birthday gift, I was apprehensive if I can pull it off like REALLY WELL.
But the verdict came: first attempt, not bad at all (according to him). 😉
So, it is a YES to more future “manly” sketches like this. Now, who’s gonna be my next target? 😀
I can’t help but be fascinated by the color combination as well as the lovely stitches and crochets on one of our pillow cases.
The very reason why I used it not for its intended purpose (sleeping) but as one photo essential. 😀
Naguilian, La Union, Philippines (May 27, 2013)
If only the stars shone the brightest when I met you,
Then I can tell that they’ve aligned for me and you.
If only the skies were as clear and as vast,
Then I could have rejoiced gladly and at last.
But things suddenly changed,
Perspectives here and there were exchanged.
I didn’t realize too as days dragged on,
All the multitudes of emotions I have to ride on.
I could care less if the moments were never the sweetest,
Nor were they precious moments to attest.
But feelings I care not but for what I have learned,
I sure am glad how the cards have turned.
Yes, I did cry.
For yes, I did try.
Funny, how ironic life can be.
A happy ending is not usually what you see.
But should I always be the cynic that I always am?
With a fear to go through yet another sham?
But I hoped for gray skies to clear,
Moments I know I always will hold dear.
So when skies start to become blue,
Believe, for always, they are true.
For though I may have lost you,
Space tells me I will find you.
(Written by: Christine Lailani G. Ginete)
Combined two mediums: oil pastel and colored pencils. My first time to try oil pastel. Enjoying it so far. 🙂
I stared at this photo I took in my home town in Bicol a few months back. It is a mushroom. That, I can tell. For sure you can tell. 😉
It is soft and pure. A haven. A refuge for those tiny creatures crawling on the ground.
I imagined myself to be that creature. I sought shelter in that white spot.
I thought about home. After 11 years, this year is the second time I wasn’t able to go home at this time of the month.
I miss home. I miss my family. I miss the salty, summer breeze, the twigs, the flowers, the ants – every single thing around me when I am there.
But that mushroom signifies my other home too – a pure and spot-free life like what Jesus had.
This mushroom reminded me everything I ought to be – pure and simple, amidst the grayness and rusticity around me.
And another thing too – to be mushy. Thus, this emotional article. 😀
Yet another simple and sweet early morning surprise from yet another sweet and creative office mate – an origami tulip and box (Thanks, Ms. Faith!). 😀
Oh, how sweet it is to be loved by them! 😉
Look what I found this morning on my office desk (he wasn’t able to thank me personally because I had to leave exactly at the end of my shift yesterday and he has an after-work tutorial to attend to, this was what I saw first thing today)
– a simple yet creative art work/token of gratitude from one of my office mates (Thank you, Mr. John!).
Ahhh yes, simple things never fail to make my day bright and make me smile the sweetest. 😀
Thank You, Father God, for surrounding me with the sweetest office mates. You know how much I love having them around.
P.S.
Just in case you are wondering what that one peso meant, we have an “English only policy” inside the school premises. Anyone who violates it will have to pay a fine of P1 per Filipino word. 🙂
* salamat – thank you
I was randomly searching bible verses over the internet to get me through the day when I came across a picture of a woman looking upwards and a bible verse from Hebrews 12:2 that says:
“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
I was simply not just motivated by the verse, itself, but the photo of the girl as well which made me create this art work.
I hope I have made even just the slightest improvement when it comes to rendering.
🙂
A beautiful, intricate pattern in one of Zamboanga City’s shawls made of fine gold threads. One of the exquisite designs ever made – definitely a work of art. 🙂
If your imagination is running high, you would agree with me if this looks like a flower to you – the inside of the top core cover of a coconut fruit attached to a stalk. A flower that will not wilt. 🙂
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