Don't play with it

...(because we got there late)

Inside the fort tunnels... there were various films set up

A Haitian film

Malaika Brooks-Smith-Lowe's  artistic film...

Donald & Lex

Jody

I got treated to sushi lunch...

Sushi and sashimi

First time having saki

Green tea ice cream

Went to dinner with my boyfriend at Rooftop... Food was yummy (but expensive), service was rush rush. I don't even think we got a chance to look at the menu properly.. *frown* Hence, I don't feel motivated to go back.

Mahi Mahi & shrimp creamy cheesy pasta...

..with gifts of cake and a party popper thingy (that fortunate malfunctioned and didn't stream ribbons all over the office for me to clean up haha)

smiles!

Check out my new shorts from Sher! And my new hair! lol

The end!

 All in all, 'twas all good.

I know I've promised updates but much has happen. For one, my laptop is still down - seemingly permanently (due to frustration on my part). It's randomly shutting down - could be a virus, but all for now I can't be bothered to fight up again. I'm currently not at the place I used to do my new sketches and post write-ups so it's thrown me off.

The good news? The boyfriend's laptop is available. I have a few posts to update y'all with in an effort to get back to regular programming.

Oh! And my aunt surprised me with a trip to the Big Apple as my 25th birthday gift. So....expect sporadic posts while I'm there (if any at all).

Limitations of a technologically hindered soul. *sigh*
I got my Android to cooperate so I'm able to do these quick short posts. We'll see how this all goes...

I found this delightful website where photographers and artists meet up and you could use their photos as references sans the whole copyright stuff. Therefore, it's an open playground without repercussion.

I found this photo of a delightful pair of frogs and decided to give it a shot. Once again, it's outside of my comfort zone. My first frogs!

Pencil sketch

White pastel outline

Laying down the initial colour

Blending in..

Adding whites to the jaw.

working on the reflection, water ripple and eyes

Adding in additional highlights.

All blended in!

When I was much younger, I did a pastel piece of the Annadale waterfalls. I stumbled upon it recently and decided to give it another shot. The reference I used is one on this blog that I took when doing an island tour with a couple visiting friends, Maurissa and her cousin.

The first time I did a piece like this it was on white paper. Now this time it's on black paper. What I've discovered about using black paper is that it makes the images pop a lot more intensely than on white. Yes, it changes the tones of some colours like yellow and orange to a green-ish/brown-ish tinge but that can be quickly avoided if it's too bothersome by layering first with white.

Pardon the varied photo quality... my camera died somewhere along this journey and I was forced to rely solely on my crappy blackberry camera.

First I layed down the initial colours for the stone and water. I used a mixture of light green, blue and yellows for the water.

Proceeded to add in minor details to the rock face and foliage while blending in.

Added in the flowing-over grass.

Blended in the grass and added the vines.

Everything blended in!