Malia's Virtual Sketchbook: 2013

Monday, September 23, 2013

Week 4 Watercolor Postcard Dump

Wow, I can't believe I'm already a month into the experiment. And I haven't posted this much, or created this much art in years! I'm enjoying the experiment. When I think I start to take steps back instead of forward, I paint something that surprises me and I like it. I think I'm learning to have fun with the colors instead of be scared of them, more like how I felt at the height of my creative life in high school :) It's a good feeling. Enjoy Week 4.

Agora Tiel
The traveling Tiel went to Greece.

Dad and Max climb Mount Sentinel

London Towne Tiel

Samren and Maraea from my fictional story. Enjoyed painting it and playing with color layering.

Painting a spring Camellia...

Still trying to learn how to achieve pink with my current pallette.

Pathway to a shrine in Gifu in springtime. Again, difficult to achieve pink so the blossoms did not come out as I wanted.

And we conclude with Tiel Raja!

Cockatiels on Parade

Cockatiels on Parade

The first painting of Week 5. A preview. :D

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Week 3 Watercolor Postcard Challenge Dump

I made it to 7 ahead of schedule! So here they are, I double posted some of the bests/ my favorite separately so they can have their chance to shine. Enjoy!

Aussie Tiel Take 1, Tiel of the Bush

If it's not titillating, its CHINCHILLAting.

Deutsch Tiel: Cockatiels Around the World

JR Train at Nagamori (Take 1)

Shrine on Gifu Kinka Mountain

Gifu, Japan

Temple at the Base of Kinka Mountain next to a Park

Gifu, Japan

Tiel of True North

Cockatiel Goes to Canada Cockatiels Around the World Series

Deutsch Tiel

Deutsch Tiel
Cockatiels Around the World/ 365 Day Challenge
Watercolor Postcard.

Cockatiel goes to Germany.

Tiel of True North

Tiel of True North, Watercolor Postcard
Cockatiels around the world/ 365 Days Challenge
CANADA

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Week 2

Was going strong for Week 2!

Completed 7, Description below image.

Bulguksa

Temple in Korea

Kozakura with Flower Background

Notre Dame de Lourdes View

Lourdes, France

Only a Memory

My backyard swing from my childhood.

House in Lourdes

House in Lourdes, France

Tiel a Paris, Artiste Tour Eiffel

Cockatiels around the World Series

Tiel a Paris au Moulin Rouge

Cockatiels around the World

Monday, September 2, 2013

Reflection

When you`re a kid it`s all energy and enthusiasm, imagination...

Now it just seems like art is about making a commitment and doing a heck of a lot of works! If you do enough it just doesn`t feel like work anymore, it just feels like a habit.

And I suppose its more fun than checking facebook.

Watercolor Post Cards Week 1 Dump

Sept 1st: Sunthing Special, Celestina

August 25th: Queen of the Food Dish

August 25th, Peach Face Lovebirds

August 31st, Max Swimming at Flathead Lake

August 25th, Ring My Bell, Cosmo the Parakeet

August 29th, Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Max at Flathead Lake, painted from photo

All painted from my portable sketch palette I took a photo of.

Watercolor Postcards Week 1

Kiridoshi Sept 1st, 2013, View to Kinka mountain and Gifu castle atop the hill.

Plein air. Really hard in Japan, especially in this season. There is always traffic but worst of all is the rain and mosquitoes. I have never really done landscapes, so definitely need more experience.

Watercolor Postcards Challenge

The most affordable medium to work in in Japan is watercolor.

It is also the most conducive to small spaces and my hectic lifestyle. However, it is not a medium I cared much to master, most of my experience in colored pencil and acrylics. I am thinking to do a challenge of a painting a day. Maybe on my days with more free time doing more paintings, even if I must on occasion skip a day. Shall we start from today? Already I`ve completed a lot. Well. A week`s worth anyway. Then in the end maybe I can do something with the results.

A Talens Petit Color 18 color set and water brush. It`s great for sketching and this beginning. Some of the anxiety of using watercolors is starting to go away. Acrylics and colored pencils especially allow for great control, but time to learn to let go. And it`s starting to get fun. As you can see, the size of this is very portable and the postcard fits in the upper lid, the palette can be put over the color space to close the set. I don`t remember seeing these in America but they must be available I heard people reference them on watercolor forums.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Cockatiels Around the World: Japan, Tokyo, Harajuku Tiel

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Cockatiels Around The World: Korea

Oppa Cockatiel Style

Monday, January 14, 2013

Costume and Make-up Brainstorms

For a Friend. sweet Loli and Smouldering Temptress.

Cockatiels Around The World: Mexico

Cockatiels around the World watercolor postcards series idea which just came to me. I did this drAwing once but wanted to explore it digitally as well. I'm quite pleased wi the result in Paper.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Clothes Drying

Clothes drying on the balcony. No dryers in Japan outside laundromats and rich people houses. But it's usually cost effective drying :)

Midnight Snack

Just a sketch. Made after my futile attempts to study Korean. Technically a far past midnight snack.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Character study sketch

Just a sketch of a character for the novel I'm working on. To read excerpts and things IJ wrote for writing exercises visit http://maliaautiofiction.blogspot.com

Monday, January 7, 2013

More Dongdaemun Fashion Town Purchases

More purchases from Dongdaemun Fashion Town.

Can be crafted into necklaces like my Bird Pendant Necklace, and of course colors complementing the pendant will be chosen, or, the pendant may be used on a different type of bead crafted or bead-strung chain. Although the selection and quantity of beads in Japan, besides my beloved Delicas and Tohos, is severely limited.

May consider selling. If interested please contact me at my etsy,

http://www.etsy.com/shop/mautio