Wednesday, May 2, 2012

BOTANIC GARDENS AGAIN

I went to the Singapore Botanic Gardens again last week and took some photos of the greenery. There is a new train station so it takes much less time to reach there from my home, though the entrance is at the back of the gardens instead of the main gate. The weather as usual, was muggy hot and humid. Very muggy hot and humid.





Black swan was preening itself on land.

Several ducks fighting with each other there.

Grass below some bamboo.

More grass




Heliconia




 










This was close to evening when the day has started to cool down just a bit.

Singapore's national flower - the Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid.


Grass flower.

The squirrel was drinking rainwater out of a tree bark cup.

Perhaps it was thirsty due to the weather, it didn't bother to run when we approached.

Hibiscus

A wall at my favorite part of the gardens, an abandoned looking area called the Tropical House or something.

Cactus and succulents section

Thursday, April 12, 2012

MISS HAVISHAM - PAINTING

Miss Havisham is an old scary spinster from Great Expectations (by Charles Dickens). I decided to reuse some elements I made in a DeathNote fanart long time ago to creep it out a little... the drapes and the shadows. This painting is made with acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18cm.


A close-up of the painting.


How it looked midway in progress.

The original is available in my Etsy shop:

Sunday, April 8, 2012

MOURN - PAINTING

Entitled 'Mourn', acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24cm (about 9.5 x 7")


The reason why I made this was simple. I just wanted to draw lace! Also it was partly inspired by Victorian mourning dresses. The colour palette is very limited so the focus would be on the design of the lace - it took over a few days to finish the lace alone. It also made my hand cramp a bit lol.


All sides are painted as always, the varnish is satin (with a bit of gloss).

The painting is available in my Etsy shop here:

Thursday, April 5, 2012

LURKER - PAINTING



Here's a simple painting on wood, 18 x 25cm. Gloss varnish finish on the entire piece!

Available in my Etsy store here: