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Oil Painting
Started the next level of oil painting classes tonight, will be spending 3 more months of Monday nights learning how to paint! We’ll be having 12 classes, 3 classes to complete one painting, so we’ll end up with 4 completed paintings at the end of the course. Unlike the beginner’s course in which we painted […]
tagged: oil-painting, school
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Last Painting Class
Had my last oil painting class tonight, painted my first non-fruit/veggie painting. Had spent 12 Monday nights learning and practicing on this medium. Every class (except for the first 2 classes), we would first see the instructor demonstrate for about half-an-hour how to paint a fresh fruit/veggie, then we would go to our separate painting […]
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Busy (as expected)
Time just seems to fly by when one is busy. Thursday is almost over when I’m writing this, what had I done in the last few days? Participated in a research study and realized I’m negative for Helicobactor Pylori, visited the Picasso exhibition, painting class, etc. And for work, I had done some supporting work […]
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Oil Painting Class
Painted my 3rd oil painting today. I’m starting to feel comfortable about this weekly exercise – I know where to put the brushes, the paint, the oil bottle, and I know how to pace myself so that I don’t have to rush through finishing the painting. I find it interesting how these painting classes can […]
tagged: art, oil-painting, quote, school
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Oil Painting Class
Picked up my painting from last week, honestly think it looks pretty good for a first attempt, and I was all hyped up thinking I was a natural talent. But after tonight’s class, I’m thinking it may very well just be beginner’s luck that I painted such a nice orange… I had a really hard […]
tagged: art, oil-painting, school
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First Oil Painting
Had my third oil painting class tonight. After 2 classes of introduction to the studio, the medium, and color theory, I finally had the opportunity to paint my first ever oil painting! The result looks unexpectedly good. It really felt natural to have the paint brush in my hand, must be the result of my […]
tagged: art, oil-painting, school
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Oil Painting Class
It was a hot and muggy day, thick dark clouds were hanging on the sky, but it just couldn’t quite squeeze out a drop of rain. Wished it would just let it pour and cool down the city. Couldn’t quite get myself to do any productive work in this weather, ended up wasting an afternoon […]
tagged: art, nostalgia, oil-painting, school, weather
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Mentors
On day 17 of my 21-day “Living a Divinely Inspired Life” devotion plan, it’s about mentorship and learning from the wise – Elisha had Elijah, the disciples had Jesus, Timothy had Paul… I was lucky enough to come across many mentors in my art and research career. For work, I was also fortunate enough to […]
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Phone Unlocked!
Thanks to a new tutorial, I was finally able to unlock and use my brother’s old iPhone 3GS! Spent the whole afternoon troubleshooting and migrating everything from my old iPhone 3G. The faster hardware and the newer iOS makes everything feel so much snappier! And the better camera will also allow me to take greater […]
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Design Competition
Submitted my design for the Towngas Street Art competition today. Thought about submitting it later to see if I might be able to come up with better ideas, but I kind of want to get this over with and get back to doing some real work. Regardless, the time spent on designing was fun, and […]
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