Day 366: People

And here we are. The last post. (And it's one day early!) It's also inspired by Charles Reid. Lose sketch and painting is what I would like to get better. 

Thank you everyone for visiting. 

Happy New Year!

Day 365: One More Leaf

We need one more leaf project! :)

Day 364: Still Life

Here we go. The last three posted. This one is inspired by Charles Reid. Let's start with still life.

Day 363: 52 Projects for 2013

Wow, it is hard to believe that I have only 3 posts left for my 365 (366). Definitely a long journey. If you ask me what I have learnt most, I would say self discipline. I have to admit that it's not easy to keep up and produce a good piece of work every single day. Next year I plan to do only one project a week whether it's a drawing, painting or clay modeling. Hopefully the quality of work will be much better. So please stick around. :)

Day 362: Counting Down and New Year's Resolution

It's actually for today. I went back to my piano for the first time in months! Man...it sounds horrible. Looks like it seriously needs to be on my new year's resolution.

Day 361: Captain Caveman and Me

I was told that my character looked like Captain Caveman. Hmmm.

Day 360: Christmas Party

I've never realized how many gifts you can get from a stocking and under the X'mas tree until today. (Thank you!)

Day 359: Toothless

Just like me Toothless likes fish.

Drawing this reminds me of how much I loved drawing characters from my favorite comics and animations when I was young. 

Why not doing it now as well, right? He's on TV at the moment. Good animation. Highly recommended.

Day 358: Gift Wrapping

And now it's my turn to wrap all the gifts. Eeek!

Day 357: Kinder Eggs!

I got a present! It's Kinder Eggs special for Christmas called Adventskalender. There are 24 eggs which I am supposed to open one each day from December 1-24. But even though I got it 2 days before Christmas I am just going to keep the rule. :) I am taking a photo of the toy. Check them out from Kinder Eggs album on my Facebook!

Day 356: Mayan Prediction and Apollo 13

I just thought it was interesting to have Mayan prediction about the end of the word and there was Apollo 13 on TV on the same day.

Sorry for the delay!

Quick Note: I am totally okay! I've just got home from the light show at Bull Run. You know what? I recommend Meadowlark Garden. Looks like I will have 3 work posted tomorrow.

Day 355: Busy Busy Day

This busy drawing represents my busy busy day at work. That's life before holidays and deadline...I guess.

Day 354: 200th Anniversary of Grimm's Fairy Tales

Google celebrates 200th Anniversary of Grimm's Fairy Tales today with an interesting version of Little Red Riding Hood. Check it out! :) 

Did you notice that the size of round shape of grandma's buns, her eyeglasses and the yarn are the same?

Day 353: Holiday Season

We've got bags of popcorns, an enormous cake from the landlord, cookies, more cookies, gingerbread house, chocolate, mint chocolate, US-Capitol-shaped chocolate, pretzels covered with chocolate, grapefruit, oranges... I am sure there are more to come.

Day 352: The Use of Baseball Bat

As shown on the drawing...

Day 351: My First Real Baking from Scratch

If you don't bake from scratch on your own on regular basis just like me, Madeleine is a good start to try. (Pinwheel cookie is easy too. I just like the other one better. I chose to make pistachio cardamom.) Grab a friend to help to make it more fun.

Dear folks at the office, are you ready for my first baked product? Happy holidays!

Update: Out of 30ish pinwheel cookies and 40ish Madeleine we have 3 of the latter one left! Oink Oink

Day 350: Santa on a Fire Truck

I had a chance to see Santa on a fire truck from a distant yesterday...instead of using bells he used a car horn and a siren. 

And if you are in DC area, you might want to see some Christmas light show at Meadowlark Garden. It takes about 30-45 minutes to see everything. I think it's worth $13. :)

Day 349: 20 Kids

Twenty kids from age 5-10 years old were shot at school this morning in Connecticut. And as of tonight their parents are still not able to see them.

Day 348: Playing Pool for the First Time

Today we got a happy hour invitation from the engineering firm we work with a lot. We met at the place called Carpool. It is a rustic-looking bar with games and pool tables. It's quite crowded for Thursday evening. And I learnt to play pool for the first time. 

I grew up watching snooker because we had a world famous Thai player at the time. (You guys in Thailand know whom I am talking about!) So pool wasn't that strange to me in term of the concept. Of course, it's much easier to watch but I surely had fun giving it (well...2 games) a try. 

Thanks people who taught me, gave me tips and let me win the cut-throat game!

Day 347: Magoo

Magoo is (My big boss') Office's bronze statue on a polished wood block. Each year he will be (re)wrapped and treated as a gift for the ruffle at our "White Elephant" holiday lunch.

He has been wrapped in so many ways you can imagine such as in a big pretty box, in a fancy shoebox house, in a cat (stuffed animal) and this year in clay!

Day 346: Rockefeller

Eh...my sketch is nothing compared to the photo and the real place. My coworker just went there over the weekend and the last time I was there during Christmas was ten years ago. Definitely want to re-visit!

Day 345: Democracy Monument

It's Constitution Day in Thailand. 

ummm my sketch is totally out of proportion. 

Day 344: Floating Market

A quick sketch of Floating Market (which I visited early this year) inspired by The Art of Urban Sketching.

And I've just posted two of my painting for silent auction at the office party last month. Check them out. :)

Day 343: New Study Corner

After postponing this so many times I decided to jinx myself to set my new study corner. Right now I have a pile of books,  papers, junk that need to go somewhere.

Sorry for the delay!

Day 342: Street Market

You might need to bear with my pencil sketch for a couple days. I have just got a copy of "The Art of Urban Sketching" and I am in awe.

Day 341: Christmas Market

Have you heard of Christmas market? It looks quite magical. :) 

Day 340: Nobody

Just a rough sketch today. Sorry! What a day. And it will be a longer one tomorrow with an early start downtown.

Day 339: The Ripple

This ripple is created by using masking liquid, lots of salt, foil, brush, spray, blue, red and brown.

Day 338: A Wet Log

Hmm...I think it looks like a wet log.

Day 337: Lincoln

I hesitated to draw this after I watched the movie, Lincoln, over a week ago since he was such an iconic and one of the most respected and beloved presidents of the United States. But after I watched the interview with Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field I decided to do it. I would love to have his image on my sketchbook. Everyone basically admitted that they approached this movie with fear but that feeling pushed them to do the best they can.

Great movie with a great message. I have just ordered Team of Rivals which 5 pages of this book the movie is based on.

Day 336: Shoreline

Oops, sorry for the delay. Walking dogs at the shelter surely wore me out.

Please meet Dixie, a sweet 7-year-old grandma, and Bentley and his Princess.

Day 335: Counting Down

It's December already! How about you guys come up with the list you would like me to draw? I'll pick one to paint or draw from there. Make it more challenging to celebrate last month of this project.