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 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 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 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 338: A Wet Log

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

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.

Day 334: Canned Meat

I am watching Iron Chef Redemption and they have to create a transformation dish from canned meat. The food looks really good!

Cooking is definitely an art.

Day 333: Nutcrackers

I think nutcrackers are scary. Nuts Nuts Nuts.