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Emily

Coffee Flower in Bloom

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——纪念那一朵姗姗来迟的咖啡花—— 今夜我心心念念着的第一朵咖啡花终于盛开，距离我第一次发现疑似花骨朵的芽苞已经过去了两个月。 小时候院子里种了一棵桃树，就在它即将开花结果的那一年，家里人砍掉了它。没能看桃花桃果，是我童年的一大遗憾。那个小院子里来来去去生长着葡萄树，香樟树，可惜最后因为种种原因都被砍掉。长长久久地拥有一棵树，尤其是果树，是我对童年的补偿。…

Acrylic Painting 2022: A 50 / 50 Plan

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I went to a bookstore and took an acrylic painting instruction book home. I’ve found less interest in acrylic, which is dry drastically fast. Instead, I’ve devoted myself to watercolor for the last few months. But I prefer to use acrylics up.I’ll follow the book to achieve 50 paints in a month. Here are the first four: 16 paints are accomplished.

Wall Art: Pumpkins and 3D Stems

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I worked into wee hours last night to make an acrylic painting wall art and was too excited to fall asleep after finally making it. I planned to draw three pumpkins on the blank wood sign I bought from a local craft store, but eventually, it went five. I feel drowsy all day today and promised myself to sleep early tonight. The last thing I planned o draw was pumpkin stems, but I was too tired to do so. I got a brainwave and fetched some polymer clay from a bookshelf. I shaped the white clay into five pentagon masses,… Read More »Wall Art: Pumpkins and 3D Stems

Acrylic vs. Oil, Aaron vs. Emily

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Last night, Aaron and I decided to have a drawing competition. Aaron was okay with Acrylic, a new medium for him; I preferred Oil painting, and I had no experience in it either. Although sometimes I call Aaron my “in-house expert,” I have self-confidence in drawing and would be a strong competitor. Two hours had passed, midnight approached, then we stopped. Acrylic dry quickly, Aaron was able to add reflections on each cheery and had plenty of time to correct his painting. I, unfortunately, didn’t have enough time to do such things on a wet canvas. I posted both. Wasn’t… Read More »Acrylic vs. Oil, Aaron vs. Emily

The Inedible Sunflowers

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—— And rat Snowy —— A friend in San Francisco asked me to draw her a sunflower. I was unsure if I could make it, so I started a small sample on a piece of wood, as acrylic works fine on it. I didn’t expect the pigment to dry that fast, but I soon got used to it. Let me Introduce my pet rat Snowy. She’s over two years old and is the eldest and cutest rat among the four. Keep practicing. Draw on an 8′ x 10′ sketch paper. It is my first all-made-by-color-pencil drawing ever.