June 10, 2016. Pencil on paper. 35cm x 55cm. Master Tang was the best teacher I met so far. He didn’t owe the perfect teacher method as Mastee Yim. He didn’t have the bright and big big studio as Master Jim. His class was short. He was low key. He didn’t have the best work… Read More
Red Earth
May 1, 2016. Oil on Canvas. 18 cm x 25 cm. I went to with Kunming for 4 days with family. Since it was only 4 days, I had no plan to paint at all. Nevertheless I tried to squeeze my painting stuff into my luggage. Weather in Kunming was excellent. A bit dry though.… Read More
Plein Air Painting in hot summer
May 29, 2016. Oil on canvas. 18cm x 25cm. In Taipei Metro Station. I had a free day in Taipei. I invited my Taiwan friend to go painting with me. He was so nice to choose a place with shelter. Yet this day. In May. The temperature was unbelievable 36*C. We wished to settle down… Read More
Still objects
May 28, 2016. Oil on canvas. 18cm x 25cm The basic oil painting skill course by Master Yip Yin Shing 葉燕城 was inspiring. Although my stay in Taipei was very tight but I still wished to maximise my network by joining more course. Master Yip was a good choice. He was a funny guy. Intelligent,… Read More
Painting with master
May 16, 2016. Oil on canvas. 50cm x 70cm. In my journey to the dream of a painter I met many great teachers and artists, who tutorial me during life painting and helped me a lot. Today I were so happy to paint with 2 great artists from China. On the right hand side was… Read More
1st painting@Yim’s Studio
May 13, 2016. Oil on canvas. 18cm x 25cm. As the junior student at my Master Yim’s Taipei studio, I was assigned to do pencil sketch drawing of statue, until one day, master evaluated that I could be “promoted” to the senior class to draw life model. And the ultimate promotion was the oil painting… Read More
Improving!
May 2, 2016. Oil on canvas. 60 x 60″ I had breakthrough in sketching 2 months ago. And all the results were shown in my recent human life drawing. The model Candy was inexperienced but she had a cheerful personality. Painting her was a pleasant experience. Master Tang started to introduce basic oil painting skill… Read More
I learn oil painting
May 22, 2016. Oil on canvas. 12″ x 16″ It was unbelievable that I didn’t take oil painting lessons and decided to self study for the past 3 years. I only attended lessons of sketching. The main reason was I had not met any teacher who I admired. And I always hope that I could… Read More
Too good to be true
April 22, 2016. Oil on canvas. 26 x 36″ In Taipei. Goddess Vanice was a typical exercise for drawing student. The full female body was perfect in proportion and an amazing beautiful curvy object. It was not 100% difficult for me. I guessed I had improved a bit, making it an hands on task now.… Read More
Improving
April 15, 2016. Oil on canvas. 12 x 16cm. In Taipei. Learning was so much fun. Especially at the age over 50. Especially when you spotted the improvement every day , every moment you were trying. Grateful for what life had offered me. The 3 years of my painting life had passed so swiftly and… Read More