baby boy

After few drawings of old and past men, I was more than happier to have something new and fresh coming in my mind, like sketch a 5 months new born baby boy. A warm welcome for a new member to our family- my nephew.

Homage to Ancient

These old and dim portraits are the Tai Chi Chuan masters, which I found the other days while doing google research of Tai Chi, Yang form related by chance. Unexpectedly, it fascinated me just look at each unique characters. I don't know who they are and whom they represent, yet, they look kind of familiar though, happened in one of my dreams before? Nothing to do with reincarnation things, leave that aside, then, whom those in black and white photos simply caught my attention. 向太極拳大老前輩門致敬。

here comes new friends

I like to watch people and see what people’s doing, quietly and in distance, physiological or psychological speaking. I found which is fascinating to me to observe the way they walk, talk and how they move or communicate…..

In terms of, how far is far enough, how close is close enough. And that does matter, of understanding a person in a way. By doing sketches, I see people. Through my own way and my point of view.

Lately, I happened had a chance traveling along with two gentlemen for 8 nights/9 days, trip to Suzhou, China. It is indeed an interesting experience, positively.

Here are three quick sketches to present during trip. Let’s see..... These two gentlemen I travel with, both are professional doctors with a certain age. The one I knew, we met roughly less than 3 months before off to Suzhou. Just about getting to know him better. And the other one, barely known him, met only once over dinner a couple of weeks ago till trip. In the beginning of known this man a little during traveling. The last old guy came to the same tea-house alone for tea break like us, who is a completely stranger and absolutely no idea that I was sketching him. Three types of relationship and it turned out three different effects among us.

figure

Oh, I remember that night, the longest day of May.

That usually overtaken day in town, happened once a month in Tuesday.

Hospital date, aimless looking at bookstore, friends meeting  and nude study.....

Exhausted at the end of day after all. 

Plus another 1 and half hours on express bus,  way back to home, barely open of my sour eyes, until the street lamp flashed me up. Home, sweet home is close....., just about midnight, a perfect time to call it a day. I need my bed, my own pillow so badly.

Once upon a month, I am a city wonderer.....

walk on

Appreciated my own foot, which take me to where I want to go, yet, also stop me where I wish to go but dare to do. That in the hope of walk on two legs, foot by foot. I'll keep walking..... Wherever you go, there you are. Wherever I go, here I am.

sketches of ORCHID Island

5 days trip in the ORCHID Island (Lan Yu), off Taiwan east coast. Which is a great idea of get away from cell phone, TV, media....., though, it seems not enough, not long enough..... This is a dream island, either like it or hate it. Life certainly got a different meaning over there. And I had a great time. Look for my photo album? link www.flickr.com/photos/darkdarling there are more pictures to come.

Study hands

A pile of hand sketches, with ink and water, lay on my desk lately, and it keeping add up. How interesting, it started with when an old ink pen was found in a long-forgotten drawer accidentally one day, and I wanted to know whether it could still working properly or not.

my territory

Lounge--one of my territory. It's pretty much like a twisted glance that I have when just woke up from long sleep in the morning. The fresh air from window outside was enjoyable though. That's all I definitely need first thing in the morning.

skyline

The perfect season to go out during Autumn. As long as the sunshine is not too biting and not too windy, I love to stay outdoor, especially the last hour before sun set, it's the most beautiful moment of a day. The skyline looks even wider and dimer, blurred to the sky out to the world. Again, these are viewed form the top of my house.

sleeping

I actually enjoy sleeping very much. That I look for a sweet dream.

a face

Of course it's not me, don't bother to ask. Just try to catch up an image on my mind what I like. Hate to say that I can barely recognize myself from mirror these days. Suppose I'm in the middle of self-identity crisis?

Hand

Unforgettable pretty hands that I've ever seen. Afraid to say I didn’t 100% express it well.

smile

Oh, how I miss the smile! very much.

Dumb show

Here is the one man dumb show, presented by me and only. Enjoy it!

one of me

Is this me? A real me? I wonder? I look at this quick sketch long, and question is it me still?
As they said, Scorpio is a sort of emotional animal. Yes, I’m the one.
There’s something unbalance in my mind these couple of days, anyhow, for some reasons, don't know if it because of the summer heat or by other friends affects, kind of low. Can’t really concentrate on what I’m supposed to do. That I try to read my mind and figure out how to spirit up myself a little by a pastel self-portrait.
Generally speaking, I jealous of those who can paint by imagination, unlike one of them, I’m only draw what I see, what before my eyes. The question is, do I really see what I saw?
This is a kind of rough though, only takes less than half an hour or so. Some of the bright painted colors that I picked for the reason to cover my underneath blue on purpose, instead, it did cheer me up a little eventually. To be honest, I barely understand myself somehow.

a practice of patience

I have to say that I'm not a kind of person who has such patience to handle things.
Usually, I deal with my body, specially pain, impatiently, even deal with others, particularly close family or friend, no patience at all when I lack of energy. Don't know why, sometimes I just couldn't control my temper well. Too bad, isn't it? It makes me fell bad of myself and regretful for hurting others feeling afterward as well.
Haven't done such time consuming work for long. This is a practice of line drawing.Copy from a picture I took of myself. Color ink pen+ water+ photoshop effect on A4 size paper, completed in a couple of days. It certainly calm me down a bit.