Dipolog Weekend

The team went to Dipolog recently to cover a wedding. Below are some snapshots from the trip.



















Full view of Mt Talinis while approaching home

Bulad Art Exhibit by Alma Alcoran

Saturday night, I made sure I got to visit Alma's first solo art exhibit at El Amigo. I especially adored the clay works and the watercolor paintings. They were very realistic and detailed.



And what an honor to have an artwork named after me! She named a lot of her pieces after her friends. My favorite is that of the tugnos (tiny fish) painting named "Hersley" who of course is named after the amazing Dumaguete-based artist and photographer, Hersley Ven Casero.

Alma's artworks will be on display for an entire month until the end of May.

This is the artwork named after me. :)

Recently seen on the crafting table

I've been spending a lot of time using my arts and craft table recently, which I admit is doing a lot of good to me. Seeing my materials and my previous works inspire me to do better the next time. I actually wish I had a bigger or wider one. Or maybe, there's really no table that's ever wide enough to put all the stuff I use and store. Anyway, I took a good look at it one day and thought of taking a snapshot.


I also managed to finally create a color reference card for my palette because sometimes, the color of the tube is different from how it appears on paper.


Eyes are subjects I really want to paint better so I practiced doing a few of them one Sunday afternoon. I still can't do a pair of eyes. So far it's just a left eye or a right eye separately.


There are also a lot of short but really inspiring quotes on Pinterest that made me want to collect them. I made use of an extra piece of watercolor paper that I was about to throw away because I didn't like it so much. I managed to squeeze in twenty short quotes and I was quite satisfied with the outcome. Too bad I can't easily pop it into a photo frame because it's not cut in a standard size.


Blanzy

After the longest time, I've finally purchased a new nib, a Sergent - Major Superieure N° 2500 Blanzy-Fran. The name is a mouthful so I just call it "the blanzy nib" because it's the first blanzy I own. I quite like it, it runs quite smooth for thin upward strokes and holds a bit more ink than the usual ones I have.

I tried it out on some of my favorite Bible verses, they give me such comfort when I read them.