The Green Set :)

Olive green? A rather unique colour on furniture I should say... and I was given the task to decorate it... and paint away I did hehe. On it I have salmon-coloured roses and blossoms ... didn't think I should put in too many colours. Will try with other shades later... as I do have more cabinets to paint... so keep on dropping by to view yes?

Showing here are the 2 sides of the cabinet ... painted freehand... thus the reason why my paintings can never be symmetrical. I believe nothing is exactly the same in nature. Only prints can be 100% similar... and that would then not look natural anymore if one has everything the same around the house... hmmmm






The top and bottoms halves of the cabinet door. Had to climb on the stool and twist my head and hand to paint the top haa. Couldn't lay the cabinet flat on the floor... too heavy to handle by myself. Doing the painting alone at home....


Next are pics of the plactic bag dispenser to match. Same motives painted all round. I went crazy with the roses and blooms here... filling up the space... hehe.









And finally the last to complete this set... is a kitchen towel holder. At the end of the day... I think I'm happy and satisfied with my work. My legs are aching though muahahaha.... having to stand whilst painting... keep on forgetting age is a factor to be reckoned with!!!

Current project...

It's mine... mine... mine muahahahahaha

I do think I deserve to treat myself... and so here is my current on-going project... as and when the mood takes me there i.e. .... hahaha. I have this fridge that lasted me 13 years until finally it decided to retire and expire.

I managed to coax dear hubby to get a new one to replace good-old faithful... but of course I have my reason for that... hey... I don't let things go to waste. You see, since I'd developed an interest in gardening... I'd accumulated a fair bit of tools and knick-knacks ... and I don't have the storage space to hide the mess. So... this is a very timely demise of my fridge... I'd converted it into a gardener's "shack" hahaha ... ain't I clever???? *clap*clap*clap* ... thank you thank you thank you... muahahahaha... anyway... the painting has just begun... but the ideas have vanished into thin air as I'd to stop and focus on other paintings... but I shall get back to it... so stay tuned ya hehe

Just completed :)

Latest ... completed just about 9am this morning... yet to be varnished though. Met Ita and her husband Tarmizi (introduced by Zaitun) and was commissioned by them to paint roses on a dining table. Nice couple this pair... compliments each other's skills and talents... and making their hobby their current vocation. They own a one-stop home centre I should say.... anything from heavy furniture making to the interior finishings and furnishings... a real saliva-drooling experience to go through their shop hahaha...

Will show you the various angles taken of the table top. Here you see the overall top view of the table. Only the top was brought to me... and I had it put over my coffee table in my lounge. As it was huge... I had to climb over and sit on it as I paint haha... slightly better if I'd put it on the floor. I'd guarantee you I will need a back massage ... muahahahaha... bending over to paint on the floor takes a heavy toll on my back *sigh*


Here are the two ends of the table. As I draw and paint roses freehand... no two paintings can be the same. Even if I were to trace out the design... I'd still not get them exactly the same. My biggest fear is when a customer asks me to duplicate and replicate a certain design... I can never do it!!!!



And finally the centre piece. The roses here are bigger as compared to the ones at the ends of the table. Thank God I had the insight to get myself a 3/4" angular brush way back in 2006 (though I did hesitate to buy it then... was wondering when on earth would I be using such a huge brush???!!!!) Hmm... grandma always said to trust your instincts... I'm glad I did. It sure made my work easier here :)


Also painted the caddy to match the table. One can use it as a cutlery holder ... and this would certainly complement the dining table. Don't you think so??? ... hehehe... I certainly do.

So... that's the dining set to show-off... unfortunately... it's not mine :(

Phew.... finally...

Finally finished.... but unvarnished!!!... hehe... as usual. Just three boxes but it took me a long time to complete for lack of ideas. Simply no inspiration. Roslan requested them as samples....and he had to wait oh... maybe 3 or 4 weeeks? Didn't take me long to complete them once started... but to START was THE problem ... muahahahaha. Hehe... sorry Roslan. Anyway, here I have three different boxes of differing shapes and sizes ... I sure hope it's up to his expectations.... will know tomorrow when he comes to collect :)

Just a small box, great as a door gift... sorry the pic isn't clear. No fault of the camera though... probably I focussed it too close.... haven't the skills of a photographer hehe. Probably the reason why I need a user friendly camera... focus and click away haha.... no problemo. Haha inspite of that... this pic is not clear... hmmmm... wonder why????


Next is a book box. Painted pink roses with filler flowers and blue ribbons. Notice that it's without hinges yet?... well that's because it finished but unvarnished. I have all hinges fixed only after varnishing. (I was "trained" to remove all hinges an screws before base coating, so it has become a habit) Anyway...this too would make a great gift box... for assessories, chocolates, candies...wtv




Finally.... another box but with 2 compartments on the inside, simply painted with pastel roses and scrolls on the cover and the front of box. Nothing fancy here... but I like it... gives it a touch of elegance... (if I may say so...ahem...hahaha)





So that's it for now... next will be a post on more plaques. Will do that later... currently having problems to upload the pics..... very very very slow!!!!... hitting my nerves!!!! aarrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh


P/S: took me 2 hours to upload the pics!!!!!

Some to show :)

Well before I left for JB... I did do some paintings... as usual none for myself *sigh*

Painted roses and ribbons on a pair of drawers for Lizana. I'm happy with the outcome... I hope she is too. Anyway... the drawers are back with her in her home :)

Also managed to complete Marina's galvanised iron storage bin to match the pedal bin that I'd done previously. Currently I'm painting her a pair of stools to match the current theme of soft pastel flowers on a soft white background.

And for kak Nomi, I had olives painted on a tea-pot shaped kitchen towel holder. It was a design I copied from a serviette... hehehe... had fun with that. In fact I made a pair... one for her and the other for sale... off to my sales blog soon, but only after she's made her choice though, for I painted them on different background colours....

I have a few smaller items painted on plaques of various shapes and sizes. Will show them later... but for now... that's it! Need to get back into the groove... know what I mean? *sigh*sigh* and more *sighs*

Just us gals....

I guess today is just one of those days when things don't go the way you want it to. No... it's not going the wrong way... it's just not going the right way... hahahaha (don't think I'm making sense here!!!! ...nevermind ... it's just me, must be the hormones playing up with my temperaments ... again....*sigh*

Anyway... just got back from JB. Been away since Wednesday. It's now the school hols and my Ira is on semester break too. It has been a long time since we went anywhere for the hols... so we, the three generations of females (my mom, my two girls and I) decided to take the trip down south to meet up with my eldest girl working in JB. It was a long leisurely drive down the highway, with many many many pit-stops at almost all the R&Rs along the way. Hey... it's a 50-year old woman driving ok??? The 3-hour drive became 5hrs ....I think... hahaha. Anyway... the mood was slightly spoiled half way through when Ira suddenly realised she left her handbag (and everything else in it, of course) at home!!! ... so here you see a sullen looking Ira (cursing herself, I can bet!). For the next few days, my Ira was more like an illegal immigrant with NO documents on her hahaha. Anyway... fortunately, the sullen mood didn't last long. By the time we arrived in JB... things were back to normal haha

Syukrina is with the Hotel Grand Paragon... so we had the privileged pleasure to be accomodated at "her" hotel. We checked into a deluxe room with 2 huge spacious twin beds (slightly smaller than a queen-sized bed) .. so nobody was kicking anybody here... there was still ample space in between bodies hehe. Anyway... the room was COLD... and I hate cold!!! It had a central air-cond system... so I couldn't adjust the temperature... but thank God I brought along a pair of long socks to sleep in hahaha. You see... mua here ain't got enough blubber to insulate her from the cold muahahahaha...

So... what did we do in JB? Hehe... nothing much... the girls went shopping for their stuffs... Aida got herself an mp5, Ira got a new phone (apparently those items are cheaper here in JB).. and I just tagged along and kept their stomachs full hahaha. My momma? Nay... she didn't do anything... her idea of a holiday is to have a complete rest in bed and go have a good excellent chow!!!! Yup! That's what she did... hahaha. See, there's my momma, Syukrina and Aida waiting for food to be served at some seafood eatery that Syukrina took us to... oh btw.... food was good and relatively cheaper too :)

Actually, our hols was just a break from our daily mundane life... but it was good when the three generations of females could spend some time together... albeit just a short one, but it was good enough.... and now... I have to get back to my studio.... or perhaps... maybe not yet... muahahahaha

Friends are for life....

Had a fantastic day yesterday... it was a gathering of 13 schoolmates at Ja's. Spent almost the whole day from 10am up to 5.00pm just being crazy with them.... making one helluva noise filled with screeches of girlish laughter and loud talking trying to outdo the other just to be heard above the din hahaha... (that's what Ja's daughter, Dina, said ... NOISE... us aunties were making too much noise she couldn't cope with... hahahaha). Anyway... it was potluck and food was abundant... hahaha... my darling friends forfeited their diet for the day....

May Lee came back from USA... and this gathering was especially for her... see May Lee, we love you so much... that we were willing to sacrifice Saturday just for you. Unfortunately... I have no photos to show as my camera totally kaput on me. However...I have inherited a Sony Digital Still Camera from May Lee (bless her... lucky me... Alhamdulillah). It was a spare she had that she'd not used for quite some time... and thus decided to let me have it, on condition I post her pics taken from it... a simple enough request I cannot reject. Thank you dear.... I shall cherish it.

I will post pics of the gathering later... I shall grab some from Ja's and May Lee's Facebook once they have them posted. In the meantime... I have to go look for a suitable plug for the charger as the plug is not compatible with our sockets here. I have done quite a fair bit of painting lately... will post them later once I get the camera batteries charged....

Have a great day ya....

P/S : finally uploaded a pic taken from Ja's album :)

A Blessed Day....

Yesterday was a good fruitful day. It was a day when I finished 5 items... albeit small items no doubt... but I did them :) It was also a day where friends long lost got to meet... more about that later ya... now to start the day off with a feast on my paintings hahaha...

This rope plaque with hydrangeas is not new. Had it posted a few weeks ago... only difference now is that it's completed and varnished... and is now ready for sale hehe. Will have that posted on my sales blog later along with other items.... once I finished them ... muahahahahaha



I painted 2 more plaques with hydrangeas... but with a slightly different technique... the difference is not that obvious though. Instead of using Glaze Medium on the hydrangeas... I used Magic Mix as the medium. I think I prefer the Glaze Medium... it gives a shine to my flowers hehe... anyway, the plaque on the far right is sold :) and the other one is for sale... off to the sales blog later....


These two plaques with roses differs from my normal roses. I was trying to make the painting look washy and soft like as if I'm using watercolours instead of acrylics. That's the beauty of acrylics... it's so versatile that the painting may be made to look like an oil or watercolour painting just by using different mediums to create the look. anyway... I have Susan Scheewe Brown to inspire me here. Susan paints with watercolours... but I love her style yup!yup!yup! I may have to master the technique but for now I'm pleased with the effect on these two plaques. I have yet to finish them... need to refine a bit more here and there.. then off to sales blog haha


Anyway, back to my story. I had a visit from Roslan and his charming 2-year old baby yesterday at 11am. Roslan is a house husband who paints in his spare time. It has been a long time since I last met him. It's always good when friends of the same passion come to visit. I first met Roslan when he joined us for a painting workshop way back in 2000. His passion was recently rekindled since he became a house husband... and his biggest achievement to date, I must add, is to paint on his dining set!!! Hats off to you sir....

Datin Ros and Zaiyan came about half hour later. They are my painting buddies. We have been so busy lately that our normal meets on Thursdays was put on hold. I was supposed to join them for brunch... but unfortunately circumstances were against me to meet up with them. However, after brunch... they dropped by. I'm glad they did for Marina came shortly after that to collect her stuffs. Marina was a customer but is now a friend. And hey... it's a small world! I thought I was introducing her to my painting buddies... but it seems that she and Datin Ros were already buddies way back in the 70's during their college days! My my my.... the unplanned visits became a reunion for them hahaha... yup!yup!yup!

It was a busy morning for me... but it made my day. I love you guys... so till our next meet... cheerio. Oh btw... today is Friday... I'm meeting my schoolmates for lunch :)... friends for life... :))

T-pot mats

Just finished these tea-pot shaped mats. Haha... had them base-coated almost a year ago but never had the idea what to paint on them until two days ago... and sooooo... now I show-off la hehe. They are finished but unvarnished... need to have the back painted too before I can varnish them. Both sides of the mat may be used if one needs variety... I'd painted different flowers on each of them ... but made them as a set with a scumbled green base :)

Tulips

Daffodil

Tiger Lily

That's it for now... not much to story... my brain has gone to sleep hahaha...goodnite y'all... sweetdreams.

The bin...

When I have worries or is troubled about anything... I turn to my paints and brushes. As I focus on my painting... I let go my worries... good therapy... yes? Today... I got back my car. Darling daughter did stunts with it and sent some guys flying like superman! Thank God... the damage to vehicle and guys were minor... but it sure burned my pockets!!! I'm today officially poorer by RM1450.00.... muahahahaha. Oh well.... anyway... finished the bin for Marina... finished but not varnished yet :) Shown below are the pics of the bin taken at various angles around it....

There you go... spring flowers all around the bin. Going to take a break now... will next tackle her storage bin... a huge rectangular galvanised iron thingy that I'd base-coated a month ago hehe. Same spring flowers all round... have a great weekend ya...