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... :))