Art Stalking: Lisa Congdon

I learned about Lisa Congdon via Maria Popova's wonderful site called www.brainpickings.org. It's one of my most frequently visited sites since I started dipping my toes into the corporate world in order to give my mind at least ounce of creative inspiration and stimulation while taking a break from I.T. work. She has a very spontaneous and quirky characteristic about her work that reminds me of Maira...

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Always Pursue Growth

Made a simple rubber stamp last week then used my Leonardt Manuscript 300 nib for the words. I thought of this quote because a lot of us are too hard on ourselves when we set goals and try to achieve them. It's better to pursue growth, because growth is never ending. Ask not if you're already perfect, but if you're better than the day before....

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Psychedelic Adventures: Mt. Pinatubo Travel Diary

I was anticipating a very rigorous hike. It was my chance to jumpstart a much needed exercise regimen after the food trips that me and my friends have been getting into for the past several weeks. My college friends and I were discussing the idea of going on a day hike to Mt. Pinatubo one evening and I remember its epic eruption way back in 1991. I woke up to a white garage and I thought it was snowing! It was the second biggest volcano...

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Doodle Caboodle: Excellence Is A Habit

A doodle inspired by Aristotle: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ...

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A Corpy's 5 Tips on Practicing Creativity

Before I began drawing and blogging regularly again, one of the challenges that I faced was the inception of an the idea to be translated into an image. Numerous questions go through my head about what to draw that I end up being paralyzed and not continuing because I felt that my subject wasn't creative or interesting enough. My constant self editing before undergoing the actual process made me realize that I didn't get any better at drawing...

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Watercolor Weekday: Harry and Minerva

People watching is one of my cheapest hobbies. To set the record straight, I am not a stalker, nor do I have any intentions of being one. (Sa twitter at instagram lang, promise!) I just like to observe how people interact from afar and sometimes make up stories about them in my head. When I see an interesting looking person, I try to imagine what he or she is like--what she does for a living, what could be his errands...

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Psychedelic Adventures: Coron, Palawan in Pictures

It's funny how my blog can't seem to catch up with my (mis)adventures. I still haven't finished writing about my Day 2 and 3 in Coron last April, and here's another post about Bohol already lined up! I don't want to write a lengthy entry about Coron again, so here's a few more photos from that trip.  Smorgasbord of colors at the Coron Public Market. Fresh fruits and veggies, anyone? Amazing blue fish at the wet market! I just had to...

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Creativity Show and Tell: The Anti-White Space Project

The month of May is proving to be very eventful for me despite the lack of updates in my blog (sorry about that)! I'm so glad that I have enough time to draw and paint these days, but things might change as I start a new project at work. I learned last week that my new team will be reporting to our Global One office starting May 15, which means I will be traveling daily from B.F. Paranaque to Eastwood and back again (eeeeep!). That's more or...

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A Post-Labor Day Drawing

What a productive weekend! Sunday afternoon was spent at a cafe in Alabang Town Center so that I can focus on drawing. I get so distracted at home with television, the laptop and even my bed, so after going to mass, I decided to have lunch by myself and work on my sketches.  Since most of what I've been drawing lately are nature-inspired subjects, I wanted to practice drawing human faces and body movements. The Pierre Couture Tray at Cafe...

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Art Stalking: Gayle Kabaker and Krisatomic

I'm welcoming May with tons of inspiration from a couple of watercolor and gouache artists! These fashion illustrations are uber chic! I love the way they do their washes and how cleverly they draw their subjects. Here are my favorite watercolor illustrations from Gayle Kabaker (photos courtesy of www.gkabaker.com) She has a loose way of playing with paint which I absolutely love. The way some colors bleed after a wet on...

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