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NYC Urban Sketchers Portrait Party

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I’m in New York City again! A spontaneous decision brought me to this bustling city for the long weekend (and away from freezing Boston and its -16F temperature…). Since I’ll be missing my weekly meet with fellow urban sketcher (USK) friends in Boston, I immediately check to see if there are any drawing sessions with the NYC group.

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Boy, am I in luck! This weekend the USK meet up in New York City is holding a portrait party. To sum it up, everyone take turns being the live model for 10 minutes, and at the end of the session, we will each have created tons of portrait drawings of all the participants.

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I’ve always been daunted by drawing portraits and people because I’m not very skilled with proportions. My biggest problem is to even get the ‘creatures’ to look ‘human-like’ LOL. However, this portrait party is just too big of an opportunity to miss, so I signed up for it anyway. Continue reading →

Hobonichi Flip through 2015 December

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今年開始使用的是1101 Hobonichi的A5手帳分冊版，跟去年的A6比起來空間大好多～ 終於可以很盡情的大玩紙膠帶以及手繪！當然，消耗墨水的機會也在這極大的書寫空間 😀

Here’s a review of my first month in the Hobonichi A5 Cousin! 

十二月開始美國各處都充滿了過節氣氛～我忍不住也做了一個小手繪教學影片，主題就是冬季小插圖!

一開始還不太習慣A5的空間感，空空的位置就拿來填寫每天的晚餐食譜囉！


聖誕節就是要畫耶誕紅啦! 這次顏色下手很重，效果很棒～但是顏料抓皺紙張的悲劇也更明顯…

在台灣的朋友送給我一套企鵝的貼紙～ 好像是在台中一個以企鵝為主題的畫展所購得，整張貼紙的企鵝系列太可愛了，怎麼能不拿來用光光?

我和朋友在耶誕市集買了一些應景的小盆栽，但我才養他不到兩星期，竟然就乾枯死亡QQ (美國太乾了啦!) (絕對不是自己的錯…)


我很喜歡Unmistakable Creative他們所提出的 15 principles for living a creative life. 其中三項真的很貼切: It’s about showing up when you don’t feel like it. It’s about showing up when you’re uninspired. It’s about staying in something so far past where the average person would quit. 很多時候容易覺得這件事很煩躁就放棄他，雖然他們都是達成目標所必經的過程!

想不到要寫什麼的時候，填填歌詞也不錯

這些可愛的黃金獵犬都是工商雜誌封面剪下來的～美國人真的很愛黃金獵犬耶


  

我的牛角初體驗就這樣給波士頓了～雖然沒有像台灣一樣的吃到飽，但還是吃得很過癮

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學期結束一定要和老師拍張照！這邊的每一位教授都很令人印象深刻，尤其是他們願意和你溝通互動這點，真的是大學很少體會到的~

終於實現在戶外溜冰的體驗了～ 尤其是當黃昏接近，一個人在冰上刷刷刷的成就感

自從九月開始加入波士頓的速寫小聚會，沒想到竟然能夠有將我們的作品展出的一天！我的畫廊處女作就在Salem女巫城這邊展開！
  

就像去首爾街頭要找卡拉OK加菲貓，來到波士頓一定要現場聽一下Keytar Bear的街頭演奏！

波士頓圖書館又大又乾淨，尤其喜歡他那舒適的座位及空間感，很適合讀書或打瞌睡…

我揪成功了！在波士頓第一次的Hobonichi手帳聚會！雖然大家都是第一次碰面，但將文具們大把大把拿出來的那一刻，我們彷彿是多年不見的好友～文具癮無國際!


聖誕夜那天我前進紐約過節囉！紐約不愧是耶誕城，每個角落都有不能錯過的聖誕裝飾!


文具狂到哪裡都要失心瘋，除了充滿日本文具用品的Kinokuniya，在西村有好多美術行及文具店！逛得不亦樂乎~~


就像在台北那樣的隨性悠閒，走累的就挑間順眼的咖啡店或是小餐館喝杯咖啡，吃個甜滋滋的甜甜圈～

我的朋友是福星，因為我們竟然抽到了中獎機率超低的Broadway Lottery Ticket~ Kinky Boots真的很好看！

這幾款星空紙膠帶在我的IG上詢問度超高，但我完全不記得是誰出的～去過太多次文具聚會，捲了一堆來路不明但每的要命的紙膠帶…

天阿～新年快樂！2015就這樣結束了! 畫下完美句點的那一刻我們正在Mckittrick Hotel與Sleep No More的劇組在舞池裡狂歡!

這個月下來A5的空間感實在令文具手作狂感到過癮～期待2016年將他寫得滿滿的!

喜歡以影片模式觀賞的人，請用這個Flipthrough影片

Winter Doodles for December

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It’s that time of the year again! Christmas wreaths are up on doorways and lamp posts, and Christmas decorations are everywhere. I feel that it is time to amp up my Hobonichi creativity and start decorating some December pages in advance!

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(Image source: Hobonichi Web store 2015)

Inspired by Hobonichi’s cover on cover from 2015, I decided to doodle some of the Christmas tree illustrations on my own. Here’s a video of my doodling. They comprised of simple lines and shapes that anyone can recreate. Draw some strings of lights hanging from the top of the page. You can also draw a snow man with candy canes growing out of snowy banks. Enjoy!

I’ll be sharing more of my Christmas doodles and sketches soon!

My To-Go Stationery Setup

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I tend to hoard stationery items. I love to see new things that comes out, and try to collect them all. As a result, I have with me a whole stack of wonderful pens and writing tools. However, today a friend asked me to show her my to-go stationery set up, and I realise that I ended up always going minimalist when taking my writing tools on the goal. In this post I will be sharing the items that I bring with me whenever I go out. It’s almost embarrassing to examine how simple the combination is, but here goes:

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(From Left to right: A portable watercolor palette, Moleskine Pocket Sketchbook, Tabiya leather pen case, and finally a Hobonichi Weeks (spring start) )

As you can probably guess, they are all super light and easy to carry. I want to eliminate the hassle of ruffling through my bag whenever I want to find something. Also, as an urban sketcher, it’s important to always have a small booklet that you can whip out and draw at the moment (hence the Weeks and the Moleskine)

Upon closer inspections are the contents inside the pen case and inside the pocket folder in my Weeks:

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Hobonichi Flip Through January 2015 part 1

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It feels really good to start off the new year by art journaling in the Hobonichi. The format of the Hobonichi Techo and the constant reminder to put in something wonderful each day really helps give a sense of purpose in keeping this journal.

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To recap, this is a A6 Hobonichi Techo English Planner. Although it lack the detailed timeline bar, the check boxes on top, and has a different type of format from the Japanese Techo version, I feel that this layout allows more blank spaces for writing and drawing.

I wanted to start this year with a bang, so I figured I’d buy a lottery ticket to test my luck. Well, if I had won, this ticket won’t be stuck to this page now ;). I love cutting out cute pictures from beautiful brochures and flyers, especially in the city of Taipei where there are many artists showing off their trade.

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Portrait Practice – doodle book project

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I came across doodle books by the way of online recommendations. I’m always interested in books that teaches art at book stores, and I’ve always love to watch art tutorials on youtube.

Yet it is clear that you cannot improve if you don’t start drawing things yourself. Videos and books can teach you techniques of give you an idea of how to draw certain shapes, but to learn art, the best way is to pick up a pen and paper and start drawing.

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This is why I’m beginning my pursuit of drawing people through a series of exercise as guided by this book I found: Easy Drawing Note, 10 minute a day, learn to draw people.

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