Food Made to Look Good

So... I know I usually put my artwork up on this blog thing. But I also think that food in a way is art... as many chefs say. Also not only that but the presentation is definitely art when it comes to the high-class restaurants. Their plate sure looks like an artwork. So I decided to bake a cake and decorate it. My decoration may be quite elementary and the cake may be so-so but it's something to look at.

Dark Chocolate Mousse Yellow Cake w/ Strawberries & Blueberries

Cake: Yellow Vanilla Cake
Frosting: Dark Chocolate Mousse
Decoration: Strawberries & Brown Sugar coated Blueberries

The cake looks great... I think, but unfortunately the cake is a little dry due to over beating the cake batter. :-( Oh wells, one mistake makes you learn to do better.

Figure Drawing Series 2

With the fall semester through with... it also goes another semester of my Life Drawing Class. I was blessed to have a professor to be able to really guide me to improving my technique and observations. Although the first half of my semester was somewhat of a struggle, I really feel that I have a better perception of proportion on the human body. People did say that even though the professor's teaching is quite boring and fustrating at times... they do realize that in the end they improve a lot. And so by the end of the semester... I do begin the realize the madness in his methods and really start to appreciating everything that he has done.

So this series contains most of the finished works during my life drawing semester.. ENJOY!

Figure 6
Medium: Charcoal & Conte Crayon
Canvas: Newsprint Paper
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Figure 7
Medium: Charcoal & Conte Crayon
Canvas: Brown Kraft Paper
Size:

Figure 8
Medium: Conte Crayon & Charcoal
Canvas: Pastel Paper
Size:

Figure 9 "SELF-PORTRAIT"
Medium: Pencil
Canvas: Bristol 'Smooth' Paper
Size: 11" x 14"

Figure 10
Medium: Pencil
Canvas: Bristol 'Smooth' Paper
Size: 11" x 14"

Figure 11
Medium: Charcoal
Canvas: Bristol 'Smooth' Paper
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Figure 12
Medium: Charcoal
Canvas: Newsprint Paper
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Tae Yang Portrait

Tae Yang Portrait
Medium: Pencil
Canvas: Sketch Paper
Size: 8.5"x 11"

Coming back to school a little early, I thought I would start working on doing portraits. After doing Life-Drawing... I definitely don't want to loose what I have learned. I still have much to learn, so hopefully by doing more portraits, I can evolve my techniques.

The sketch is of a singer in the Korean Hip-Hop group called Big Bang. His name... Tae Yang. He's definitely my favorite singer out of the group. Here's the original picture that this sketch was based on:

*picture credited to YG Entertainment Korea*

PIN UP GIRL Project *Update 2*

Pin Up Girl Project
Medium: Oil Paint
Canvas: Wooden Door
Size:

So I have completed quite a lot of the Pin Up girl on the door. Everything is mainly painted in and I think i will need to work on the detail on the door (the dark lines... meant to reproduce the indents of the traditional doors). Also I think the background needs to have some variation of color... so I got some working to do. Wish me Luck!

Fuzzy Pals *Update*

Fuzzy Pals
Medium: Oil Paint
Canvas: Canvas Board
Size: 20" x 16"

So early in December, I posted a picture that I decided to duplicate on canvas. I guess you can say its a whole "cute animal" phase that I had. I still have one more in process and this one is almost done... I just got to touch up the background because so far its a little "bland" compared to the front.

I think the main part, which are the animals, I think came out quite well. It took about 2-3 hours per animal (with exception to the small gerbil looking thing)

Fuzzy Pals DETAIL

*Painted from a photograph not taken by me*

Bamboo

Bamboo
Medium: Oil Paint and Acrylic
Canvas: Stretched Canvas
Size: 19" x 12"

So this painting was one of my faster ones, like the Asian Blossom painting. I continued with the Asian style of painting where it is kept to its utmost simplicity, while only concentrating on the significant lights and shadows of the object at hand. So the result was mainly using different shades of greens and whites. Along with adding yellows and reds to the mid-tones of the bamboo. This is definitely not a finished painting yet. I am actually thinking about touching up the background giving it more dimension. And maybe I will probably touch up some of the shadows of the bamboo.

But this is definitely close to finished... sometimes you can just feel it.

Fuzzy Pals *IN PROGRESS*

So along with the animals from Alice In Wonderland and also from the Teacup Maltese piece, I bumped across this other picture that was just too cute to pass on.*Painted from a photograph not taken by me*

So since this picture is just so darn adorable... I started a canvas that I am going to call "FUZZY PALS" haha. Isn't such a creative name? So here is the progress so far. Its going slow but I think it will turn up well. Wish me luck~!