Category: Visual Ideas

  • An Art Educator’s Journal: Flipping the Class Getty Museum Style

    Whoever said you cannot teach art in the form of distance learning; really needs to cut themselves some slack and get inspired by some of the internet trending challenges. Through the last couple of working-from-home weeks, there have been a least a dozen of ideas trending on my social media feed. However, the most popular…

  • A very long time ago, a friend once inspired me to start a product store on Society6. Back then, I was not all that sure what to upload or how to expand my designs onto products using their in-build software. Let’s explore more digitized watercolour. I’ll post another blog soon! #watercolourqueen #designdotmuses #artstudio

  • Playing with Colours

    it has been a really long while since I penned a post here. To be honest it has been a really long year 2019. So in this post, I will share on one of the more recent experiences. First and foremost before I continue onward, I wish all my readers a joyous and prosperous 2020…

  • The Little Orchid

    There is a saying that goes like this – “The orchid is Mother Nature’s masterpiece.” and it is that saying that makes me appreciate orchids. Using that as my subject, I made simple home setup and decided to make a square scarf. So this was a little home adventure with my own frame that was…

  • Batik: A Taste of Traditions

    First and foremost, I’d like to apologize for disappearing for a long period of time. Though my updates were coming from Instagram, I personally feel terrible that I had not been able to keep to my goal of maintaining updates here. Anyways, with regards to my Post title. I am very proud to share the…

  • Illumination

    Illuminated manuscript. One of the oldest and iconic styles of art history dating from the 16th century of the Middle Ages. Almost every continent has contributed in some away or another this part of history. Among some of the famous manuscripts – The Lindisfarne Gospels, The Book of Kells, and many more across Eastern Europe…

  • Meet the Ong family

    Of late, I had been keeping myself busy with some sketches to a request of a very special friend and mentor. She had personally requested for a set of Maneki-Nekos or otherwise, popularly known as Lucky Cats! Generally, Asian people would have one or two in their stores or home to boost their businesses or…

  • Sea Princess

    I have a major issue – an obsession with rabbits, and that’s how I ended up making a needle felted doll. It all started with my usual and occasional visit to the Daiso outlet located not too far off from my housing area. I do make it a point to visit any of the Daiso…

  • The Accidental Mini-Me

    In my last post, I shared about my experimentals with various types of clay and in this I will share on my final finished little doll named Lil’ Rosa. What truly inspired me to do this was the famous fairytale entitled Thumbelina. Now as the story tales,Thumbelina is a tiny girl who is born of…

  • A Dive into Paper Clay

    So once again, I gave my students a little challenge – learn to sculpt using paper clay. The aim of this exercise was firstly to practice patience as one of the main issues we encounter everyday is the endurance of maintaining our patience with the people around us. Sculpting clay is not just a mere…