Around the Kitchen (III) – Italian Broccoli
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Around the Kitchen (II) – Onions
Around the Kitchen (1) – Garlics
A couple of sketches of around the kitchen. It always makes me happy to see joy and humor out of these ordinary things.
Pairs (I) – Watercolor vs Acrylic
I posted this landscape in acrylic before, and I recently uncovered a watercolor version of it. So, sorry for repeating myself, but it’s interesting to look at them together:
I like the less defined forms and more spontaneous color ranges a wet-on-wet watercolor creates, but I also like the dark values the acrylic painting can bring out. The reference I used for the two is the same, and whatever difference you see from the these paintings are not by design. It seems the mediums just lead me there. How bizarre!
Once Upon A Time in Hawaii (IV)
Once Upon A Time in Hawaii (III)
Once Upon A Time in Hawaii (II)
I remember during the trip to O’ahu, we spent most of our time hanging around the usual tourist places in Honolulu. On the last day, thanks to a late flight, we drove around the island for some adventure. We came across some really good viewing spots on the North Shore of O’ahu for watching both surfing and sunset. There were some pretty handsome roosters too.
Once Upon A Time in Hawaii (1)
It’s vacation time and I dug out some paintings from previous Hawaiian trips.
I couldn’t remember if this was sunset or sunrise, or maybe it’s just a feeling or memory. One thing I hope this blog would achieve is better documentation of my efforts.
Throwback (probably) 2015 Continued – Watercolor
I did some cleaning today and found a few old paintings. None of them was dated and my memory is just a blur. The only thing I could say is they were done around or before 2015. Lesson learned: date your artwork.
This one is after a photo I found online. Here’s the link, but I don’t know how to find the photographer’s information. (Google image search leads me to furniture stores and all sort of club chairs.) So, whoever took the beautiful photo, thank you. You can see back then I wasn’t able to go beyond the reference.
Now some flowers for the holidays:
Copying Masters (4) – Another Cézanne
The original:
My copy:
Cézanne’s original is packed with details, there’s subtle changes of color and value on every plane of the house. The trees are built with expressive but economic strokes. I got lost among the leaves.
ZHI SU 
