the cory in me

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i've painted these two about a year ago. didn't post it then because i thought i can still do more to enhance their colors. didn't have the time though to hold some brushes since i started working again.

last holiday-monday, was able to mix some. decided not to touch them, started a new one but failed to finish it.

so, did i improve?

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closer

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not so pink

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hot air balloon

this is my fourth try in watercolor painting. the third one, the pink flamingoes, i haven't taken its picture yet.

ginaya ko lang 'tong subject na ito sa cover ng aking watercolor pad paper from canson. so.. hinde ko talaga idea to. tinatry ko lang kasi kung makakaya ko ngang gayahin.

canson watercolor pad

sabi ni jason, sa lahat, eto daw ang pinakamaganda kong painting.. well... siguro nga.

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just another update

this is just an update to remind everyone who 'regularly'(?) reads my blog that i'm still here ...

medyo busy lang and nagkasakit kasi ang aking unico hijo kaya hinde nakakainternet.

aquim had pneumonia. nagkaubo ubo lang siya na parang nasasamid nung week of october 20-25. sobrang dalang and hinde regular so i can not tell kung iuubo ba talaga. pero by october 25, pinacheck up namin siya and was given loviscol. that night, nag grabe lalo ang ubo nya and nilalagnat na. after two days, i informed his pedia that his condition did not improve a bit, so we switched to ambrolex. by wednesday night, october 29, we rushed to the ER of medical city. sobrang wasted na kasi si aquim. grabe.

thru x-ray and blood test, it was confirmed that he had viral pneumonia. salamat sa Diyos at hinde naman kami na-admit. we were given antibiotics, for 7 days yun. so ang aking kina eexcited-an na trick or treat ay hinde nangyari kasi kami ay nasa bahay lang. pati nung all saint's and all soul's day.

hayy.. talaga naman na mas gugustuhin ko pa na nag-aaway kami ni aquim dahil sa kakulitan kesa yung nakahiga lang siya.

ngayon okay na si aquim. hinde naman nagrelapse yung ubo nya. so i guess completely wala na yung mga plema sa lungs nya. although the last 3 days, nilagnat na naman siya, shot up to 38.8 degrees celcius. wala naman akong makitang reason kasi hinde naman siya inuubo or sinisipon. baka nag iipin lang. if lagnatin siya uli, to give us all peace of mind, dadalhin na naman namin siya sa pedia nya.

anyway, another news, we now have our yaya, si yaya ana. we got her lat november 16. kakilala siya ng yaya ng pinsan ni jason. so far so good. nasa adjustment period pa kami. sanay na naman siya na mamasukan so the adjustment is more on our side. kasi hinde naman ako sanay na me helper. kahit nung mga bata pa kami, wala naman kaming helper, so imagine kung pano ako napapraning na bantayan ang mga ginagawa nya.

haha. at sinusumbong ko ke jason ang mga ginagawa nya para si jason ang magsabi sa kanya. hahaha. good cop, bad cop. pero ngayon medyo nakaka adjust na kami, although simula ng dumating siya, mas lalong naging maka-mommy si aquim. haha. laging naka "mommy". nakakatunog ata ang aking anak kung bakit kami kumuha ng helper.

we had her undergone a pre-employment check up, xray and hepa test. i'll get the results today. hopefully okay ang results. we're still on the process of securing our house kaya hinde ko pa rin maiwan totally ang house and si aquim sa kanya. hopefully before the year ends, pwede na akong maka alis ng house and iwan silang dalawa. dry run period ba.

with my job hunting, wala pang balita. kasi nga kahit na may yaya kami, hinde ko pa rin naman sila maiwan kaya hinde pa rin ako makapag hanap ng work. and nasabay pa nga na nagiging sakitin si aquim these past few weeks. anyway, i just had a single interview before maER si aquim. and wala pang balita. sana next week, i can really focus on this. mas feeling ko kaya ngayon, i'm really useless! haha kasi naman yung mga household chores ko me gumagawa na ngayon, feeling ko talaga tambay na tambay na ako.

and lastly, i have painted 3 more subjects. a flower, flamingoes and a hotair balloon. will try to post the pics tomorrow.

so there.

wish ko lang..

'sandy billabong'
watercolor painting from john lovett site

nope, this painting is not mine. wish ko lang. wish ko talaga i can be this good. nice noh? i think i'm improving naman. haha paunti unti.

i asked jason kagabi kung pwede ba kong mag oil or acrylic na lang. hahaha kasi parang ang hirap icontrol and imanage ng watercolor kasi nga transparent siya diba, not unlike the first two media i mentioned, opaque. oh well. sabi ni jason, magpractice na lang daw muna ako sa sa watercolor.

ang dami ko na kayang nakalinyang subject. dont know if i can give justice to them. sana meron man lang worth na maikuwadro kahit isa man lang sa aking mga paintings hihih sabi ni jason, ubusin ko muna daw yung 24 sheets ng pad ko chaka kami mamili kung meron kakuwadro kuwardo.



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if you ask, God will answer. Yes, He does. :-)

paint my world

paumanhin sa aking mga masugid na tagasubaybay, yes, kayong 5 kong masugid na tagasubaybay hehehe. alam nyo na kung sino sino kayo. kasi hinde ako nakakapag update ng aking blog. dinapuan ako ng katamaran kaya ganon. hinde ko rin nababasa ang mga blog nyo, kung meron man kayo. hayy..


ayaw ko nang ikuwento kung ano man ang mga nangyari nung panahong hinde ako nagboblog dahil for sure, nothing much has happened. kung meron man, basahin nyo lang dito sa blog ni aquim hehehe..


to keep myself a little more busy, hinde naman sa hinde ako busy. ano lang 'to, parang some form of 'jolen time'. hehehe at dahil pangarap ko nga nung bata pa ako na maging artist at maging painter (sa pag aakala ko na madali lang magpaint), sinubukan kong tuparin ang isa sa aking mga childhood dreams. and here's a couple of my first masterpieces. nakss...


o diba, gumamela yan. hehehe sarili kong painting yan ha. ginaya ko sa isa sa aking mga picture opp.






at eto, eagle ata yan eh, o hawk. sample exercise kasi yan na ginaya ko sa isang watercolor painting site, john lovett.

nung ipinakita ko jason yung gumamela ko, sabi nya, ano yan papaya? in fairness, nung nakita naman nya kasi is pabaliktad ang tingin nya at kadarating lang nya galing work, so baka pagod kaya hinde nya naintindihan masiyado hahaha..


at ng ipakita ko ang aking eagle, sabi nya, pugo daw yun. odiba hanep sa encouragement. at dahil naghahanap ako ng kakampi, ipinakita ko sa aking anak. baka mas maappreciate pa ni aquim.


mommy: baby, what's this (refering to the gumamela)?

aquim: fawerrr (flower)

mommy: very good. (proud na proud ako. dahil alam na ni aquim kung ano ang flower at dahil narerecognize nya na flower ang painting ko hahaha). buti pa si aquim, nakakaintindi na ng art.

mommy: e eto baby, what's this (eagle)?

aquim: DUCKKKK!

mommy: ngek!

hinde daw marunong magsinungaling ang mga bata. hanep ang aking mga kritiko. hmmm...

di mo alam kung maeencourage ka or madidiscourage.. hehehe


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