Tea related art on Tuesday!

I've been wanting to post these for a while now...

Thank you all who stopped by and for your warm wishes..

I am well but a little too busy at work and  squeezing in time being a "weekend artist".....

I've been lurking in blogland (too) :)) once in a while

and I know I have missed much creativity and art and yes your tea stories...

so I have been sketching and painting and collaging away...

and here'a a few to share and they are tea related of course.....

collage and  watercolor

Tulsi or the holy basil is one of my favourite teas...

I had this at work and managed to sketch it during lunch....

these sketches are done with reference to an existing illustration relating to 

tea producing villages (in China) and their livelihood...

so if you are a tea aficionado like Kimmie and friends, you will love their tea stories for sure...


Happy Tuesday!!

Steph

Peace of mind....

"Peace of mind is rooted in affection and compassion"

Dalai Lama


happy weekend
steph

in search of self.....

Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle 

The Ion Orchard

I've been:
reading
sketching
writing
painting
traveling
learning
renewing my spirit
meeting people
I am blessed



~steph~

Happy PPF!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Steph

Practice Compassion....

“If you want others to be happy,


practice compassion.

If you want to be happy,

practice compassion.”



The Dalai Lama


Steph

shine through.....

It brings me much joy when I 

sketch and paint one of my favorite flowers:

the Lotus..

and here's another piece with
mixed media...

"Reality, enlightenment or the divine must shine
through every moment or it is not genuine"
Jack Kornfield



Have a wonderful weekend and a happy PPF everyone!!

steph

Being human....Rumi

the mini sketchbook is filling up fast and I'm left with the last 3 pages.

each sketch and painting came with an experience I would not trade for anything....

and at the end of each,

a renewed spirit..

and an insightful exploration of this

wonderful medium of making art....

 I am loving every bit of it.......

“This being human is a guest house. 
Every morning is a new arrival. 
A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...
Welcome and entertain them all. 
Treat each guest honorably. 
The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. 
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” 
― Rumi

Happy Friday!!!

steph

Courage

"You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous.

You cannot be loving if you are not courageous.

You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous.

You cannot enter into reality if you are not courageous.

Hence courage comes first... and everything else follows.”

Osho, 1931-1990

~steph~



Plein air sketching....

Happy friday everyone!!

here's a couple of sketches done onsite.....

Have a good weekend!!!

steph

 

Being You....

You suppose you are the trouble

But you are the cure

You suppose that you are the lock on the door

But you are the key that opens it

It's too bad that you want to be someone else

You don't see your own face, your own beauty

Yet, no face is more beautiful than yours.

Rumi

Happy PPF and a Happy 2012!!!

Steph

Love without limits...

The garden of


Love

is green without

limit

and yields many

fruits

other than sorrow

and joy.

Love is beyond either

condition:

without spring,

without autumn,

it is always fresh.

-- Jelaluddin Rumi


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
steph

mini sketchbook completed...

and here's the cover..

and some unposted pages...

some were sketches from  photos..

and some were onsite sketches..

have a wonderful weekend!!

steph

sketchwalk...

here's a couple of sketches done...

I'm loving the lessons learnt from using watercolor as a medium..

The dragon kiln at the pottery jungle

sketched done at a cafe outside the Central Library

have a good weekend!!

steph

and I thank you!!!

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

Albert Schweitzer, 1875 - 1965

Happy PPF and have a lovely weekend!!

steph



The many shapes of...

Pu-erh

 ink sketch

Happy Tea Tuesday everyone!!

steph

It's Paint Party Friday!!

Happy Friday!
and I've missed you on Tea Tuesday
as I was attending to a little computer glitch on my computer..
well, the little glitch is now a lot "bigger" and it looks like I'll have to get it down to the service centre..

anyways....

I have a couple more outdoor sketches to share, and here they are...

 Iluma, view from the Central Library

ink and watercolor

Marina Bay Sands Hotel and the Art Science Museum

ink and water color

"After the storm"
in our garden..

ink and water color

Happy PPF!!

steph

Sketchbook

I've been sketching the past week in my journal..

and after which do a color wash with water colors over the sketch..

I finally bought myself a fountain pen (cheap one to start off with)

and a bottle of permanent ink..

Tea house in Lijiang, Yunnan, China
ink sketch and watercolor

Sketching brought a whole lot of a different experience altogether
especially when there is a preference for ink sketching...

Lotus flowers
ink sketch and watercolor

and I had to pluck up courage to sketch in a public place....

a day out at the library...

ink sketches


I'm taking in the lessons learnt through this process..
a way of seeing...
and lots of patience and committing oneself to the whole process..

Thanks for coming by..... :))

“Your task is not to seek for love, 
but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
― Rumi

Happy PPF!!

~steph~

Blessings to you.....

ink sketch, water color


“But listen to me. For one moment
quit being sad. Hear blessings
dropping their blossoms
around you.”
― Rumi


Happy Sunday everyone!!!

steph

When TKY meets White House.....

we get a blend.....

Tieh Kuan Yin green tea pearls..

and white tea with a floral blend (white house) ...

gives one a 

fruity, floral and a good balance of green and white tea...

and yes inspirational too as I sip up my new found creation
with some evening sketching...

Happy Tea Tuesday everyone!!

steph