The Holey Page

The Holey Page as featured on Diary 2011 Project flickr stream

This is nothing other than pure self-indulgent and shameless self-promotion!  Hahaha!

My diary page was featured as one of Lucy's (creator of the Diary 2011 Project) favourite page in the flickr stream.  This is the very first time my artwork got handpicked to showcase outside of my blog.

I know ... I know ... I'm probably making a fool out of myself but hey, I don't care!  More importantly, if I don't mention it, I know I'll never forgive myself.  ;)

Diary 2011 Project

Yippieeeeee ..... I've got an artwork published!!! :D

 

Blame it to my fowl mood ... I totally forgot about it until I re-read a comment Cam left on my previous post.  (A big THANK YOU to Cam! You're such a sweetie!)

I had submitted a Holey drawing to the Diary 2011 Project back on June.  And now the 2011 Diary is finally printed and available for sale online here.  Check it out and hopefully some of you will purchase one or two or more.  And FYI, Cam also got a page in the Diary 2011!

Watch out for submission deadline for Diary 2012.  All creatives are welcomed to join the project!

(You can view my other Holeys from here.)

The Holeys

Here are some of The Holeys I've been working on.

"Rupert", micron pen on card stock

 "Winnifred", micron pen on stock card

 

"Edgar", micron pen on stock card 

 "Lizzy" (Elizabeth), micron pen on card stock

I like that they have the potential to spin off into other art projects.  Here are a few I'm thinking about:

1) A set (or a few sets) of hand-drawn Holey Calendar Card 2011, like this ...

"Rupert - Mr. January", micron pen on stock card

2) A set (or a few sets) of hand-drawn Holey Note Card

3) A story blog of The Holeys

4) Turn them into paintings

But with my current health condition and other art project, I wonder if I'm asking too much of myself?  Also, I really need to spend more time on learning & practicing both drawing and painting skills.  But ..... what is the best way to learn & practice other than working on a project?  Any thoughts?

Anyway, my fellow bloggers and creative, I'd love to hear of your comments about The Holeys.  Take care and have nice week ahead. :D

"The Holeys" copyright 2010 Hybrid J / Jamie Lee. All rights reserved.

Keep Calm Kobo & Interactive Paint

Not mean to be absent for this long ...

It's just the neck pain has come back and seems like no matter what I do or don't do, it just sits there and refuses to go away .... :(

And in order to pick myself up, I had given in to two of my whims.  I got myself a Kobo and ta-dah ... acrylic paint. ;)

The "Keep Calm" Kobo and "Interactive" acrylic paint. 

OK, a bit of Hybrid J trivia here: I love reading and have been an avid reader since the age of 2.  (I used to flip through magazines sitting in my crib when my mum was out doing grocery shopping.  Or at least that's what my mum told everyone.)  And you would seldom see me without a book or carrying some sort of reading materials.  When eBook came out quite sometime ago, I thought it was the most ridiculous idea in the world.  I remembered I told my friends that they'll never catch me reading a book from a computer or any electronic devices.

But over the last few years, I began to see that no matter how often I buy book cases to store my forever growing book collections, there are always books lying around the house waiting to be sorted, read or put away.   And since I started to draw and paint, buying art books become a must.  And gee, those art books are gigantic!  A few of them could easily take up an entire shelf.  I'm sick and tired of doing this "storage catch up game" that I gave in to the idea of eBook.

As soon as the local Borders started selling Kobo about month ago, I bought one.  Well ... there's also another reason I got myself this little gadget.  The Kobo comes pre-loaded with 100 free ebooks of the English Classics. Now, how can anyone walk away from freebies!  Plus when I look at the price of the average eBook - it is almost about 1/3 to 1/2 of the  paperback / hardback version.  By switching to eBook, I'm saving space and money.  Plus I'm now carrying 100 books in my bag and could read it anytime, anywhere!  I think I just became a convert of eBook. :D

I'm re-reading my favourite crime stories - "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes".

(BTW, my Kobo is actually of black color. I bought a "Keep Calm" gelaskin for it.  Check out the little history of "Keep Calm" by clicking this link.  I also got a Union Jack gelaskin as well.  And yes, you're right, I have a sweet spot of Englishness ...)

Now for the acrylic paint.  Honestly,  I have no idea why I bought it as I'm still learning to use ink. But I guess apart from using it as some kind of retail therapy, I must be under the influence of some of my favourite artists (see the Artist Link on my side bar).  A lot of them are either using acrylic or oil for their paintings.  From fellow blogger / creative, Lisa, I learn that it is easier to correct mistake from acrylic painting.  Probably that's why I want to give it a try.  The brand I bought (Atlier Interactive Acrylic Paint) is an Australian made re-wettable acrylic paint.  It is a new kind of acrylic paint which allows longer drying time for painters to work with.  I won't pretend to know what it means until I use it.

Anyway before I plunge in to use acrylic to paint, I decided to practice a little bit more of color mixing. So far I got my oranges, greens and a few browns.  I'm having troubles of getting more than two shades of purple. Been scratching my head to understand why.  Maybe I should just forget about it and use whatever premix purples the market could offer! ;)

 As of my drawing projects:

- Continue to develop "The Holeys" and will post them as soon as I think they are ready.

-  Hope to be able to start "Sketchbook Project 2011" this month.

That's all for now, my dear fellow bloggers & creatives!  Hope you all have a nice week ahead.  :)

Diary Project

Last year when I first started blogging, I had come across the Diary Project. I had thought to myself if only I could draw, I'd love to join in the fun!

Just like all things, I forgot all about it til I read this post from Linda of Tortagialla. I wasn't going to be forgetful this time, hence I jumped right in and signed up to reserve a date page (12/11/2011).

Here is my page. (Apologize for my very poor photo skill ...)



"The Holeys" copyright 2010 Hybrid J / Jamie Lee. All rights reserved.

I have drawn up this little guy many months ago. Every so often, I'd wonder what I'm going to do with him and thanks to the Diary Project, I can show him off now. And not only that, this small artwork has inspired me to develop an art project with "The Holeys" (that's what he is!) So watch out as there'll be some exciting announcement about these little fellows.

There are still some date pages form the project looking for artworks and the deadline for submission is 01/07, so my dear fellow creatives, hurry up to join in and show off your wonderful work!