Art on canvas

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Have you ever tried to create an artwork on canvas? I haven't. Never in my life. And now I get the chance to give it shot. :)

I received an invitation last December to join an ATC swap hosted by Miss Yusniza Yusof from Blossominch. She makes her ATCs using canvas as the base instead of paper. It's really interesting since I've never worked on canvas before. So it'll be a new experience for me. 

The ATC you see above is the one she made for me. Now is my turn to make one for her to swap with. I still have no great ideas for my ATC yet. Still sketching out what I want to decorate on it. I've already bought canvas for me to use to make my ATCs. Luckily they sell them here and it's not that expensive to purchase. They even sell them in small packages for those who don't plan to use a lot of them at one time. 

Thank you Yusniza for this lovely ATC. I love it! :)  I'll need a special place to keep my ATCs from now onwards. ;)

 

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The Golden Ladybird

Finally my ATCs are done! But, I'm not sure if they are good enough for the swap hehehe! It's a very simple drawing. A bit too simple I think. Don't you think so?? :D I'm so embarrassed!! I thought of doing something that has relations to our culture or environment as suggested by a good friend of mine but in the end.....hahaha, this is what I came up with. :D

I'm finding it hard to draw anything lately......and all I can come up with are those swirling lines that I kept making with some so called swirling leaves attached to them. The golden ladybird is supposedly a symbol of  ME. ;) I used to be called a ladybird by my cousins when I was younger........don't ask why coz I have no idea why either huhuhu....

But I do love ladybirds and I used to love searching for them in my Mom's garden. It's quite difficult to find them now these days at her garden, but there were plenty of them way back when I was younger and still schooling....hehehe.

I wanted to color my drawings but I think I've lost touch with my watercolor skills and right now I am only interested in doing line drawings. Black and white preferably. But in the end I decided to use silver and gold  metallic pen instead to color the drawings I made with pencil. I love drawing with pencils.....it's kinda therapeutic as well. I can just keep on drawing and drawing with it with no particular theme or subject.....just draw my heart out...hehehe :) I mean, I draw with my heart.....not my mind.....whatever comes out of it is a reflection of what's inside my heart ;).

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