Painting Day 27: Switch Light and Revelation

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Elisa Choi

I painted this study light called Switch Light at our living room. This is used by my Dad whenever he reads newspaper at night while watching T.V. I often imagine having a Switch Light on my bed side table so that I can read without having to open the main light. But I still manage without it.

I have been thinking a lot about how I can step up in terms of my dreams. But really all I could do right now is to keep creating and practicing my craft. Whenever my mind starts to drift away from the present I feel that I quite lost myself in the process. It’s not like to me to go looking at other people’s progress and then desperately trying to do the same thing they do. That’s not even the meaning of success that I know of in my heart.

We are all designed to do something important in this world. Small thing. Big thing. It doesn’t matter to God. What matters is the intention. The heart. The love that goes with what we do.

I believe that there is always a light at the end of a tunnel. God will reveal to me slowly what He wants me to share in this world.

Painting Day 26: Painting as Gift

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Elisa Choi

I am painting something for a friend.
It’s her special day.

This is a work in progress.

I will show you the complete mini booklet when it is done.

Today is quite gloomy. And I have yet another decision to make and pray for. Our lives are always filled with decisions. May the Lord give us the needed wisdom everyday.

Have a blessed day!

Painting Day 25: Creating in the Moment

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Elisa Choi

Today was a very random day of painting.
I created a paper cutting design in the past few days and decided to just use it today as a stencil for painting.
Not knowing what to do next I created prints from the top circle of a tissue roll cardboard which are now hidden in random tears of magazine pages that are colored and doodled with watercolor paint.

After bathing into the moment,
I realize that I am too absorbed into my own creation.
Not knowing the time and that the sun has been peeking already after a thunderous rain.

I look at my hands splattered with paint and Mod Podge.
The stickiness and dirt coil on my forefinger that is burning with a minor cut.

I am happy with the ways I have been spending my freedom days.
My class has been postponed yet again to a later date. I’m not furious (even if I can be).
Even if I have not been creating some masterpiece or important work that can help others,
I have started something for myself.
A simple thing. A simple gesture.

To simply create.
To simply paint.
To simply learn.
To simply be thankful for this life.

And slowly I believe that I can change the world.
Slowly I believe I can make a difference.
Slowly I believe that my purpose in life will be fulfilled.

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My cleaned brushes. Welcome round 10 brush!

Lovely indoor succulents. I love them!

Praise God!

Painting Day 24: Create Wherever You Are

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Elisa Choi

I bring a small sketchbook with me everywhere I go.
Whenever I had the opportunity to sketch, I sketch.
I use a Pen.
And as you can see there are crooked lines and the stem is out of the bottle.
The bottle itself is out of shape too.
There’s no way I can erase those mistakes.
And it’s perfectly okay.
I use a water brush and the water oozes too much onto the paper. With paint too.
It is a mess and I’m thankful I got some tissues.
The paper is not watercolor paper.
Therefore there were marks beneath the page.

Oooh, how I love times like this.Time to just sketch then paint.

Have a lovely day folks.

Painting Day 23: Stretch Our Horizon

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Elisa Choi

Try something different.

Paint a masterpiece at a cafe, write a stirring issue that bugs you, go and sit at the bay alone.

Help someone in a different way.
Create a card with an encouraging message, stick a card over the cracker’s cover. Give not just food or money. Give more than that. Give love.

Don’t just browse or window shop. Buy something. Then give it to someone. Make his/her day.

Smile at babies. Smile at a child. Ask a stranger beside you how his/her day is.

Hum tunes. Sing songs of praise. This is even better than just listening with a music player.

Create, draw, paint something you haven’t done before. Don’t be daunted by it’s complexity or the reason you don’t know how.

Love deeply sincerely unconditionally.

Stop routine.

Stretch our horizon. Repeat and practice our craft.

Take care of this calling.

Have a blessed weekend!

Paint Party Friday

Painting Day 22: Painting a Snippet

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Elisa Choi

I pick my brush and paint today then sat on the couch to paint a snippet of a scene: our garden. I use watercolor but I use less water. I think I am in love with dry brush for a while.

I simply want colors to speak about what’s in the scene. No sketches. Just random splatter of colors and shapes here and there.

I hope you have a great day filled with love and optimism!

Do what you love. Love what you do.

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