#InkTOBER Day 5: Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!

#InkTOBER Day 5: Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!

Elizabeth Rose Stanton is the author/illustrator of Henny whom I admire a lot.  I got to know her through Facebook, and she kindy accepted my friend request and we have become friends.  I am thrilled to have Elizabeth as my friend.

Today is her birthday.  I wish to dedicate my Day 5's partcipation to #InkTOBER to wish her a wonderful birthday.

You see, I try to disguise myself as Henny but I am not even half close!  :-)

#InkTOBER Day 4: Car

#InkTOBER Day 4: Car.

#InkTOBER Day 3: I believe I can ...

#InkTOBER Day 3: I believe I can ...

eat,
sleep,
laugh,
sing,
dance,
draw,
paint ,,,

FLY! ... and have fun :-)



#InkTOBER Day 2: Love Hong Kong

#InkTOBER Day 2: Love Hong Kong. 

I do not like politics.  I have no interest in politics.  No matter what, politics exists.  Hong Kong is my home place.  I just want to live here calmly.  Just want PEACE and LOVE.



#InkTOBER has begun!

#Inktober has begun! I will do my best to meet this challenge of posting 31 ink drawings throughout the month of October, one every day. (I must make it! I have "vanished" from making art for toooooo long).

Top 10 Favorite Books

Wow, I have not updated my blog for ages!  Too tired everyday after returning home from my day job. 

Yesterday, I have received (so honored) an invitation from my dear MATS buddy Antoana Oreški-Džafić to participate to a book nomination project. The participants should name 10 of their very favorite books and ask 10 other friends to make their list.

I am a bookworm, so this is not a big problem :-) 

When you look at my list, please just don't laugh.  From the list, you can have a glimpse of how my world is like recently.  I am so obssessed by almost anything related to making art for children.

Here you go, my Top 10 Favorite Books (not in specific order):




Maple - by Lori Nichols



Histoires inédites du Petit Nicolas - by Goscinny & Sempé

The Art of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - by Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Gibli

Brush with Acrylics Painting the easy way - by Terry Harrison

The Boy who Swam with Piranhas - by David Almond

Children's Picturebooks The Art of Visual Storytelling - by Martin Salsbury, Morag Styles

What & How - by K. T. Hao　好繪本 如何好（郝廣才著）

Digital Painting For The Complete Beginner - by Carlyn Beccia

The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket





The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating - by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

May I nominate / invite the following 10 lovely people whom I admire so much (again, not in any specific order) to share their Top 10 Favorite Books?

Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Flora Chang, Mette Engell, Estelle DeRidder, Lori Nichols, Irene Chan, Leonard S. Marcus, Steve Simpson, Amandine Piu and Elizabeth Rose Stanton

MATS Bootcamp July Assignment: My Favorite Beverage ... Submitted!

At last, I have completed and uploaded my July Bootcamp Assignment.

This month, being the last month of the Bootcamp, differs from all other previous months.  This month's theme is My Favorite Beverage.  This time, we are not allowed to post and share our WIP artwork in our Facebook group chatroom as we did in the past few months.  This is sooooo hard!  We have been so used to sharing, inviting comments, making changes ... etc.  We enjoyed this process so much.  It appeared as if we are working hard together in the same classroom but the fact is we are all thousands of miles away, on different parts of the planet, in different time zones.

My Favorite Beverage ... I scratched my head.  I truly do not have any favorite beverage.  I mostly drink water, but it is not my favorite.  I drink coffee, juice ... too, but I cannot define any of them as favorite.  Thé au lait in Hong Kong style, maybe.

Okay, by now we should have all submitted our assignments.  But the Gallery will be up only on Tuesday 22 July.  Two more days!  These two days are the longest in the century to wait.

I can't help showing a sneak peek of what I did.  Hope Lilla and Beth will not take me off!