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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

HumpDaiHaikus in Stupendous September!

I have said it a few times now... HOLY COW is this year flying by!

It's so odd that when I was young, (like childhood young), the years seem to drag on for what seemed like forever. These days, I seem to blink and another month has gone by, or my friend's kid has grown into a young adult.

The nice thing about that is that I've known most of my friends for a really long time now. To the point where their kids are as old as I was when I first met them. (Holy moly!)

Anyway, to more haikus!

05Sep18: Not finding Nemo (or Dori!)

My friend Rosalinda wants to have a paint nite with her daughters and wants to have an ocean theme. Since I was sketching underwater animals anyway, I decided to use that to my advantage for this week's haiku. Also, turtles... they are just too cute.


12Sep18: Owl in a forest

One of my good friends, Erica took me to Pinot's Palette for my birthday. She's kinda my paint n sip buddy, as the only other time I went a few years ago was with her. :) Good times. :)


19Sep18: Bonsai in the Night

During that Pinot's Palette excursion, I took some inspiration from what was hanging on the ways, which led to the creation of this paintingku. To be totally honest, I was touching up the painting above and saw that I had a ton of paint left, and just started painting the background with the excess color. Once acrylic dries, it's useless, so I wanted to make the most out of it. It was a creative, leisurely Saturday afternoon. 



I have to say, whoever thought of the paint n sip concept is brilliant and misleading. After a few of those, one can start feeling like painting isn't so hard after all. haha! One thing is for sure, it is FUN!

26Sep18: Starry Night over Coronado in San Diego, CA

I painted this a few years ago. My thought at the time was to paint Starry Nights in the skies for a few of places I've lived, namely, Boston and Santa Barbara (if I can determine the skyline that really speaks to me). I have not started those yet, but who knows when inspiration sparks!



Wednesday, March 7, 2018

HumpDayHaikus in Merry March

Holy cow this year is flying by! Funny how the time was snail-like when I was growing up, but as an adult, living in SoCal, days blend together since we don't really have seasons. I'm not complaining though! I don't mind visiting snow, but I moved back from Boston for a reason...

07 Mar 2018: Flying High

14 Mar 2018: Dog Beach
Who doesn't love dogs
frolicking in the sand and
chasing each other?

I mean, seriously, it's so awesome to watch! This photo I took a few years ago and it's still one of my favorites.

21 Mar 2018: Spring

28 Mar 2018: Dreams

This one was truly a miracle for me to pull off. I've been packing and cleaning and moving this last month but this week was crunch time. We just finished cleaning the old apartment and got home a little after 9pm last night. I definitely didn't expect to draw anything but I'm pretty happy with this, considering I finished it in under a half an hour.

In the next few weeks or so, I'm going to take my time with one of these!



Wednesday, July 1, 2015

#HumpDayHaiku in Jubilant July

July 1st:

I've been looking for a way to incorporate unicorns and rainbows in one of my haikus. I often get inspiration through instagram and @fattywhale provided it.

Also, last week's events also inspired this. How awesome that marriage equality was recognized in all 50 states. I find  that to be ridiculously awesome. #LoveWins


July 8th:

When I was a kid I used to catch lightning bugs and put them in jars. Not the nicest thing to do to them but it seemed like an awesome idea at the time. They are some of the coolest bugs ever!


July 15th:

I got a full size keyboard with weighted keys. I'm going to try the self teaching method and see where it takes me. 

In the meantime, here's my ode to pianos... 


July 22nd :

I decided on creating two haikus this week. Considering the topics, you may label me a nerd. I'm ok with that.

When I started writing the dates in the day:month:year format, I really liked it. So that makes today Pi Approximation Day!

I also was tickled that the new images of Pluto show a 💖 heart shape. 💖

So here that went:


July 29th:

For my brother's 40th, I decided to buy him plane tickets for the "let's take a trip" trip we often talked about but never planned, until recently.  We are heading to Seattle to visit our cousin for the weekend. Yay for follow through!