Summary

I sketch occasionally as an outlet for self-expression. It also serves as a great form of therapy.

• Preferred tools: pens, mechanical pencil, watercolors.
• I’d like to explore figure drawing (!) in 2023.
• I’d like to offer some art prints in future.

2023 Updates

• Award (Bronze) / “5 for 5” anniversary show (J. Mane Gallery)
• Award (Special Recognition) / 13th “Cityscapes” show (Light Space & Time)
• Award (Honorable Mention) / 5th “Color” show (Teravarna)
• Finalist / “Anything” (Gallery Ring)
• Featured / “Nocturne” juried exhibition (119 North Weatherly)
• Featured / “Drawings & Sketches” special edition (Collect Art)
• Participant / “Our Grateful HeARTs” community art show (Art Therapy Institute)
• Winner / Canva Design Challenge (Sept 2022; waffles theme)

Older Updates

I started sketching when I was 16 years old. I enjoy using mechanical pencils, ballpoint pens, and pigment liners because of their precision.

It’s a diligent practice that improves my visual skills and offers mental relaxation.

Here are a few of my sketches from 2003 – 2018.

I’d like to do more bird drawings in future as they’re my favorite subject.

Plant copy drawing exercise from “The Elements of Drawing.” (Unfinished) pencil version on the right from 2008; blue pen version in the back from 2018.

John Ruskin’s “The Elements of Drawing” is an old and very academic book. It was the best drawing book I ever read and learned from 😀

Edgar Allan Poe pencil portrait. 2006.

Reference Pic: Lisa from Black Pink (K-Pop girl band)

English Countryside, ballpoint pen. 2017.

Sketch of Ninja Kawasaki bike. Pilot gel pen with PS filter.