A Hot Afternoon's Work

The above picture is a picture I sketched of a young friend in California. This is going to be precious for me ten or twenty years later....I do not know about her.

It is so hot this afternoon.  Guess I better concentrate on something positive instead of complaining of the heat.

oops, in my haste,  I smudged the pic while trying to paint the hair bit.  Got to hurry, my Maths student is at the door.  I thought I have told her that class is postponed .

 

Linda Wan's Paintings: Cock's Comb.

Linda Wan's Paintings: Cock's Comb.

Cock's Comb.

Never tired of Orchids..are you?

Orchids

Looking Lifeless

I have been thinking about my painting.  Eventhough my friends and family like them, I still feel there is much more I want them to be rather than just  pretty pictures.  They should portray the energy, the romance, the LIFE that they are supposed to tell.  I wonder when I will be brave to let the brush strokes go the way they should go.  I am very restrained and careful at every stroke, which I know is not good for myself. 

Linda Wan's Paintings: Works in Progress.

Linda Wan's Paintings: Works in Progress.: The whole day today was spent on  water colour painting.  I did not complete what I had started but I did quite many. It was quite an adven...