Sunny Smile

This sunny smile is priceless for me as a mother. One day when she grows up, hope this can remind her the joyful self in the picture.

It’s quite difficult to depict a smiley face for a kid without letting them to look old by the shading. Hope I can get a pass.  I hate the addiction to rectify errors over and over.  I just let go and let it be this way. 

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Refining a “Completed” Painting

I just refined a previous painting done half a year ago.

At the time I painted this “First Run” portrait of my elder daughter, I was quitting my previous job. I was pretty much occupied and had so much handover tasks to be completed before I left.  I squeezed time to paint to balance myself.  I just knew something not right by that time but couldn’t tell how exactly (don’t know what happened to my eyes).

Sitting in front of a painting for hours really needs a time-out to readjust my lens.

After months, I changed to fresh eyes to view this piece again and I tried to correct my huge overlooks.  Here I tried to correct the facial structure and warm the color tone. I cannot tell if this is enough but at least I’m contented with it.

There is never a perfect painting just how you view it.  Hope I don’t need another remake of the same piece. But who knows, huh? :)

Before & After: Left is the Original; Right is the Refined Painting

Chubby Cheek

“Chubby Cheek”, Watercolor, 10.5” x 15”

I really miss the chubby cheek of my big girl when she was small.  I always saw hope and possibilities in her pebble like round eyes.

幸好趕得切在妳 5歲生日前，完成這幅畫。沒甚麼可送給妳，就讓這一切珍貴的片段伴隨著妳成長。生日快樂，我的親愛！

這片段已經是兩年前，當時Luvia 剛三歲，面圓圓、眼圓圓的，樣子很可愛；那時的她很怕羞，叫她買個蛋撻，也只會含羞答答的看著人家笑。這兩年間小妮子不知不覺間蛻變了，圓圓的輪廓線不見了，對答亦老積了自信多了。看著妳長大了進步了，心裡當然很高興，但同時我心裡仍會深深記住妳兒時的畫面。

當你開始不停重看小孩子昔日的片段，證明你已越來越不捨得她們長大！