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I used water color and ball point for highlight.

An aerial view of the countryside, with hills and a river - somewhere in the Philippines

The clouds are terrible! feeling like it was a nice to lay here! How do you feel when you touch the clouds ? soft or tough? hahaha

na amaze ako sa view! ang ganda parang na excite na tuloy ako mag take off agad hahaha..

This was my first time boarding an airplane and I saw how wonderful it was to see the huge building here in Manila.

Here I am very amazed at how nice the view is! if only I could ride the airplane everyday just to see how high the view was. ???

Shot taken from the National Museum of Natural History.

located at Mt. Mapalad antipolo rizal

Simple and quick drawing of Mr. Bean! I only used mongol 2 pencil for this.

black sand beach located at batangas

The island is called Kalanggaman because of its bird-like shape. “Langgam” is a Visayan word for “bird.” According to Cleofe Rivera, eco-tourism officer of Palompon Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/583267/kalanggaman-flies-again#ixzz6LGZz1PMR located at Palompon, Leyte

Getting ready for work!! Just another night in Soi Cowboy, Bangkok! I am sure this girl has something else to wear. But this is where she works. The evening is just revving-up - and she thinks nothing of walking around in just her bra and panties, while buying some new clothes for the night!

Saging (bananas), pakwan (water melon), manga (mangoes), kalamansi (limes) - at iba pa!! Still life depicting tropical fruits from the Philippines. (H 60cm x W 90cm) oil on canvas by Mike Herrera

Flower painting. Some pretty yellow and white pansies - with some other pretty little orange-coloured flowers!!

Sunset over the mountains. located at Mt. Mapalad antipolo rizal

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At first I'm so nervous but once you try it you can't stop coming back at the top to dive in again, one of the island that we've been during island hopping at hundred island

Shopping mall in Silang, Cavite

For details, visit: https://www.aciendadesigneroutlet.com/ As it say's, it's a great place for taking photos - and there are lots of interesting things to see there!

Driftwood beach located at barreto Olongapo City

It looks so calm and steady but I'm telling you once you are in the middle you really have to put your balance.

Mita Rani Das. A beautiful young lady from Bangladesh. This was based on one of Mita's facebook photos with her very kind permission. If you want to see more detail or make a print of this, you can also download the original 5.07MB image file for this in the: Downloads section of this site.

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"Millie", EBT 12 Baldwin Mikado - from an excellent photo by Jim Appleman. (Original photo used with Jim's very kind permission.) You can see the original photo on which this painting was based at: http://www.railpictu...o.php?id=272453

A young Filipino boy selling flowers - together with his pet mouse! Malate, Manila - March 2005 Unfortunately, when I reduced the image file for posting on a previous version of ArtFreaks, I never thought to keep the original high resolution image file. So this particular one is not available in the print program on my portfolio at ArtWanted.com

Internationally renowned photographer David Noton very kindly gave me permission to use his photograph Portrait of a girl, Vang Vieng, Laos as the basis for a practise painting - and I did warn him that the results of my efforts would probably end-up bearing very little resemblance to his excellent photo. I wasn't wrong!! If you check-out the link, above, you will see that the subject of the photo was a child - whereas my feable attempt has made her look like a young lady. Still, even though this looks nothing like the girl in the photo, I kind of like her strange expression - and I did have fun trying with this one! The original 1.23MB file of this image can be downloaded in the Downloads module, at: http://www.artfreaks...early-twenties/ Prints and gift items featuring this image are available on ArtWanted.com at: http://www.artwanted...71385&RID=23179

From a photo of Demi Lovato. I made this as a present for my youngest daughter, who is one of Demi's biggest fans! Prints and gift items featuring this image are available on ArtWanted.com at: http://www.artwanted...62644&RID=23179 Download the original 1.2MB file in the ArtFreaks.com Downloads module at: http://www.artfreaks...55-demi-lovato/

The dog is called "Pandak" (Tagalog for "Shorty!") because he has very short legs! (He's probably got a bit of Daschund in him?) Schmingke and Unison pastels on rough watercolor paper 22" x 30' (56cm x 76cm) - 2007 Based on a photograph that I took of a young Kalabaw, (Carabao or Water Buffalo,) grazing on rough grass near a river in Davao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines To purchase a high quality print of this image, please visit: ArtWanted.com Various gift items and dozens of personalized products such as mouse pads, t-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, puzzles and a lot more besides are also available, customized with this image at ArtWanted.com

Purely from imagination. The feathers are well 'over the top.' It's a kind of self-portrait... Kind of how I would like to imagine myself as a native North American Indian with my very own style of feathery headdress... Loads and loads of feathers and colors all over the place! If you would like to buy theoriginal of this piece of amateur art, you can check-out the ArtFreaks.com Store to see if it is still available. You can also download the original 1.42MB image file in the ArtFreaks.com Downloads module

From a photo of Mita Rani Das After laying-out the initial colour scheme, I brushed over the different colours with a soft brush dipped in clean water, in order to make a sort of watercolor-type background wash. Photo used as the basis for this painting with the very kind permission of Mita Rani Das

From a photo of Mita Rani Das In the initial stage of the painting, I just roughly laid-out the general shapes and color scheme with soft pastels on a tough, course watercolor paper. Photo used as the basis for this painting with the very kind permission of Mita Rani Das

From a photo of Mita Rani Das This is at the end of my second session with the painting. Photo used as the basis for this painting with the very kind permission of Mita Rani Das

Just a quick pastel painting of a Filipina teenage girl, cellphone in-hand, texting away in the doorway of a rural cottage where I used to visit in the Southern Philippines. From one of my own photos. I don't know why but I can never seem to get the faces right on either of the two youngest sisters in that family... The Full 3.84MB image file of this painting can be downloaded in the ArtFreaks.com Downloads module If you wish to purchase the actual painting, you can check the ArtFreaks.com Store and see if it is still for sale

The fourth and final stage. At this point, I realized that the painting wasn't going to get any better with any more work. I probably would have spoiled the thing completely if I'd tried to do any more with it, so I just signed it and left it as it is.

My attempt at copying a photo of a teenage girl's self-shot photo on Facebook.com Argghh... Not quite what I wanted but it will have to do. At least I am managing to keep myself in the mood for painting. With these disappointing portrait attempts, I am tempted to stick to the landscapes. Oh well... Who knows? If I keep trying, I might one day be able to do a pretty girl's face justice in my art? Soft pastels on Canson paper 11 1/2 inches x 15 inches (29cm x 38cm) To purchase a high quality print of this image, please visit: ArtWanted.com Various gift items and dozens of personalized products such as mouse pads, t-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, puzzles and a lot more besides are also available, customized with this image at ArtWanted.com

This painting was done in my spare time, whilst working aboard a ship, (the c.s. Wave Venture, berthed alongside in the Port of Victoria B.C., Canada in December, 2006) As you can see, my cabin was fairly cramped. There was also a limit as to what I could carry with me from the Philippines, (where I live.) I was working from an image on my laptop and I took the photo, on which the painting is based, during a recent trip to Magsaysay in Davao del Sur, Mindanao, in the Southern part of the Philippines. You can see the original photo on my Mindanao album and it is entitled Palayan Sunset Paper used was a very lightweight watercolor paper. I would have prefered a proper pastel paper but this was all I could find in one of the National Bookstore branches that I visited before leaving home. Aside from the laptop and paper, you can see a small selection of watercolor paints, one small brush and a collection of Rembrandt pastels - which I bought at Diovir Art Store in Sta. Cruz, Manila. Fixative is very conspicuous by it's absense here - only because I didn't have any. (I like to work my paintings up in layers and, with pastels, fixative is absolutely essential for this method - at least in the early and mid-stages...) The can of beer on the desk is optional!

Soft pastels on rough watercolor paper. 21 1/2" x 14" (54cm x 36cn) From one of my own photos of some rice fields in Mindanao, taken just before the planting season. Started some time in 2009 (September, I think?) Finished in June 2010!! This painting could have been done in a couple of days. (I made a rough outline in pastel and went over this with a water wash in order to tone the background - so I had to wait a day for that to dry... Otherwise I could have finished this in a few hours...) It took me about 9 months!!! I dunno... I just couldn't seem to find the time for painting. And when I did have the time, I couldn't get in the mood. Anyway, I am glad it is finished now and I have already started the next one. (My next painting is erotic art and it doesn't meet the Guidelines for this site. So you will not see it here, even if I ever do get around to finishing the thing!!) To purchase a high quality print of this image, please visit: ArtWanted.com Various gift items and dozens of personalized products such as mouse pads, t-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, puzzles and a lot more besides are also available, customized with this image at ArtWanted.com

Just a small pastel painting that I done as a way of remembering Shoubi's best mate, Jumong - who sadly died while I was away on my recent commission at sea. The official story that I was given was that Jumong got sick and died. Not surprising really, as he spent most of the last months of his life in misery, tied up on a short piece of chain and hardly cared for. More likely though, he would have been killed for food? Despite the appalling conditions under which he was being kept, Jumong was a tough little dog... Anyway, whether he died, or was killed, I know for a fact that Jumong's carcass was not wasted. He did not get buried and he certainly had no flowers. So I decided to use a bit of artistic license and put some in the painting for him... 18 1/2" (47cm) x 12 1/2" (32cm) soft pastels on Saunders Waterford rough watercolor paper To purchase a high quality print of this image, please visit: ArtWanted.com Various gift items and dozens of personalized products such as mouse pads, t-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, puzzles and a lot more besides are also available, customized with this image at ArtWanted.com