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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

The Hundred Islands National Park actually consist of 124 separate islands (123 at high tide). The islands offer countless opportunities at water activity. You can rent a motorboat and go island hopping, kayaking, diving or snorkeling.

A not so old old man on the seashore, making bird houses out of driftwood. Photo taken along the shoreline near Ogden Point, Victoria B.C., Canada. He had bought along some woodworking tools and was busy turning the pile of driftwood around him into intricate little birdhouses. The young girl is just about to persuade her parents to buy one of them! Photo taken on a sunny but windy day in May, 2007

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!

For those people that light up my world. I used soft pastel as material

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

Look at that amazing color of the water, anyway i recommend hundred island because it was so clean, no floating trash etc., and not YET polluted

Red Lilly flowers

Amateur pastel portrait of a beautiful young Filpina girl. I promised to have a go at doing a portrait of Shy a long time ago. I struggled with this one... Anyway, here it is, for what it is worth. More practice needed. Oh well, I'll get there in the end. Either that, or find something more useful to do with my spare time! The original 1.7MB image file of this painting can be downloaded in the ArtFreaks.com Downloads module

"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 boy running his hand through the water of a fountain pool in Bangkok Photo taken in October, 2006 To purchase a high quality print of this image, please visit: ArtWanted.com Various gift items , customized with this image are also available at ArtWanted.com

Awit Alegre, from one of Hermes' photos My attempt at a portrait of Hermes Alegre's beautiful daughter.

Princess Serrano. Painted at the request of Anna Rose Serrano. My apologies to Anna, as this one didn't turn-out too well... I will have to try again at a different photo some time...

From a photo of a friend. Sorry.. Not much good..! Anyway, I decided to upload it so at least you can have a good laugh! To be fair, this was a very small painting and I think I can do better when I get home and get back onto some nice big pieces of watercolor paper again..

My first attempt at a portrait of a friend of mine's niece. I done this during leave from my job in April, 2013. Unfortunately, the weather was extremely hot in the Philippines and I was in a bit of a rush to try and get this finished. I will probably try to make a few very minor adjustments when I get back home but I don't want to try to hard with this, as I will only end-up completely ruining it... Anyway, it is included here as this album is a collection of all my recent work - good, bad or indifferent! Prints and gift items featuring this image are available on ArtWanted.com at: http://www.artwanted...62643&RID=23179 Download the original 3.65MB file in the ArtFreaks.com Downloads module at: http://www.artfreaks.../51-amanda-one/

Mita Rani Das. A beautiful young lady from India. This was based on one of Mita's facebook photos with her very kind permission.

A pretty young girl making the victory sign. From a photo in Joharah Ruth Alonzo's facebook profile: www.facebook.com/prettyjoharah My apologies to Jarah for the hand... I would have tried to make a better job of this but I find if I try too hard to sort-out the mistakes, I just end-up ruining the thing altogether. ('Better to stop while the going is still good...) High quality prints of this image are available on paper, mugs, T-shirts and other gift items at: ArtWanted.com You can also download the original image file of this painting in the Downloads module of this site.

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.

After the initial sketch, I just filled-in with some background colour before giving it a quick spray with some museum grade varnish by way of a fixative

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From a photo of my friend, Mr Timothy Penycate's German Shepherd (Alsatian) dog. I took the photo when I was out for a walk in the woods with Benj - and I think the excitement shows clearly on his face!! Soft pastels on 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

...showing a bit of attitude! A very strong character, this one! Jelyn is also a very pretty girl - something that this portrait in no way gives her justice... Anyway, I quite liked the way that her hair came out, so this painting was not a complete disaster. Soft pastels on Canson colored pastel paper - 18" x 12" (46cm x 31cm)

A pastel painting of Shoubi, my Pit Bull Terrier cross-breed bitch. This was my second attempt and, although it is still a long way from perfect, I feel it is an improvement on "Shoubi - One". I managed to get her coloring a bit better and Shoubi looks less "foxy" here - so I am quite happy with it! Soft pastels on Saunders Waterford rough watercolor paper 18 1/2" x 12 1/2" (47cm x 32cm) 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

Another practice painting. This one was done on a 12" X 16" sheet of Canson Mi Teintes pastel paper. (The background color of the paper was a light, pinkish-grey). I took the photograph, on which this painting was based during a visit to Mindanao, in the Southern part of the Philippines during May of 2006. The photograph that this painting was based-on can be found at: Photography Forums for Photo-artists > Gallery > People and portraits > Teenagers 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

Here's a recent discovery of mine... Incredible Art Board, from Incredible Art Products, based in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. They don't appear to do mail order but check out their website, (link above,) for more details. I bought a 24" X 32" board at Opus Framing and Art Supplies in Victoria, B.C. (Canada). The thing is incredibly light and extremely rigid - ideal for a portable drawing / pastel painting board!

A small, (27cmX 38cm) landscape that I did as a practice painting. This was based on a photo of a rice field, or "palayan" that I took in Mindanao, during a recent trip to Davao del Sur at planting time. The original photograph can be seen on one of my member's albums at: The artfreaks.com Forums > Gallery > Mindanao The painting was done on a lightweight "Conda" watercolor paper; mostly with Rembrandt pastels but finished off with some ultra soft, super smooth pastels by the German manufacturer, Schmincke. After framing, I gave the painting away as a Christmas 'exchange gift' present to Mr. Theodore "Tio" Abria, one of my shipmates aboard c.s. Wave Venture. (When I went back to the ship, after a couple of month's vacation, I found the painting, abandoned in a cupboard in my cabin... Theo obviously didn't think it was worth the bother of bringing it home!! - Not that I can blame him... Anyway, it was a shame to waste it, so I brought the thing home myself - and subsequently gave it away to one of Lorna's customers at the E. Santos Art Gallery in Ermita, Manila) 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