My First Commission Work

This was my first commission work for Ms. Maria. 

Ms. Maria is one of my fellow teachers in a school in East Jakarta. 

She knew that I loved drawing and she liked my art works.

Ms. Maria asked me to draw her portrait picture on an A3 paper.

She sent me her picture through Blackberry messenger.

I started it by drawing her face with pencils

Then, I thickened the outline with charcoals.

After I finished it, I gave it to her. She was so happy to see the result. She said that she really loved it. Thank you, Ms. Maria :)

Papa and Mama Wedding Anniversary

It was few weeks before my Mom’s and Dad’s wedding anniversary.

I was thinking of giving something special for them, something that will last forever.

Hmmmmm... A wedding picture sounds great!

So, I took their wedding photo. It was very old.

I had to look at twice to recognize the details. Then, I began with 2B pencil.

I thickened the outline with charcoals.

And…  tadaaaaaa… They liked it and put it in their room.

Happy anniversary, Mama and Papa. Really love you both :)

Elysa

This was a request from my friend, Elysa.

She asked me to draw a portrait picture of her on an A3 paper.

I started it by drawing her face with pencils

Then, I thickened it by using charcoals.

She said I had to fix her nose for it looked bigger than it should. :D

Nayara

This was the gift for Nayara’s second birthday.

Nayara is my friend’s daughter. Her mother, Ms. Ika, is my workmate. We've known each other since we were working at the same school in Central Jakarta.

Nayara is so adorable. She has these big eyes which make her looks so cute.

And for her birthday, I would draw a portrait picture of her.

I started it by drawing her face on an A3 paper

Then, I thickened it by using charcoals. And tadaaaa!! This was the result. 

Her mother said that she really loved it. They put it in their living room. Happy birthday, Nayara :)

Andreas

This was the gift for Andreas’ first birthday.

Andreas was my boss’ son. His mother, Ms. Jeanne, gave me one set of charcoal pencils and a drawing book for my birthday gifts.

So, on his birthday, I would give him something special. And I thought, a portrait picture of him would be perfect.

Then, I got (read: stole. hehe... sorry Ms. Jeanne  =^_^= I did it for Andreas' birthday gift hehe...) the cute picture of him smiling from his Mom’s display picture or blackberry recent updates

I started it by drawing him on an A3 paper.

Then, I thickened it by using charcoals. And tadaaaa!! This was the result. 

The most wonderful part about this was he smiled when I showed him the picture. So cute!! 

Happy Birthday, Andreas :)

Ms. Davina and Family

This was a request from my other boss, Ms. Davina.

She asked me to draw her and her family.

I was so excited about it, since it was my first time drawing more than 2 family members (Mommy, Daddy and Son).

So, I started it by drawing the son, Rafael. He has a very cute smile :).

Then, I continued by drawing his Mom, Ms. Davina, and his Dad.

Then, I thickened it by using charcoals. And tadaaaaa!!! She loved it. :D

Noy and Husband

Hi!!

This was the picture of me and my husband when we were at Sushi Tei Restaurant in Plaza Indonesia.

It was a great place. They served their sushi on a rotating conveyor belt. It was fun to see how those sushi moved.

Our favourites were salmons. We really enjoyed our meals.

At home, I decided to draw the picture. And I tried to do it with 2B, 5B and 8B pencils.

Here was the result. Haha... I will keep practicing :D

Noy and the Girls 2

Helooo!!

This was the picture of me and my workmates when I was still working at a school in North Jakarta.

The picture was taken in 2011 at Mall Kelapa Gading. We were having lunch together. It was fun meeting and spending time together with them.

After my resignation, I got the idea to draw this picture.

It was quite difficult, since there were lots of faces on the photo.

It's not finished yet :) I still have to thicken the outline with charcoals. Haha...

I'll post again later after I finish it

Thank you for visiting:)

How to Make a Pink Piggy

It’s been my favourite to work with clay.

I love the ideas of how the lump of clay turns out into something cute like this pink piggy.

So, the story started when my school bought 5 sets of DAS clay. They were blue, yellow, red, white and black.

To make a Pink Piggy, I would need red and white clay, then, mixed them up together to get pink colour.

Then, I started it by making piggy's tail. So, I took some of pink clay, then, roll it to make a thin snake.

I twisted the snake into a spiral.

Then, I divided the pink lump into some parts: 

• A small ball for the head,
• A bigger one for the body,
• 5 smaller balls for the legs and the nose,
• 2 flattened circles for the ears

So, it’s the time to attach each part to make the pig. I used PVAc glue to do it.

Then, I took a pencil and made 2 holes on the nose.

Almost done! I made the eyes by using black clay and pasted them on the face.

And tadaaaaa…

This was the result!

Noy's First Oil Pastel Paintings

It was my first week working at a school in East Jakarta.

There was a display presented by Faber Castell.

I was so excited to see what they had. So, I went there after the class dismissal.

There were lots of good stuffs. But, only one object attracted my attention. It was one set of oil pastels. So, I couldn’t resist buying the set of 24 oil pastels.

Then, on the next days, I went to Gramedia Book Store near my house and bought a book (How to paint with pastels – Panduan Melukis dengan Pastel by Philip Berrill ‘The Flying Artist’).

At home, I looked through the book and tried to do the instructions on A4 paper. I preferred seeing the pictures to the words :D

My first trial was not so good. Haha... still needs lots of practices

But, I really enjoyed it, especially when I did these:

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Then, I put it in a frame :)