Crayon’s Watercolours
When I was still at the university taking up my Fine Arts course, I would hover around this glass cabinet that to me, looks like a “refrigerator” located inside the National Book Store in SM North Edsa (Philippines). Inside these refrigerators are premium painting and drawing supplies such as Dewart, Winsor & Newton and Carandache brands. In my eyes, those are my kind of highly-coveted objects of desire – something that is a bit too expensive for a typical student like me.
I managed to get myself a set of Carandache coloured pencils (I’ve purchased it some 10 years ago) and a small box of Carandache chalk pastels.
my 10-year old Carandache Coloured Pencils, a remnant from my Fine Arts days.
After 8 years of leaving the university, I’ve been carried away by this wave called “work” and somehow, I haven’t created a “serious” artwork since then. The realization that I’ll be [...]
The Color of Life and Death
As I continue to live the other half of my life, I want it to be a celebration of the life that I was born into… a Crayon’s Life. And I hope with all my heart that my father will be proud and happy for me, wherever he may be.
