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Bedtime iPad doodle… Boxhead is back!!

Part 2 of Monet’s waterlily triptych master study done! 
Third and last part will be painted next month. 

Acrylics 16” x 20”, 3 hrs (per panel)

went for my first ever life drawing session a couple weeks ago. it’s fun! also tried conte and liking it hehe

10-15min poses

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back to my monthly acrylic paintings after a break in march!

this is part 1 of my triptych master study of Monet’s waterlily. i saw this in person at MoMA when i went to NYC, it was the most beautiful thing i’ve yet to see this life… it was humongous and the whole thing was glowing, i’m sure if i leaned in closer i’d see magic fairy dust lol.

the other 2 panels will be painted in the months to come, and they’ll be hung together as a triptych (with a “not sold separately” fineprint lol) the best compliment i got last night was perhaps people with no art background immediately recognizing it as Monet’s waterlilies. i silently wept tears of joy, sniff. 

3hrs, 16”x20”, acrylics

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in the fleeting moments of dusk I realized I liked the way my bangs looked in the light

instead of taking a picture like a normal asian I painted it

girl with flying hair by ~chenxiii

more portrait studies! started this a while ago (inbetween doing enviro homework for Jason hehe). this looked more epic in my head but alas, i am ready to move on to a new painting.

… I had this sudden urge to do a portrait tonight. Then I got a little carried away and now it’s 2:30AM again. |||OTL

yellow leaves by *chenxiii

I almost ditched this when I first put down the basic composition. the final image is still not what I had in mind, but much better than the last time I tried to paint a forest! 

More detailed thumbnail. I was really feeling the pain in painting while doing this, but just wait until I have to add colour lmao. 

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I actually have art to post that’s not badly Instagram’ed acrylic paintings…! Haha. Some thumbs for a reinterpretation of “The Little Match Girl.” Nice and wintery and morbid. 

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