watercolor day

My latest watercolors..

two coconuts, 38x27 cm on watercolor paper

island hopper, two coconuts, 38x27 cm on watercolor paper

boat at rest, 38x27 cm on watercolor paper

pump boats, El Nido,  38x27 cm on watercolor paper

trees and hills,  38x27 cm on watercolor paper

deserted beach, westcoast,   38x27 cm on watercolor paper

town scape,  38x27 cm on watercolor paper

tugboat, Honda Bay,  38x27 cm on watercolor paper

the hammock, 38x27 cm on watercolor paper

Can't seem to go out, the weather is bad, its raining a lot this past three days.The sun is up in the morning, but in the afternoon, its windy then comes the rain..I browse on my reference photos, seascapes and landscapes around town, so I used these image files to paint this watercolor suites...

less is more

These are my ballpen drawings, The drawing titled "ant dreaming" was reproduced for t shirts for an online art websites for tshirts and merch.

here's the link to the sites:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/tibur

http://www.baremelon.com/design.php?id=1243#

zazzle store URL: http://www.zazzle.com/tibur78

ant dreaming,  9x12 inch, pen and ink, 2012

boat at rest,   9x12 inch, pen and ink, 2012

my cosmos(after Wyeth),  9x12 inch, pen and ink, 2010 

let the trees tell stories to a child,  9x12 inch, pen and ink, 2012

Mynah's Lullaby,  9x12 inch, pen and ink, 2012

in my next posts to come, I will be showing more images with less words...

breath

my wife and Athana-watercolor on paper, 1999

just got back from weekend off, I am supposed to be working on a small series' of watercolors, but the weather did not permitted, so since my computer has problems, I instead browse on my earlier works while spending time with my family..

The watercolor above is a painting of my wife taking a nap with my third child , Athana, painted in 2000, she's now 12 years old.

Athana

Sand Art Workshop Sept.2, 2012 Puerto Princesa City

One of my workshops in Dos Palmas Island Resort and Spa, Palawan.

The children enjoyed the new art medium I introduced to them, they were amazed that from lowly material called sand which is very abundant in their area could be used to create art .

little Indian girl showing her sand art bottle

new approach utilizing mostly lines, swirls and patterns are the usual norms of expression..

Here are some of the finished works...

sand on orange toned canvas

over wood panel

sand over found objects

empty red wine bottles

Samples from my studio using different surface, like canvas, glass bottles, and wood panel..

sand art

what to do with sand?

after a days workshop in El Nido workshop..

old wine bottles could be one of the products for sand art.

my student's output in one of my workshops in the town of El Nido, Palawan.

my sand art bottles in my studio

here's some of the artworks utilizing these lowly materials..

Faith

sway with the wind

After seven years of staying in an island resort  as resident artist, it still really hard to find an inspiration.I thought staying in an island could silent my screaming voice to look and search for subjects to become my focal point, but still I am drowned by familiar sights, that i see everyday..

I should have created a blog a long time ago but, everyday life here is distracting, even though there's an internet connection. Life itself is always manifesting in everything..even nature,..there is always start and end to everything.The cycle in its redundancy, become a common place, albeit monotonous.
The wind tonight is cold and stale, did chance empathize with me? or its a mockery that we all living things should be contented to sway with the wind?

My painting above I created in 2007 speaks well of my present condition..

workshop

I will be conducting sand art workshops with school children aged 7 to 11 years old. The materials are ready now in the workshop area, later at 2:00 pm this afternoon.

my student's output

fish pattern done by one of my students

I have been developing sand art since 2005 for the purpose of introducing alternative art materials for the impoverish children with talent, conventional materials are expensive nowadays, I hope through this, I could help enhance the children, lack of art materials should not be an excuse to the development of one's talent.