@CHINA~ Taking a break from study

It would be my failure if you couldn't tell who she was...

I was about to take a break from study, but by the time I finished this portrait, the entire afternoon had elapsed...

It's been three days home. Nothing is too exciting but this life is perfect, simple and relaxing, like in paradise... so lucky of me to lead a life like this so slow and low-pressured in this country while everyone else is on the run.

What I've been doing these days:

1. Studying for a mandatory English test called TOEFL(Test of English as a Foreign Language) for my university next year. That is what I meant by "study" in the tittle and it's my only pressure this summer. I have a lot to work on my vocabulary and reading, and maybe listening and writing too... okay, that's actually everything... Well, my test is on July 23rd. I really have to work as hard as in the past few months even though it's in summer:(.

2. Family time. I get to spend lots of time with my parents and everyday after dinner we go out for walk, swimming or drive to the mountain for some climbing; I will be visiting my grandparents and other relatives in another city this weekend.

3. Eating watermelons. To my surprise, the temperature here is not unbearable, but I'm sure it's gonna be boiling hot in a few days... WATERMELONS, MY SAVIOR!

4. China is a "party" country, with numerous places and huge variety way for entertainment, just like one of my friends says "there's nothing you can't find, but things out of your imagination." China is a delicious country, but I've lost my appetite since I got here:(. 

I always prefer to stay home for meals because my mom is a very very amazing cook!

5. I did some shopping online and the price and transportation are cheap and things are delivered very fast.

6. Reading Bible. I have a goal to finish the entire new testament over the summer.

7. Sleep very bad these days because I don't get used to live with constructions. They start so early every day and wakes me up at 7:00 every morning. By working so hard with so many workers, buildings rise abruptly out of the ground in China. :( it's crazy.

7. Foreign websites are supposed to be blocked in China, but lots of people use a special browser, a proxy server called Freegate to get through it. That's why I'm still facebooking and blogging everyday. So crafty.

8. Drawing and "showing off" my works to visitors to my houseXD.

Too bad my friends

I am thinking about making some money by drawing portraits for my old friends or schoolmates (free to my close friends:)), but it will be after my English test.

I hope I will meet my painting teacher soon:DDD. Excited now!

Well, about this drawing, Audrey Hepburn, I'm not a big fan but what a great actress.

Recent craziness, dizziness, busYness...

Wow, my first post in June is on June 24th. What a slacking blogger....

I finish school and exams this week, and you know what, I am leaving for my home city, Hefei, China on Sunday, which is about 36 hours from now. I will be staying there for tow month and a half, coming back on September 11th.

I've been working on a couple of projects during this super busy month. Sadly, i don't get them finish on time, and I have to leave them here in Toronto and continue to work on them after coming back in September.

Anyhow, this post is just to let you get a glimpse, and I'm not taking a break from blogging or painting. So stay tuned, cause you are going to see my achievements in Chinese painting.

Oh, well, I've been working on thist painting since April, however, it's only about 80% complete. This project is a great challenge, and it's also my first time doing a painting with palette knives.

Another portrait... it's really cute. You will see.

Here are some portraits that I haven't posted. 

Gifts for my friends in China<3.

A portrait of my dad making a face~~~ XD so hilarious. 

So these are the posters or cards I made from the sketch on my iPod for his birthday in May, and Father's day in June.

I Love Portraits

These are some sketches of my friends:).

I love doing portraits so much. Doing portraits for friends is like the best gift ever for them.

I did the following two sketches during March Break.

WLX is my best friend in China. On a weekend in March, I sent messages to him and DZW on QQ to ask them send some recent pictures to me and I would do portraits of them. To tell the truth, the reason why I did this was I really missed them and wanted to see some of their latest pictures (the last time I saw them was four months ago and only for like an hour), and it was the best excuse to get their pictures:D.

This is DZW. She had a nick name from me called Banala, because she loves eating bananas. Yeah, she is a COOL person, a great pin-pang player, and a smart "nerd".

Self Portrait, June and July 2010, China

I did this last summer during the 2 months I stayed for in China. I sketched from a photograph taken in a photo studio when I was 9. I was supposed to dress like a floral fairy:). It was cute. And it was the first portrait I started. HAHAHA.

A birthday gift for Irina, Oct 2010.

That was a photograph we took when we were at a pool party at Clare's house. How lovely we are!

This one have been posted in February. A goodbye gift to Hanna. 

I haven't heard from her for a month. Hope she is doing well:).

Doing some accurate and realistic drawing can make up for my talentlessness in anime drawing I hope:).

I hope I can have chance to listen to some professional portrait classes. 

A sketch of someone you might know....

I feel so good to be here again! 

I've been busy on stuff like PHYSICS TEST MATH STUDY NOTES%*&^)(@$% in the past 2 weeks... 

Anyhow, I still do art every Thursday:D. Art is never abandoned.

I did a sketch of this guy last month. 

You know who he is, if you are an Asian or Chinese....

Yes, he is Leehom Wang.

I would totally go crazy by simply listening to his speaking 4 years ago. I was a big fan back then and since I was 11, however, as we both grow older and older, I still listen to his songs that recall me memories and look forward to his new music, and he never really disappoint me.

Just saying, I do not become a fan of any celebrity now. I like him not just because he's good-looking or talented. I attach importance of him because he has been an implacable role in my life whose music I grows up with. 

I feel like I can smell the memory when I listen to any of his song, as if each song is telling me a story of my junior life and recalling me someone from there...  

Goodbye, Hanna

Please have a safe trip... take care, my friend.

A friend is leaving tomorrow night for Korea, and it will be hard to tell when I will see her again in the future. 

She will be studying there for a few years in an art university. 

She's an awesome artist, and an great friend. 

I hope she will see my blog one day. 

I'll miss her very much when I recall the days when we did painting with Shirley on Thursdays, and the day when we went to interior design show and Chinatown.

She is precious.

I wish her all the best.