Oh, Lola!

This might be a little late post, but I'm posting it anywayxD

I got this Oh, Lola perfume by Marc Jacobs from mum for Christmas. 

It also came with a mini bottle and lotion.

I decided to use this pretty bottle to practice my watercolour with and here's the finished drawing:

Tools used:

- W&N Cotman watercolours

- Brush #4

- Paper 300 g/m

Moleskine Daily Diary for 2012

I have always been fond in writing diary to keep track of the daily.
But recently, after starting to blog, I haven't written anything for hand.
Because 1) it's easier to update and write quickly on a blog, 2) you may add pictures and customize own blog template. This would be a hassle with a diary, but I have decided to keep a little, simple diary for my personal thoughts and other stuff which I don't want to post in this blog...and what better is it to start with a freshly new diary for a fresh new year^^



I ordered a limited Snoopy/Peanuts edition of the Moleskine Daily Diary Journal and got it yesterday=D
I have always loved the cute Peanuts characters by Schulz and I also had some ''school diaries'' and figurines from this serie^^ I'm glad I got this version, because it looks awesomer than the regular one... It consists of 400 pages, one for each day. The inside pages are lined so no excuse for crooked handwriting-.-
Looking forward to write in it! (pics taken from my personal blog)

The cover!

And it also came with a little address book^^ 

Do you keep a diary?

- Mimi xoxo

I'm Back!

Realised that it have been awhile since my last post. It's a shame to confess that I have been neglecting this blog in favour for my personal blog-.-
But since I have Christmas break now, I may try to update this blog a little more with art-relevant stuff^^

I changed the blog layout too:)

And...I'm writing this with the Blogger-app on my iPod Touch! I really recommend this app^^ It's free and easy to use! Makes blogging ascessible almost everywhere. So go go go get it!

Mimi^^~

Winsor & Newton Watercolour 45 Half Pans

I got a new watercolour set yesterday^^ Bought it from art-shoponline and I'm pleased with the quick delivery and of course the product! 

This is my first ''proper'' watercolour and I can't wait for trying them out! I bought this because I wanted to have more colours to choose from...and yes, I'm too lazy to actually mix colours myself because I thinks it's such a hassle to choose the right colours and right amount to get the colour I want-.-

The pans are small and cute^^ And the lid are detachable which makes it easy to wash and mix colours on. Smart!

Cleaning my Room and My Own Drawing Place!

I cleaned my writing desk in my room...and I finally made it into my own drawing ''corner'' office=D
I did know that the shelf had enough space for turning it into a drawing desk, but I didn't really wanted to bother with it because it usually ends up getting filled with papers, books and clothes, etc...(yes, I'm that kind of person, throwing all sorts of things on my desk, to lazy to put it properly away-.-) The other reason is because my dad's old stereo player occupied half of the desk. I thought that he didn't wanted to throw it away.He brought it all the way from Japan! But I guess I was wrong, because he said it was ok to get rid of it...


So now I have my own, private space for my creativity and school works^^ Hopefully, I will try to keep it neat>.< Here's how it looks like:

The only thing that seems lacking is a desk light, although I get most of the light from the sun coming from the window! I also want to hang up the clips that I bought from China-.- but I don't think mum will allow me to nail the wall...

Wacom Intuos 4 wireless w/ Lightroom 3!

I finally got my tablet yesterday after much waiting! I waited for almost 3 weeks for the tablet-.-
The tablet is much bigger than my Bamboo fun-tablet but it doesn't matter^^ 

I tested it out yesterday and at first I was disappointed because the pressure sensitivity didn't work with Paint Tool SAI=( After trying to solve it by erasing the tablet preference files and yet it didn't work, I almost considered returning the tablet because I bought it primarily for use with SAI, my favourite painting software...Fortunately, I managed to fix the pressure sensitivity issue in the end=D I was so happy^^
The pressure sensitivity works nicely with SAI now^^ 


Maybe I'll make a short review later...

New Inspirational Art book and scrapbook stuff

After a busy week I went shopping with my sister yesterday^^
I bought mostly ''art'' related things>.< Can't never get enough art tools, right;) Some pics and description of what I bought:


I bought some glue and pattern scissors because I need them for scrapbooking. It's time to put those photoes onto my scrap book, after abandoning the book for almost 1 year o.O 
I'm not good with those things, because I feel it takes time and concentration to make a good scrapbook..gluing those pictures actually takes time!  

And as you may see in the image, I also bought another black pen:P But it's a brush pen! I was surprised when I found it, and bought it because I wanted to try it out. Going to write a short review about it later:)


And I finally got the the book that I ordered one week ago: An Illustrated Life! 
I love inspiring artbooks, and I have heard good reviews about this book so I'm excited to begin reading it^^ (Yes, shame on me, I haven't read it yet, just looked quickly through-.-)

Do you have any favourite, inspiring artbooks=)?