http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Blog.html ...illustrations, sketches, and random bits...<br/> iWeb 3.0.1 http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Blog_files/IMG_0049_1.jpg http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Blog.html http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/7/18_Self-portrait_in_photoshop.html 65e9f1aa-7705-4e35-a66b-19599ceecdd8 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:04:36 -0400 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/7/18_Self-portrait_in_photoshop_files/7.18.10.self-portrait-filtered_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object001_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:325px;"/></a>I thought I’d play with my old wacom tablet and see if I could make it look like I drew it in my moleskin sketchbook.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>tags: painting sketch, sketchbook, self-portrait, photoshop http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/3/1_Guess_what_I_got_in_the_mail....html 6450768d-d1a7-4345-b8e4-2fd0a217cb24 Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:22:03 -0500 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/3/1_Guess_what_I_got_in_the_mail..._files/IMG_0007_2-filtered_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1178.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:189px;"/></a>...a bunch of copies of my new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Only-One-Year-Andrea-Cheng/dp/1600602525/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267409149&sr=1-2">Only One Year</a>, written by <a href="http://www.andreacheng.com/">Andrea Cheng</a>.<br/><br/>It’s a beautiful and emotional chapter book about how a family deals with a difficult choice to have their youngest child live with his grandparents in China for one year.<br/><br/>It’s available to purchase on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Only-One-Year-Andrea-Cheng/dp/1600602525/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267409149&sr=1-2">Amazon</a>.<br/><br/> http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/2/28_What%E2%80%99s_on_my_desk....html 922c8df9-791d-4cca-960a-9e814c95bbd0 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:01:42 -0500 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/2/28_What%E2%80%99s_on_my_desk..._files/IMG_0003_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1179.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:189px;"/></a>I get to paint dragons today and that’s always fun!<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/2/18_Self-Portrait_with_Myrna.html 6094d504-1eb2-4b7d-b293-691217b8477f Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:39:50 -0500 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/2/18_Self-Portrait_with_Myrna_files/IMG_0018_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1180.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:248px;"/></a>I think I’m finished with the painting that I started last week.<br/>I’ve been taking a break from my regular pen&amp;ink work to oil paint this month and sorta recharge the batteries again. It’s refreshing to do something different. I’ve been finding how much I just love working in oils, especially on claybord, which surface is so smooth and wonderful. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/2/9_All_about_Pears.html 54903726-55ac-4826-9d3e-c685c9e9450f Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:16:03 -0500 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/2/9_All_about_Pears_files/IMG_0002-filtered_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1181.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:189px;"/></a>Just getting back to the basics with some still life paintings on different surfaces... http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/2/5_What%E2%80%99s_on_my_desk....html 77b10a19-33a1-4c04-8d2d-ffe903edc935 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:53:29 -0500 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2010/2/5_What%E2%80%99s_on_my_desk..._files/IMG_0005_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1182.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:199px;"/></a>...I thought I try some oil painting today...<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> ...Leah the kitty helped. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>tags: painting sketch, sketchbook, oil painting, what’s on my desk http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/10/25_Newspaper_article_about_little_olme.html b453f832-f186-47fe-b4e3-e7d1ef615823 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:29:00 -0400 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/10/25_Newspaper_article_about_little_olme_files/Brushing%20Mom%27s%20Hair_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1183.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:405px;"/></a>My local paper featured me and my latest book to come out, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brushing-Moms-Hair-Andrea-Cheng/dp/1590785991/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256150860&sr=8-1">Brushing Mom’s Hair</a> by <a href="http://www.andreacheng.com/">Andrea Cheng</a>. She wrote a lovely book of poems how a young girl deals with her mom’s breast cancer.<br/><br/>You can see the article on <a href="http://www.heraldnews.com/lifestyle/x23521154/Illustrator-finds-parallels-in-book-about-breast-cancer">the Herald News website</a> and purchase on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brushing-Moms-Hair-Andrea-Cheng/dp/1590785991/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256150860&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>.<br/><br/> http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/4/28_Monoprints.html 6efdb685-310f-4f89-8d9f-fd2a5fd42aba Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:58:14 -0400 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/4/28_Monoprints_files/Leah1-filtered_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1184.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:301px;"/></a>tags: Leah cat, monoprint class http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/3/25_Subtract.html dc8ec0bb-69c2-4584-97b6-a5fa7d7663c8 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:04:09 -0400 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/3/25_Subtract_files/3.25.09.subtract-filtered_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1185.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:193px;"/></a>...feeling a bit subtracted today...<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>tags: painting sketch, sketchbook, surreal, Illustration Friday, woman, bird http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/3/5_Breezy.html 2e1be424-38a4-4775-8bf1-4f7b2b7d6cbb Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:27:49 -0500 <a href="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/3/5_Breezy_files/Breezy-filtered_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.nicole-wong.com/Site/Blog/Media/object1186.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:252px; height:386px;"/></a>Carried away on a breeze...<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>...also for sale in my new <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21907281">Etsy store</a>.<br/><br/><br/>tags: girl, child, OSWOA, Illustration Friday, Etsy