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Hello world, hello friends, I am back to the social media after bring absent so long. Maybe you were guessing about what was going on with me. First of all, I was busy preparing some exciting projects which I am sending out to some art directors before New Year. And I did some small run for calendar 2019. Thirdly And I tried to be a good mom for Alice who needs a lot of encouragement and help for getting used to the preschool since the end of August. Fourthly, I was looking for some excitement in my creation which I can combine my love for flower and nature.
I was looking at all the greeneries and green houses in the Netherlands. Almost bought 1 hectare of land to grow my own peonies, ranunculus and more. However it is forty minutes drive from Alice’s school in Amstelveen. And we really love her school. So for now I need to give up my green fingers dream and live a life like a gardener.
I had a wonderful afternoon today @gerdasbloemen, I was so delighted when Jarno finally let me help out in the shop on Sunday afternoon. It is my favorite flower shop in the town. And I am always amazed by Jarno and his teams creation. Not to mention that they created bouquets for Rijksmuseum and more.
It felt like I am in a paradise when I walked in Gerda’s Bloemen with all the holiday flower decorations and amazing scented candles smell. When Jarno asked me to pick any flowers in the shop to make a bouquet which represents @gerdasbloemen. I was very nervous. I learned many flower names and assortments. And I visited my growers. And I attended many flower arrangement workshops here and abroad. But I never actually worked as a florist. My Now I am here in my dream flower shop in Amsterdam. And I was busy with my first real flower bouquet. It took me forever to figure out the color palette, the forms and length and character of each type. After 14 minutes and with Jarno’s guidance, I made one. Within 3 minutes, Anne ( an elegant French lady) asked me to make the same bouquet as the one in my hand!! It made my day. I made another bouquet (in the picture). I am sure it will make someone happy. Anne told me that she will come back next Sunday to buy my new bouquet. I smiled.

It’s week two @makeartthatsells with @lillarogers and Zoe Tucker. It is all about emotions. Last week we were developing our character, and this week, I further develop my character for the text “Grandma’s Garden”. And I made a sheet of seven expression. It is so challenging to try to put something from the text to a real drawing. I am experimenting with digital drawing this round. Hope next one I will try to draw with pencil, paint with watercolor and gouache. I really enjoyed it. Hope to develop further this week. I learned a lot from Alice by observing her everyday. She is such a character in real life. What are you busy with this week? Do you sketch everyday? I just made my monthly plan. Hope to stick with it. Do you make a plan each month? I have a short monthly goal(s) and weekly goals. Do you also have one? @pingheillustration
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I chose Grandma's Garden this round @makeartthatsells By @zoe_tucker_design. When my father robbed me from my mom, I lived with my daddy and my grandma. Actually it was the most valuable thing in my life. I did not end up living in Shanghai with my stepfather's family (My mom did not have any saying in the family, they were lot of fight in the house, my mom just worked and took care of the family). At the age of 4, I was raised in the rural area in China by my father and grandma (who enjoyed gardening, weaving and growing own vegetables). I still remembered the sunflower seed in my pockets for the Chinese New Year which we harvested together. My hair is really black for Chinese standard thanks to our sesame seed we put in the soil. I took more sesame seed oil more than average people when I was a child. Now both of my daddy and grandma were not here with us any more. I missed them very much in a good way,. They left so many great memories and invaluably philosophies about life for me till these days. Really love this story so much. Wish you all a lovely week. I will share more my sketches, daily prompt this week. @pingheillustration
Life experience took us where we are, and I really appreciated all the great people in my life who taught me to be a good person.
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This is my submission for @uppercasemag open calls for submission for Issue 40. It is about my creative tools which I did during @makeartthatsells #matsbootcamp this year. I noticed the submission a bit late. It’s first time I did an open call. I am sure I will do more submissions in the near future. I am a happy artist from Amsterdam. What makes you a happy person? @pingheillustration
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As I am now in the class @makeartthatsells with @lillarogers and Zoe Tucker. It is Week One. I am starting to warm up my art muscles and tried out different media.
I am going to illustration in coming five weeks a story about a grandchild and her grandma. Today I finally get all my art supplies ready and let’s work.
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My illustration is in @flow_magazine Calendar 2019. It has German and Dutch version. How fun. Was a great experience working on this editorial page. I loved every minute of it. Hope in the future you will see more of my illustration in the publications/ editorial pages. What kind of projects are you busy lately? @pingheillustration
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I has been a while since my last Instagram message. Hello world, I am back to my social media. It has been very busy here with different projects. So happy to be back here with my private projects. I started to make sketches with plotter materials. I like it very much. Embroidery is something I really like to try. And last Sunday, I bought the embroidery set. Need to learn how each type of stitch works. And how to combine the texture, material and thread colors with the illustration is also very interesting subject.
The sun is out. And I am so happy to be able to sit in my studio to enjoy the little break from everything. Happy Tuesday to you all. Let’s make more nice things. What kind of new material you like to try? What is your favorite day of the week?
Did I tell you that I register to participate the show @creativelifenl next year. I am very excited about it. This afternoon I went to have a meeting @alab_ams . Hope to show you more what I will do next. I feel great to be able to work on things that I like and learn new skills.
Next week I will learn to make time-lapse video from my drawing process. It will be very interesting to learn. I never did it. But I love to learn how it will turn out. Thank you for always being so supportive. I am back and will post more frequently.
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I draw a lot flora and plsnts. And I really love to combine the vintage elements in my design in the future. I visited @gerbera.united yesterday. It is the best time. Love seeing all the new variaties and colorful planting bed. Great time to learn about production, assortments and more. Lovely to see @sandroparis Thank you. Erwin Keyelaar from @gerbera.united
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