still life: feng sui (WIP)

Work in progress of a still life painting commission I'm currently working on.
It's an original composition made with Feng Sui elements of fruits, vegetables and flowers.

I've been working on this for the past 3 weeks and its taking longer than I initially thought.
The size is much bigger than what I'm used to. 30X40 inches. But it's fine. What i do is just treat each element as an individual little painting. I'll just try to adjust everything to harmonize better after each group/element is done.

Super Swing

Super Swing, 2009
colored pencil

dreams

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Dreams, 2009
oil on canvas
24X14 inches

Red Socks

Red Socks, 2009
oil on canvas
8x5 inches

I love the rain.
I love the unpredictable reflections playing around.
I love the atmosphere it gives.

Very challenging.
And fun!

WIP again

Remember this?

It's not yet done until now.

But I have managed to work on it little by little for the past four months.
And it's beginning to look decent enough to post here.

Jeepney

The Red Ride, 2009

oil on canvas
15X19.5 inches
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This painting is relatively huge compared to what I've been doing in the past few months.
But fortunately (and surprisingly), I never lost interest on the subject.
So, yey! I completed it! Although it took me almost a month to finish it, I'm glad I did.

Jeepneys. It's one of the things I love about the Philippines.
You can go almost anywhere within Metro Manila using this old thing.
I don't drive. So for me, this is the primary means of hauling myself to work everyday.