Metrojaya Sales Promotion

I was invited to do a demonstration of glass Painting at the Metrojaya Sales Promotion just now. It was held at the Melawati Stadium Shah Alam. A small crowd but it lasted only an hour. At least I got the chance to promote my book and my shop. This event is co-organized by "Dapur" Magazine.

Folk Art Workshop in Ipoh for July

This is to inform you that I will be conducting the Folk Art Workshop in Ipoh, Perak for the third time on the 4th July, 2010 at the Hill City Hotel, Ipoh. The time that we will start is 10.00 am till 4.30 pm. I will be teaching the Ros Singleton technique of painting roses. Those who are interested to know the the details please call 03-79555909.

Hari Alam Sekitar

Last few days I have been busy preparing for the Hari Alam Sekitar which will be held at Precinct 4, Putrajaya tomorrow (24/6/2010). I have been invited by the Jabatan Alam Sekitar to showcase and demonstrate the usage of recycle stuffs as decorative items. I will be there between 8.30 am - 2.00 pm to promote my book and sell some of the painting materials. If you are around the area, please come and visit me. I have painted a few things such as the mooncake boxes, biscuit tins, CDs, Nescafe bottles, etc. I have spent quite a bit of time painting the World Cup 2010 football jerseys on the bottles just to get the right colour combination and the emblem. Anyway, it was fun doing it. You can put some "kacang" in the bottles, just the right snack to eat while you watch your favourite team playing on TV.

Latest issue of Majalah Keluarga

Just to let you know that some of my craft appeared in the latest issue of Majalah Keluarga under the DIY section. In these pages I've shown how to paint on porcelain, Maggie mee cup, old CDs, a vase and a placemat. If you are collector of this section, then you should get a copy. Its the Hari Raya Issue.

Painted Furniture - Donna Dewberry

This book is about decorative painting on furniture by Donna Dewberry. The style is totally different from the book by Diane Treweiler. Surprisingly the pattern looks good on the furniture. Those who are interested can order as soon as possible since I have a very limited stock of this book. The price is RM 50 inclusive of postage for peninsular Malaysia and RM 55 for East malaysia.

No more Book of Roses

Book of Roses by Priscilla Hauser is out of stock again. Please do not send anymore order for this book. Thanks.

Roses with multi-layered petals

This is a plaque for a customer who wants a signage fora house. I have speckled the background and paint roses with multi-layered petals. Simple but sweet.

Painting in Melaka

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to teached painting at D'Pelican Restaurant Melaka where the location is by the lake and near the Zoo. The most interesting part is that we are painting by the window facing the Elephant show. So, we can practically walkout to the back door and have our picture taken with the elephant dancing in the background......hahaha!!

Also, who can beat this incredible price for a buffet lunch that cost 3 ringgit per person...hahaha!!
Sounds like I'm advertising...hehehe,,,

One-stroke Painting

If you like painting Donna Dewberry's style, then this is the book that you should have in your collection. I bought this book a couple of years ago and it was quite expansive. Anyway, the book teaches you the stroke-by-stroke method in which she created the basics of her cabbage roses and leaves. It is really an introduction book to her one-stroke painting method. An imported book of good quality with step-by-step intructions and pictures (160 pages). The price is RM 55 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for West Malaysia and RM 60 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for East Malaysia. If you are interested to buy please e-mail me using the feedback form on the front page of the website.

For those in Klang valley you can call me at the shop to make arrangement to pick up the book as soon as you can.

Painting Borders - Donna Dewberry

Currently, I have a limited copies of "Painting Borders" by Donna Dewberry. This is an imported book of good quality with step-by-step intructions and pictures on how to paint borders on walls, Doors, Kitchen cabinet and dinner tables. It has 14 projects in 128 pages. The price is RM 50 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for West Malaysia and RM 55 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for East Malaysia. If you are interested to buy please e-mail me using the feedback form on the front page of the website.

For those in Klang valley you can call me at the shop and make arrangement to pick it up as soon as possible.

Lush & Lively Flowers

This is a book by Sharon Hamilton. All about painting flowers like lilies, wisteria, tulip, dogwood. Her painting styles are totally different from other Decorative Painters. She uses a mixture of brushstroke and floating method as a result the painting looks more real and elegant. It is an imported book of good quality with step-by-step instructions and pictures (127 pages) for 10 projects. I personally like her Sunflower project. The price is RM 50 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for Peninsular Malaysia and RM 55 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for East Malaysia. If you are interested to buy please e-mail me using the feedback form on the front page of the website. Make sure you state the title of the book clearly.

For those in Klang valley you can call me at the shop and make arrangement to collect the book within the week.

Pretty Painted Furniture

This is a book by Diane Trierweiler another international folk artist who had written many books. In this particular book she teaches you how to paint on furniture such as coffee-table, cabinets, chair, wooden screen, drawers, etc. The motifs are mainly flowers such as lilacs, lavenders, Roses, pansies, daisies, wisteria, etc. It is an imported book of good quality with step-by-step instructions and pictures (125 pages) for 12 projects. The technique used is quite straightforward and using proper tools , I'm sure you can do it on your own. You can also improvised a bit to used the patterns on other wooden item. The price is RM 50 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for Peninsular Malaysia and RM 55 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for East Malaysia. If you are interested to buy please e-mail me using the feedback form on the front page of the website.

For those in Klang valley you can call me at the shop and make arrangement to pick it up within the week please.

Painting Fabulous Flowers - Donna Dewberry

This is the book that you should not missed. I have some copies of "Painting fabulous flowers" by Donna Dewberry. It is an imported book of good quality with step-by-step intructions and pictures on how to paint all kinds of flowers(159 pages). It has paintings of 50 different flowers using her one-stroke technique. She has also categorised the flowers as Cottage garden flowers, Flowering trees & shrubs, Spring bulb flowers, wildflowers & herbs, Tropicals and exotics. I guessed this is the mother of all the flower books by Donna Dewberry. The price is RM 55 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for West Malaysia and RM 60 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for East Malaysia. If you are interested to buy please e-mail me using the feedback form on the front page of the website.

For those in Klang valley you can call me at the shop to make arrangement to pick up the book as soon as you can.

Painted Grden by Donna Dewberry

Currently, I have a limited copies of "Painted Garden" by Donna Dewberry. This is an imported book of good quality with step-by-step intructions and pictures on how to paint flowers on garden things such as birdhouse, flower pots, house number, etc (119 pages). It has 15 projects. The price is RM 50 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for West Malaysia and RM 55 per copy inclusive of postage & handling for East Malaysia. If you are interested to buy please e-mail me using the feedback form on the front page of the website.

For those in Klang valley you can call me at the shop and make arrangement to pick it up as soon as possible. If you love painting Donna Dewberry style you should take this opportunity to buy this imported book at a low price for your own collection.

Book of Roses

Those who are unable to buy this book by Priscilla Hauser previously, now you can order this book as I just got a very limited copies of it for sale. The price is RM 50 for peninsular malaysia (price already include postage) and RM 55 for Sabah & Sarawak (inclusive postage). Please use the feedback form on the front page of my website to order and I will let you know the details for payment.

Those in klang valley can call and make your booking but you must pick it up within a couple of days.

A student from Sg Petani

During this school holidays I received a lot of customers from various places such Trengganu, Johor, Kedah. Here is a student from Sg. Petani who had taken a few classes within a day.

Traditional Russian Folk Art

Here is a student who came to learn the Russian Folk art technique (Zhostovo). This technique requires you do a lot of layering and usage of blending gel to get the right effect. Quite a complicated process and thus requires a lot of patient to do it.

I also did a sample on of the zhostovo on a piece of placemat.

Previously this student had done the Norwegian Folk Art design (Rosmaling) which she had completed the project on her own. It turns out very elegant.

Folk art on porcelain

You can use the folk art brushstroke technique on porcelain too. However you need to use the porcelain paint to do it. After baking the item in the oven you are able to used it and washed also.

Teacher taking a break

This student of mine is a school teacher. She has taken the opportunity during school holidays to learn a few techniques like painting the bear, garden scenery and still life.

Roses on enamel pot

A customer had asked me to paint on this enamel pot. Originally she had requested me to paint the whole pot with background colour in which I may have to use gesso and acrylic paint. I managed to convinced her to retained the original outlook of the enamel pot which I thought was rather authentic. The only thing I had to do is to paint the roses using the enamel paint. It looks really good after painting it and now she can even used it rather than just a display item.

House Number Plate

Sometimes people took all the trouble to beautify their house. This is an enamel plate bought overseas by a customer who had asked me to put the house numbers as a gift. I used enamel paint to put the numbers on since this is going to be mounted outside (in the rain). There is no varnishing required. The elegant numbers are printed from the computer and transfer it to the surface using the transfer paper

Another tin item

This another old tin item that a customer had asked me to paint. Never really like painting on an item where the surface is not that smooth. It messed up your brushstroke and you end up repeating a few times just to get it right. Very frustrating project even though in the end it still look quite good. A surface situation where you should not paint roses as your motif.

Learning Roses and still life

This is a student from JB learning to paint roses using the Priscilla Hauser's Method. Its not that difficult if you focus on your brushstroke technique. She also learned still life painting in which the main feature is the Campbell soup tin. This is the first time I did this design for a student.

Lily on black porcelain plate

A student who learned to paint a white lily on a black background plate. Again using the technique of basecoating, shading and highlighting but for this case we are using the Porcelain Paint where we need to bake it in the oven in order for the plate to be used daily. You can used the normal oven to bake it at 150 c for 35 minutes.

Still Life Painting

This is a student who learned to paint still life on a wooden frame. This kind painting requires detail work like basecoating each of the item, shading, highlighting and dry brushing. Its not difficult to do but quite tedious and you have to have patience in doing this.