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Month: October 2022

Skywatch Friday: Dark

Posted on October 8, 2022October 8, 2022 by sreisaat Leave a comment

The sky over Phnom Penh last Thursday. Eerie, isn’t it?

I got home just in time.
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There's no such thing as free lunch, is there? Fo There's no such thing as free lunch, is there? Forget I asked. I was just enjoying my lunch earlier and then nearly choked when I remembered I had an appointment with the dentist in the afternoon. And - que horror - I forgot to bring my toothbrush. Ack, TMI. Ktnxbye. 😁 #sreisaat #expatlife #livingincambodia #penhscript #sreisaart #drawyourday #sketchjournalling #hobonichiuserph #hobonichiuserkh #hobonichitecho #hobonichicousin #journalling #watercolourillustration #practicemakesprogress #handdrawn #handlettering #cambodialife #insidecambodia #phnompenheats #khmernoodles
Today supposedly is the first of the 3-day Water F Today supposedly is the first of the 3-day Water Festival but the activities were cancelled again. No boat racing at the Sisowath Quay so there's not much to do and see, really. I took advantage of the free time to do some cleaning and rearranging stuff at the house. I also had time to catch up on my #journalling and practicing #Spencerian #handwriting. Also been drinking copious amounts of coffee 🤣 #sreisaart #penhscript #insidecambodia #livinginphnompenh #cambodialife #expatlife #homelife #sketchjournalling #drawyourdayswithsdb #drawyourday #hobonichikh #hobonichiph #hobonichicousin #hobonichitecho #sreisaat #watercoloursketch #watercolour #watercolourjournal #penandink #pilotkakuno
Take me back to #japan, please. Original 📸: @ Take me back to #japan, please. Original 📸: @non_sugar25. I really love her page and I wish I took lots of street photos when I visited Japan in 2006. I was only there for a week-long conference so I never got the chance to explore the city, on my own, even if I stayed behind a few days more 😁 #sreisaat #penhscript #sreisaart #cambodiacreatives #homelife #expatlife #expatincambodia #drawyourday #sketchjournal #urbansketching #streetviewtokyo #streetviews #journalling #watercolour #watercolourillustration #hobonichitecho #hobonichicousin #hobonichiph #hobonichikh #lettering #handlettering #lifeiswhatwemakeit #whatidowhennooneislooking
Took a day off from work today. I was meaning to f Took a day off from work today. I was meaning to finish my October monthly cover page but was lured away from it. The Spencerian script looked more inviting so Spencerian practice I did. It's been a long time since I last did this script. The forms and shading are ugh 😱. Even the ovals don't look like ovals at all but with regular practice I will be able to get them right. Meantime, enjoy your Tuesday. ☀️ Lovely words by @wordswithshweta ❤️ #penhscript #sreisaart #sreisaat #insidecambodia #cambodia #cambodialife #handwriting #calligraphy #fountainpen #pilotkakuno #spencerian #practicemakesprogress #cambodiacalligraphy #lifeiswhatyoumakeit #insidephnompenh #livingincambodia #expatincambodia
I had a fun afternoon yesterday with friends and I I had a fun afternoon yesterday with friends and I met a new one, too. The creative itch continues today. This time, it's calligraphy. I spent a good chunk of my Sunday morning practicing Italic #cursive #handwriting using a #pilotkakuno with a fine nib. I also used my #hobonichicousin. Now I'm hungry. #penhscript #sreisaat #insidecambodia #phnompenhlife #expatlife #expatincambodia #hobonichi #journalling #calligraphy #handwritten #practicemakesprogress
I was hoping I could finish colouring my sketches I was hoping I could finish colouring my sketches over the Pchum Ben holiday... But nah, the spirit is willing but the flesh, very weak. Picking up the brush is too much effort 🤣 Perhaps, if I stare at the sketch long enough, the colours will magically appear? Hmmm... 🤔😁 Happy Pchum Ben to my Cambodian brothers and sisters! May we all remember our departed loved ones not only today but everyday. 🙏🤍 Reference 📸: @non_sugar25 #sreisaat #penhscript #sreisaart #cambodiacreatives #homecook #homelife #expatlife #expatincambodia #drawyourday #sketchjournal #journalling #watercolour #watercolourillustration #hobonichitecho #hobonichicousin #hobonichiph #hobonichikh #lettering #handlettering #lifeiswhatwemakeit #whatidowhennooneislooking
It's #tuesday and I'm in a rut 😒 #tuesdaythoug It's #tuesday and I'm in a rut 😒 #tuesdaythought #sreisaat #sreisaart #insidecambodia #cambodiacreatives #handwritten #handwriting #calligraphy #penandink #sepia #walnutink #moderncalligraphy #nikkognib #walnutink #sepia #penandink #homelife #expatlife #practicemakesprogress #phnompenhlife #livingincambodia #journal #artjournalling #hobonichicousin #hobonichiusersph #
Flexing before writing on a card to be sent to a f Flexing before writing on a card to be sent to a friend. Hope she likes it! Tibetan gold, Nikko G nib #calligraphy #moderncalligraphy #pointedpencalligraphy #sreisaat #sreisaart #penhscript #handwritten #gonepostal
#fromwhereistand - Watercolour rendition of the P #fromwhereistand - Watercolour rendition of the Patong beach marker. - reference photo, taken just last week. - the marker taken in 2008 on my first visit. It's one of the many scattered around Patong beach. - Enjoy the short clip. We enjoyed the short time it didn't rain while we're there. #sreisaat #intermittenttraveller #travelthailand #phuket #beachplease #watercoloursketch #watercolour #drawyourday #watercolourjournal #journalling #hobonichiph #hobonichitecho #hobonichicousin
Flying out of Phuket today and expected to be home Flying out of Phuket today and expected to be home in Phnom Penh tonight. Bummed that it rained the whole time we were here and, just this morning, while waiting for the airport van, the sun decided to come out. Brilliant. Well, I guess I'll have to come back again? Who wants to go with me? 😁 *Patong beach as seen from the lobby of @novotelphuketresort. @calligrascape #sreisaat #sreisaart #moderncalligraphy #brushpencalligraphu #travelthailand #phuket #intermittenttraveller #calligrascape
Sad reality for many of us. ❤️ This quote hit Sad reality for many of us. ❤️ This quote hit me hard. *** I've began practicing calligraphy again so that my muscle memory comes back. I really like this modern style, but I also like the classic styles such as Copperplate, Spencerian, Italic, Roman, etc. I hope to join face to face calligraphy workshops in the near future. They're a lot more fun than the ones done online. * Don't ask me about the Copperplate style - they look atrocious now after many years of not practicing that I don't even want to look at my practice sheets anymore 😢 *** Quote by Michelle Hodgkin. Walnut ink on Nikko G nib and Hachiko #calligraphy worksheets. #sreisaat #sreisaart #insidecambodia #cambodiacreatives #handwritten #handwriting #moderncalligraphy #nikkognib #walnutink #sepia #penandink #homelife #expatlife #practicemakesprogress #phnomlenhlife
I never liked ampalaya (amargoso in Hiligaynon, bi I never liked ampalaya (amargoso in Hiligaynon, bitter gourd in English) when I was a child. I've outgrown its bitter taste only when I was 20. Fast forward to now, living away from family and constantly craving for home-cooked meals, I make a mean ginisang ampalaya (stir-fried ampalaya). Thanks to my mum and auntie who taught me how to cook it almost without the bitter taste and with lots of umami flavour. They're both gone now but happy moments with them come back to me (with a hint of sadness) whenever I make this dish. Most Pinoys and Pinays relate ampalaya to being bitter, resentful, negative, perpetually pissed off, etc. But for me, it reminds me of the love and care and of these two women I hold very dear to my heart. ❤️ #sreisaat #penhscript #sreisaart #cambodiacreatives #homecook #homelife #expatlife #expatincambodia #drawyourday #drawyourdayswithsdb #sketchjournal #journalling #watercolour #watercolourillustration #hobonichitecho #hobonichicousin #hobonichiph #hobonichikh #lettering #handlettering #lifeiswhatwemakeit #whatidowhennooneislooking
Taking a break from my desk-work. I'm working from Taking a break from my desk-work. I'm working from home today. I've got a low-grade fever and a very sore arm after getting my 4th COVID shot yesterday. I wanted to rest my eyes from too much computer use so shifted my gaze only to look straight at my jar of pens. I was immediately drawn to the plastic speedball straight pen staring back at me, with the Nikko G nib still attached to it, dried ink and all. How long did I leave it there uncleaned? Tsk, a bad habit. Anyhoo, I couldn't resist so I started writing this... A part of Mary Oliver's poem. I've never been good at poetry but I do appreciate a good one when I read one. Here goes: To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. - In Blackwater Woods, by Mary Oliver For Mama. I miss you everyday. ❤️ #sreisaart #penhscript #insidecambodia #lifeiswhayoumakeit #calligraphy #penandink#nikkognib #sepia #poetry #handwritten #sreisaat #livingincambodia
I offered to write a friend's poem in calligraphy I offered to write a friend's poem in calligraphy the other day. I have no idea what had gotten into me when I told him. Perhaps, I got a little excited to practice writing Italics because my new tools have already arrived. So l, yes, now I'm trying to find what style suits the poem best. I scribbled the texts in the same Italic style but using different pens. I will have to do it again and again until I'm satisfied. Photo 1. Italic style using a C3 nib on a straight pen and walnut ink. I must say that I have this bad habit of not using proper measurements on my sheets. 🤷 Photo 2. Italic handwriting using Pilot Kakuno F nib. I also tried a bit of flourishing - I'm being overambitious. 🤣 #sreisaat #penhscript #sreisaart #insidecambodia #phnompenhlife #calligraphy #italiccalligraphy #penandink #straightpen #handmade #handwritten #expatlife #livingincambodia #practicemakesprogress #lifeiswhatwemakeit #cambodiacreatives #calligraphycambodia
It's the mosquito season over here and one of the It's the mosquito season over here and one of the essentials to have is this rechargeable mozzie whack at home. I said this before and I'll say it again, I get a strange, satisfying feeling hearing the zaps as I whack the mozzies with my forehand and backhand - not to mention the overhead loop - that I learned from years and years of playing tennis (Wii) 🤣🤣🤣 I know I'm kinda weird like that. #sreisaat #insidecambodia #phnompenhlife #expatlife #expatincambodia #livingincamodia #penhscript #drawyourdays #watercolourillustration #artjournalling #journalling #hobonichiph #hobonichikh #hobonichicousin #lifeiswhatwemakeit #practicemakesprogress
We are a few days away from July, how time flies s We are a few days away from July, how time flies so swiftly! We are starting our new financial year next month and with it comes more responsibilities and more challenges at work. For sure our funding prospects will be slimmer than ever considering certain recent events but, I'm no expert, so let's leave it at that. I just finished the Italic calligraphy, formal and cursive handwriting workshop last night. Sad that it's already over but excited to take the steps to nurture my skills. I feel a bit confident about my newly-learned skills that I winged this Bible verse this morning (second photo). No lines, no measurements. I used my Pilot Kakuno F nib that I bought at Aeon yesterday - I this is perfect size for my handwriting. And look, mum, flourishings, too. I went full steam ahead! Itinodo ko na! 🤣🤣🤣 What do you think? #sreisaat #penhscript #sreisaart #journalling #sketchjournalling #watercolour #artjournalling #hobonichitecho #hobonichicousin #hobonichiph #hobonichikh #calligraphy #handwriting #handwritten #whatidowhennooneislooking #practicemakesprogress #lifeiswhatyoumakeit #mondayquotes #insidecambodia #livingincambodia #phnompenhlife #expatincambodia
@colirocolors Inca gold watercolour is my new BFF. @colirocolors Inca gold watercolour is my new BFF. Worth selling your soul for daw, charot 🤪 I will sell my soul for something pure and true someone like you. The texts are from Garbage's song, #1 Crush. Woohoo, the 90s rock! #sreisaart #penhscript #calligraphy #moderncalligraphy #handwritten #coliro #watercolours #pointedpen #pointedpencalligraphy #sreisaat #cambodialife #insidecambodia #whatidowhennooneislooking #practicemakesprogress #lifeiswhatyoumakeit
Going back to the basics. Reviewing perspectives a Going back to the basics. Reviewing perspectives and textures, using @julia_henze's tutorials. #sreisaat #penhscript #watercolour #illustration #juliahenze_skillshare #expatincambodia #whatidowhennooneislooking #penhscript #sreisaart #cambodialife #insidecambodia #practicemakesprogress #lifeiswhatyoumakeit
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