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(I actually constructed this post as I was waiting for my turn at the dentist’s office the other day where I underwent Root Canal part 1. Hope that’s not TMI.)<\/p>\n

If it’s not obvious enough from Instagram<\/a>, I’ve fallen in love with painting\u00a0all over again. I can trace this love from back when I was 4 or 5 when I received\u00a0my first Guitar watercolor set. You know the one — hard, loose cakes with hardly no pigment in a flat tin case. Fortunately my parents lovingly supported my whims and bought me art books & materials without flinching whenever I needed them. For instance, this slanted drawing board which I’ve had since I was 8…<\/p>\n

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It’s filled with old memories of spilled paints, failed sunset wash attempts, and crudely cut friskets (which you can still see traces of). I can’t bear to throw it out even if there are better, less clunky, CLEANER\u00a0tabletop\u00a0easels out there. Happy that it’s getting a lot of use again.<\/p>\n

I also went on a mission to unearth old sketch books from my room at my parents’\u00a0because I wanted to see them again and\u00a0show them to Arnold<\/a>. Out emerged a stack of moldy Corona pads filled with yellowing pages of (mostly laughable) illustrations from when I was in grade school up ’til college. Just for fun I’m sharing some of the more presentable ones:<\/p>\n

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1) These are from 6th grade\u00a0when I was obsessed with painting trees and Sanrio characters. Kiki and Lala\u00a0were my faves,\u00a0as you can see.<\/p>\n

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2) More drawings from 6th Grade, also because we had “Practical Arts” as a subject. So here are early attempts at figure drawing and lettering. And yes, yet\u00a0another tree.<\/p>\n

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3) Big jump from 6th grade to 4th year high school. I remember being\u00a0fascinated with paisley patterns and water reflections. Incidentally I made a lot of oil paintings in high school. I think I’ll show them another time.<\/p>\n

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4) These sketches were for Figure Drawing 101 class in college in U.P. where I was fortunate to have had\u00a0Robert Alejandro<\/a> as a teacher. All the stiff-looking figures above are mine but the fluid figure guide in between the dancer and man carrying a baby is his. I remember him telling me to loosen up my lines because I was so self-conscious when drawing.\u00a0I think I still am at times… Anyway.\u00a0He was also my teacher in Advertising 101 so I have more plates with his signature and advice \/ comments on them.<\/p>\n

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5: More sketchbook drawings from\u00a0college. Being in Fine Arts allowed me to express myself\u00a0through illustration. This will carbon-date me but the guy on the left is supposed to be Robert Downey Jr. in “Less Than Zero.” The boy on the top right was copied from U2’s album “Boy” and the drawings on the bottom right\u00a0are supposed to be Terry Hall on the cover of The Colourfield’s “Confession” album. (New Wave\u00a0fan\u00a0right here *raises hand*)<\/p>\n

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6) Even more drawings from the college years. I don’t recall my state of mind when I was drawing the girl and the snake but I must’ve been in an\u00a0emo phase\u00a0(though the term “emo” hasn’t been coined up yet. Back then it was simply called “being a teenager.”)<\/p>\n

And finally, one of my old favorites because I think I was able to capture his likeness without using a grid…<\/p>\n

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Unearthed my old sketchbook and found this – a #watercolorportrait I did of the late River Phoenix for art class in 1990 (don’t do the math now ????) #UPCFAhits #oldschool #watercolorph<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre (@arncyn) on