Grace Lin's Blog, page 74
June 4, 2012
on my desk monday and the color purple
Recently, I've been enamoured with the color purple. I love the deep purple tulips:
the pinkish purple flowers shaped like stars:
even violet candy!
This newfound love of purple may be because I just got proofs back for the cover of Starry River of the Sky!
Isn't it a pretty purple cover?
the pinkish purple flowers shaped like stars:
even violet candy!
This newfound love of purple may be because I just got proofs back for the cover of Starry River of the Sky!
Isn't it a pretty purple cover?
June 3, 2012
Sunday Chinese School
Welcome to Sunday Chinese School, where we learn a Chinese word (or phrase) a week with my mom!Today's word is:
heart
xīn
心
June 2, 2012
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon on Stage
I heard through the grapevine that the Where the Mountain Meets the Moon production had a very successful run--I think the final shows were completely sold out. As well as Pocket Pacy, many people scouted the show out for me and gave it glowing reviews:
my cousin Alex (the one in the plaid), who goes to college in the area
Friend Linda & son Max(in yellow sweater & yellow t-shirt) flew out from Boston!
and the Stages Theater Company (the people that produced it) put out this video montage of the play:
Doesn't it look good? I will dream and hope that someone puts the play on again, near me!
my cousin Alex (the one in the plaid), who goes to college in the area
Friend Linda & son Max(in yellow sweater & yellow t-shirt) flew out from Boston!and the Stages Theater Company (the people that produced it) put out this video montage of the play:
Doesn't it look good? I will dream and hope that someone puts the play on again, near me!
June 1, 2012
fortune cookie friday
"He who hurries cannot walk with dignity. "
-Chinese Proverb
May 31, 2012
pocket pacy in barcelona!
The wonderful Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish family took Pocket Pacy to Barcelona! You can read about Pacy's Barcelona travels HERE, but here is a sneak peek:
isn't this a neat photo?
I was told that Pacy loved the tapas so much because it was so similar to dim sum...
isn't this a neat photo?I was told that Pacy loved the tapas so much because it was so similar to dim sum...
May 30, 2012
baby picture
Please excuse this baby photo indulgence but I am so enamoured with Rain Dragon's grey eyes that I wanted to share. Aren't they pretty? I know they won't stay this color, but I love seeing them (and I rarely do because she is sleeping most of the time).
She also has Brian Eno hair (long on the sides and balding on top):
p.s. I promise I won't fill this blog with baby photos!
She also has Brian Eno hair (long on the sides and balding on top):
p.s. I promise I won't fill this blog with baby photos!
May 28, 2012
on my desk monday
So I've been hard at work on the art for Starry River of the Sky. It starts with a sketch:
my sketches are actually drawn very small
This I scan into the computer and adjust to the right size, adding the border and cropping as needed:
the border is just for placement, I paint a different border with each painting--the corner icons will be different
I transfer the enlarged drawing onto watercolor paper:
I use graphite paper but it usually only transfers the main image and I have to redraw the details on the paper
It's a lot of prep work before painting:
Here you can see the sketch in scale to the prepped painting
But after a about week of hard work, the finished painting! Voila!
Hope it looks good in the finished book!
my sketches are actually drawn very smallThis I scan into the computer and adjust to the right size, adding the border and cropping as needed:
the border is just for placement, I paint a different border with each painting--the corner icons will be differentI transfer the enlarged drawing onto watercolor paper:
I use graphite paper but it usually only transfers the main image and I have to redraw the details on the paperIt's a lot of prep work before painting:
Here you can see the sketch in scale to the prepped paintingBut after a about week of hard work, the finished painting! Voila!
Hope it looks good in the finished book!
May 27, 2012
Sunday Chinese School
Welcome to Sunday Chinese School, where we learn a Chinese word (or phrase) a week with my mom!Today's word is:
baby
yīng'ér
婴儿
May 25, 2012
fortune cookie friday
"Misfortune is not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot. "
-Chinese Proverb
May 24, 2012
pocket pacy in chicago
Another reader sent in this photo of Pocket Pacy:
She is resting atop a deer statue in Aon Park on Lake St in downtown Chicago!
She is resting atop a deer statue in Aon Park on Lake St in downtown Chicago!
