Do what you love

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#illustration, dowhatyoulove, Floral, flowers, typography, wreaths

Unfortunately, not all of us can do what we love for a living. We still need jobs that pay the rent. But it’s a good idea to try to have that one thing that nourishes your soul. For me, art is a little oasis I retrear to when I am stressed. It’s an escape into a calm, happy place where I feel entirely at peace for a little while.

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100 days project on Instagram – 100 ways of wreaths

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100daysproject, 100wreaths, Floral, instagram, sketchbook, wreaths

I have started a 100 days project over at my Instagram account Sreetama_ray ( you can see it on my side bar too! )

I have rather impractically decided to do a 100 wreaths – that’s one a day! You can also search for #100waysofwreaths 

If you want to see how it’s going, say hi to me on insta! 

I have only done 2 so far, and possibly a third tonight on day 3. Let’s see how this goes 🙂 

The art of doing nothing

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art, Floral, floralpattern, girls, interiordecor, patterns, watercolour

If I have perfected anything in life, it is the art of doing nothing for extended periods of time without the slightest guilt or urge to be productive. On a serious note, I really believe that we need to stop this glorification of busy (at least in the corporate world). It’s enough to be productive within the set number of working hours in a day. This madness is not helping anyone.

Illustrated Flowers

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#illustration, exoticgarden, Floral, flowers, ink, micador, purpleflowers, singaporeartist, sketchbook, spring

My mum-in-law came to visit us and gave me a small set of six  aqua painter pens by Micador. The description says they have the texture and opacity of acrylic ink (true) and can be diluted to get transparency like watercolor (not true). Anyhoo, I’ve been experimenting with them on my little Japanese moleskine and they’re quite wonderful. I just doodled these flowers freehand and then went over some bits with the black hightech-point V7. I love how bright and crazy they turned out, like some exotic greenhouse which exists only in my imagination.

 

 

Flowers in the Mud

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#sketches #sketchbook #illustrations #expatliving, Floral, poetry, sketchblog, sketchbook, watercolor, watercolorflowers

Pointless. Backless. Floral

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#beauty, #floralprint, #hair, #singapore, backless, backlessfloralgown, beautiful, fashionillustration, Floral, gown, singaporeillustrator, updo, watercolor, women

This post has no point except to say to whoever may be reading this – You are amazing and beautiful. It will all work out. You’ve got this.

Make Peace with your Body

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#illustration, #nude, #singapore, #warsanshire #bodyacceptance #bodylove #watercolor, art, Floral, singaporeartist, surreal

Life is way too short to spend another day at war with yourself. Make peace with your body. It’s not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.

Warsan Shire

Bloom where you are planted

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#bible, #illustration, #singapore, Floral, flowers, God, pink, redbrickhouse, singaporeartist, spring, watercolor

Bloom where you are planted

–Jeremiah 29:1-14

Hipsters, Coffee and The Grounds of Alexandria

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#illustration, artisanalcoffee, australia, Floral, flowers, hats, hipster, humor, sydney, thegrounds, thegroundsofalexandria, travelaustralia

A friend who lives in Sydney told us we must visit “The Grounds” for brunch. So we did.

Built on a repurposed industrial compound, The Grounds of Alexandria is a eatery, bakery, produce market, flower shop and farm — all rolled into one mega cafe.

They have a small farm section with hens and goats, which means adorable human babies petting adorable goat babies — hours of fun for me. You can then choose to sit out at the pergola in their magical garden with flowers,  fountains, and fairy lights. Or you could sit in the overcrowded main section and order a breakfast board (average) and artisanal coffee (absolutely divine). Across the cafe is Garlands, a flower shop selling just-cut flowers, some of which come in strange psychedelic colors. A few steps behind that is a produce stall, where you can buy fresh handmade pasta, cheese, meats and some very expensive Himalayan rock salt. Bare, minimal industrial space covered with lots of green and flowers – it’s all very beautiful.

We went on a week day and the place was full to the gills with very stylish people and a lot of hipsters. I am never clear on this cultural phenomenon being Indian and all, but guessing by the number of flowing kimonos, geometric jewelry and wide brimmed hats, I might be right.

High Fashion at Low Prices

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#illustration, #singapore, blackpumps, cheapfashion, denims, fashion, fashionillustration, Floral, girls, headband, kimono, lovisa, print, shopping, vintage, zalora

After searching high and low for a dramatic kimono, I finally found the most awesome, leather trimmed, black and white kimono, with a vintage rose print – at zalora.com. I wear it with my denims, or a jersey maxi or a long black skirt and tank. It adds just the right amount of glam to an an otherwise meh outfit. I especially love that it was super cheap.

PS: Zalora did not pay me to do this post. I just love my new kimono so much that I drew a picture of me in it, at the park, in my floral headband from Lovisa — another great shop for jewelry and headbands. If you want to see the actual kimono, message me and I’ll be happy to share the link with you 🙂

Home is…

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#art, #home, #illustration, #lingerie, #nobra, #nude, bra, brushpen, Floral, watercolor, women

… where the bra comes off.

The best part about coming home, at anytime, from anywhere, after anything, is that you can take off that awful device and just breathe.