City At Night

The quality might not be amazing because the picture was taken with my phone but late at night when the lights shine like fairies in a dark room, I can't help but fall in love with the city I know so well.

'Born to Die' by Lana Del Rey

I was watching music videos on youtube last week and I found this song.  I was immediately obsessed with it.  I grew up with music (my mother studied ethnomusicology and she played piano and various traditional Chinese instruments and she sang, I started singing with my mother when I was around 4 and began playing piano at the age of 5, I have been playing trumpet since fourth grade and have been in a few bands, jazz bands, and an orchestra.  I also attended an intense music camp for three years.) and it has been an important part of who I am.  This song is beautiful and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.


'Born to Die'


Feet don't fail me now
Take me to the finish line
All my heart, it breaks every step that I take
But I'm hoping that the gates,
They'll tell me that you're mine

Walking through the city streets
Is it by mistake or design?
I feel so alone on a Friday night
Can you make it feel like home, if I tell you you're mine
It's like I told you honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words
This is the last time
Cause you and I, we were born to die

Lost but now I am found
I can see but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get
Scared that I couldn't find
All the answers, honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words,
This is the last time
Cause you and I
We were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words
This is the last time
Cause You and I
We were born to die
We were born to die




For the music video:  'Born to Die' by Lana Del Rey

My first time using a tablet

Please do not ask, I am very proud of my first drawing on a tablet.

'Arms' by Christina Perri

This song describes how I feel right now, but it has also inspired me and that is why I am posting up the lyrics on this blog rather than my random one.  I will post the link to youtube after the lyrics!

I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart
But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
You put your arms around me and I'm home

How many times will you let me change my mind and turn around?
I can't decide if I'll let you save my life or if I'll drown

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

The world is coming down on me and I can't find a reason to be loved
I never wanna leave you but I can't make you bleed if I'm alone

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go...

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

I tried my best to never let you in to see the truth
And I've never opened up
I've never truly loved 'til you put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

You put your arms around me and I'm home




'Arms' by Christina Perri Link

The Boy and Windex

This is a chine colle that I made at a print making work shop.  This was a lot of fun to make. Print making takes a lot of time but it can be worth it in the end.  For this picture I took two random objects that were around and I placed them on a wooden table.  What I like most about it is the simplicity of it is still just as intriguing as the details.  And the colors all work well together despite their contrast.  The ink that did not completely come off also added a really nice back drop effect.

(This next part has nothing to do with the picture above)

Also, I am going to try an post more pictures is if I can.  I also trying to find the time to go to a studio and do some more nude drawings.  Nude drawings have to be my favorite.  Even though I always feel awkward when I start, I love drawing the organic lines of the body.  It is really relaxing and if you have the time, I recommend finding a studio near you that does have models modeling and sit in and draw.

The Gymnast

I know it is some what hard to see, my phone does not have the greatest camera on it.  This was a quick little doodle I made of a gymnast.  I did not want it to be too literal, I just wanted the general idea of a girl doing a split into a handstand.  I also wanted to add the effect that there were flat objects such as paper and ribbons that were being twisted at places where the body can bend (stomach, elbows, knees, etc.).  I do not know if you can tell from this picture, but at each turning point it is shaded in a little darker.

A Quote For the Soul 1

I love quotes, so every once in a while I am going to post a quote. Some quotes may be random but most will be about art and architecture.

"White is the most wonderful color because within it you can see all the colors of the rainbow. The whiteness of white is never just white; it is almost always transformed by light and that which is changing; the sky, the clouds, the sun and the moon."

- Richard Meier, architect