2017 Oil Painting Class (for Seniors) at OCADU

Watercolor Red Flower 2017

Watercolor Red Flower form OCADU's Watercolor for Seniors Class.

3 Portrait Sketches in Colored Pencil

Model: Susan della Pia

Paris Black is the New Thor

Paris Black is the New Thor [A preliminary sketch in colored pencil]

Fantabulous Nanomorphique Adventure of M Hardoon Rotman - (Week 10)

[Previous Week Plot Review]

Invisible Rohardoon quickly descended to the rotunda and retrieved the Jade Cong without any difficulty, then immediately headed for the basement for the Amethyst.

Meanwhile in her basement office, Catherine and her daughter were facing their worst nightmare!

Hurried out of the fire exit stairs and ran toward Catherine’s office, Rohardoon was just in time to see one of the ninja extended his hand to grab the amethyst.

Without thinking, Rohardoon pointed the Jade Cong he retrieved at the amethyst. The amethyst flew over and attached itself to the Jade Cong.

Because the invisible Rohardoon was standing right in front of the mural, so what the other people saw was the amethyst flew into the mural and disappeared completely.

FIVE – “The figures in the painting are moving!”    – Continue  < Week X >

Cassandra, who also witnessed the vanishing of the blinking eye, sensed the presence of Rohadoon, as she discern the transparent human silhouette in front of the mural!

Rohardoon was running up and down the corridors and stairs, so his body had gradually changed from invisible to transparent. This transparency acted as a huge magnifying glass; so as Rohardoon moved swiftly across the mural, the optical effect thus put the characters of the entire picture in a sequential animation.

Presently Cassandra perceived that Rohardoon was heading back for the Fire Exit, she ran after him.

Catherine called out and ran after her daughter: "Cass … come back!"

A Ninja immediately grabbed her arm. Catherine vigorously struggled and pulled herself away and ran after her daughter.

Another ninja with a mighty Kung Fu Feat leaped up and “flew” over towards Cassandra; with an extended arm the flying Ninja clearly targeted at Casandra’s ponytail.

Without mistake, it was the signature fighting skill of Japanese Ninja House of “Butterfly Armour.” The hand, in their most famous “Cloud Pinching” gesture, reached out so gracefully yet with lethal precision! The result would be grave if not deadly, if the elegant fingers did pinch the ponytail, Cassandra would be pulled up off the ground and swung backwards into the other Ninja’s waiting catch.

Just as these lethal fingers so close of touching Cassandra’s ponytail, suddenly a translucent silhouette of a human foot kicked up in the air and stamped on the Ninja’s left shoulder and knocked the Ninja backwards flying.

In turn this backward flying Ninja clashed with the Ninja who was chasing after Catherine and both hit the ground hard.

Catherine encircled Cassandra with her arms.

But now the third Ninja leaped up and flew over trying to detain the mother and daughter. Again, the third ninja was knocked over in the same fashion, and flew backwards into the other two and all three fell to the ground one more time.

Rohardoon quickly dragged the mother and daughter into the freight elevator. He pressed the 3rd floor button, but the closing door was block by one of the Ninja trying to get in. Rohardoon hit him in the face. The elevator started to climb.

At close range Catherine saw the translucent human figure, she became very pale, clutched her daughter tightly, and faintly asked: "Who … who are you?"

Rohardoon responded her with a big smile. His business here was almost over, and soon he would be able to tell Oldman mission accomplished!

The Oldman instructed him that after he retrieved those two objects, he was to go to the 3^rd floor roof top, and would find proper means of transportation to go back home. In his mind, the Oldman probably chartered a helicopter, and very possibly at this moment the Oldman was even waiting for him on the roof top.

The elevator suddenly stopped on the first floor, the door opened, no one outside. Catherine and Cassandra moved themselves further back. Rohardoon pushed the third floor button.

To reach the 3^rd floor roof top, the direct way was through the fire exit. Rohardoon’s using of the freight elevator was actually for the protection of the mother and daughter. He intended to escort them first to the security control room on the 3rd floor. But now the elevator was stuck on the first floor, the only way to get to the control room was through the spiral stair case.

Not realize that he was completely invisible now, he signaled the mother and daughter to follow him.

Surely enough, Cassandra responded to his beckon right away, she released herself from her mother’s arms, and let Rohardoon take her hand.  Right at that moment, the amethyst that was still attached to Rohardoon's newt suit, flashed twice, as if winking at Cassandra.

(To be continued next week)

Fantabulous Adventure of M Hardoon Rotman - (Week 9)

[Previous Week Plot Review]

The two pieces the Old Man wanted Rohardoon to retrieve were a Jade Cong and an Amethyst. He climbed down from the dome ceiling, but just as he landed on the 3^rd floor balcony, he immediately noticed something wasn’t right.

Through the dark glass wall, he saw the Security Chief of the museum was forced by two masked Japanese Ninja into the Electronic Control Room. They reactivated the freight elevator, cut off the basement security system, then tied up all three security staff.

Rohardoon realized the Ninjas were here for the same purpose as his! He accelerated his action…

[FOUR – A Ninja Holding a Sword Closing In]   (Week IX)

In the basement, Catherine wondered why the freight elevator was used at this hour! If the guard wanted to talk to her, they had keys to passenger elevators on the south end. She stood up and walked to the electronic pole entrance.

Suspiciously she peeked toward the north end from the walkway, but immediately noticed that all the surveillance lights on the poles were out! Which meant the security system has been turned off!

She tensed up and turned back. Totally startled she saw a Japanese Ninja in black robe with black cloth wrapped around the face was descending the steps into her office from the walkway on the opposite side. The Ninja was holding a samurai sword with shinning blade!

She ran to Cass, shielded her daughter and shouted: "Stop! Don't come near! What do you want?!"

The Ninja stopped, stood by the end of the long working table.

Cassandra whispered behind her: "Maman, they are here for the blinking eye…"

Catherine did not understand: "What blinking eye?"

"That crystal eye."

Catherine instinctively ran toward her desk, to get the amethyst first. Suddenly a sharp metal star flew over and cut into the wooden desktop next to the amethyst.

"Don't move!" A shout came from behind her.

Two more Ninjas appeared on this side of the walkway, wielding their samurai sword and slowly stepping into the office area.

Amidst this commotion, nobody noticed except Cassandra, the sound of opening and closing of the Fire Exit door at the far end.

Catherine's first thought was to reach the crystal before these Ninjas could get to it, but Cassandra pulled and struggled her mother backwards, until they could hide themselves behind another desk.

Seeing the mother and daughter had retreated, all three Ninjas put their sword back into the sheath. The first Ninja bend forward to grab the trophy. But before that could happen, the amethyst instantaneously flew up, shot out of the office, and flung into the mosaic mural, then vanished completely.

[FIVE – “The figures in the painting are moving!”]

Of course, that was Rohardoon’s doing, he came out of the fire exit and raced down the walkway to the office area, just as he arrived at the mural, he saw the Ninja’s hand reached out for the amethyst.

Instantly he picked up the CONG from his chest and pointed it at the amethyst, the amethyst flew over and attached itself to the CONG as it was a magnet.

Rohadoon looked at the three Ninjas, the archaeologist, and her daughter, all of them were staring at mural with eyes wide open, trying to understand what had just happened!

Not obliged to offer them any explanation, he made a funny face to the little girl then turned around and ran toward the fire exit.

In a split second, as Rohardoon ran pass the mural again, all 3 ninjas and Catherine saw what happened in front of their eyes, collided head to head with their senses.

As their eyes delved into the mosaic mural in search of the dissolved amethyst, in a split second, all of them saw the figures in the mural began to move; at first Pious the 7th suddenly stood up, and sat down again, followed suit by Napoleon lowering the queen's crown on Josephine's head, then Josephine extended her neck to take the crown; behind her, her two ladies-in-waiting fanned out her crimson coronation mantle, tossed those little golden bees up in the air.

One of the Ninja exclaimed in Japanese: "The figures in the picture … are moving!"

[To be continued next week]

Digital Illustration for Character Design

Mahako - One of 3 major female characters in Novel: "Beauties from the Golden Vase." Digital Art.

麻葉子 － 『金瓶麗人』三位女主角之一。