Joy of swinging

This was a quick sketch with minimal details depicting my older son enjoying the swing at our neighborhood park. It took him a little while to learn the proper body motion and physics behind swinging. He needed to be pushed until he was 8. His joy knew no bounds the day he figured out to propel himself.

My joyful son Rey after figuring out the physics of swinging: ~4″x7″, line and pastel

Our junior philatelist

Painted this on my younger son’s 6th birthday. During the pandemic, he developed a new hobby of collecting stamps.

Our junior philatelist: 5″x7″, colored pencil and oil pastels on 140 lb watercolor paper

More portraits of my kids

A few more paintings of my kids from different times.

Cute mistake: Like all other toddlers, my 3-year-old son did this cute mistake while playing hide and seek. He believed he would be invisible when he covered his eyes. The staircase in our house was his favorite hiding spot. He has turned 5 now and he eventually figured out this hiding technique is ineffective. I tried to capture his innocence in this painting. It is approx. 8×10 inches on watercolor paper using Craypas and Mungyo OPs.

Another beach fun painting on a watercolor paper (6×8 inches) using line and wash technique.

Sweet dream! A tiny portrait of my 7-year-old son (Rey) sleeping. It’s only 3.5×5 inches using Craypas and Mungyo oil pastels plus colored pencils for sharp edges.

Joy of riding that first bike. A 5×7 inches oil pastel sketch.

Another Portrait

Banana lover

My 3-year old is a true banana lover.

Oil pastel portrait of my 3-year old son. I tried to portray his 3 favorite things in this painting: favorite color (blue), favorite fruit, and favorite toy (dump truck). This is on an 8.5×11 inches Canson watercolor paper (140 lb) using Mungyo oil pastels. For drawing the truck on his t-shirt, I used oil paints.