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Reading: Sketch from the Pink Grandma

April 25, 2020 by admin 1 Comment

Hello Grandchildren, When Grandpa reads in bed, Tesla always wants to lay on top of him. Don't just watch movies and play games, be sure and read books. Your parents read books every night before going to sleep. Reading is important. If you can read, you can learn anything. Love, The Pink Grandma, Lola, or Grandma Tags: #sketch #penandink #drawing Read also: Che … [Read more...] about Reading: Sketch from the Pink Grandma

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, drawing, pen and ink, sketch

Midnight Visitor: Sketch from the Pink Grandma

April 22, 2020 by admin 2 Comments

  The Midnight Visitor Hello Grandchildren, Grandpa has the Ring app which allows him to see who's outside our house via video. He discovered that we have visitors that enter the courtyard late at night. There's a large orange cat and another strange looking creature that come around.  They sniff around the courtyard and leave. Once I had leftover cat food out there and the … [Read more...] about Midnight Visitor: Sketch from the Pink Grandma

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: animal, Art, drawing, pen and ink, sketch

Cecilia Brainard’s Pen and Wash of Old House in Cebu

May 5, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

  Here is a Pen and Wash of my "Old House in Cebu" which I did in pencil and pen and ink earlier.  This is my interpretation of the Villalon Mansion in Cebu City, Philippines. Tags: #CeciliaBrainard #sketch #art #penandwash #penandink #cebu #house #hauntedhouse #heritagehouse #antiquehouse #mansion #Philippines … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard’s Pen and Wash of Old House in Cebu

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, Cebu, pen and ink, Pen and wash, sketch

Cecilia Brainard Pencil Sketch “Going Shopping”

March 16, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Here's my recent pencil sketch entitled "Going Shopping."     Tags: #drawing #sketch #pencil #art #women #friendship #ceciliabrainard … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard Pencil Sketch “Going Shopping”

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, drawing, pencil, sketch, women

Pen and Ink Drawing of Che

February 9, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Here is a pen and ink sketch of my gray tabby cat Che. Copyright 2019 by Cecilia Brainard tags: #graycat #tabby #rescuecat #graytabby #cat … [Read more...] about Pen and Ink Drawing of Che

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, cat, drawing, gray cat, pen and ink, rescue cat, sketch, tabby

Playing in the Rain — Sketch Cecilia Brainard

January 31, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

"Playing in the Rain" - copyright 2019 by Cecilia Brainard When I was a child in the Philippines, I loved playing in the rain.  I tried to capture the joy I used to feel in this pencil sketch.     … [Read more...] about Playing in the Rain — Sketch Cecilia Brainard

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, drawings, pencil, rain, sketch

Sarimanok Sketch by Cecilia Brainard

January 15, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

I sketched this antique "sarimanok" silver item which I got from Zamboaga when I did a talk for USIS, around 1992. From Wikipedia: "The Sarimanok is the legendary bird that has become an ubiquitous symbol of Maranao art. It is depicted as a fowl with colorful wings and feathered tail, holding a fish on its beak or talons. The head is profusely decorated with scroll, leaf, and spiral motifs. It is … [Read more...] about Sarimanok Sketch by Cecilia Brainard

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, Maranao, Mindanao, pen and ink, sarimanok, sketch

Angel of Potsdam

January 7, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

I did my first charcoal, mixed with pencil. This is another angel, inspired by the Angel at the Orangerie in Potsdam, Germany.       … [Read more...] about Angel of Potsdam

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: angel, Art, charcoal, graphite, pencil, sketch

Welcome!

I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

Please read my full biog­ra­phy here

 

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