Meläg + Picture Book

I am so excited to announce that I just created another blog and it's called "Fables in Melag". The new blog will contain all sorts of short stories in comics form that I will be doodling from my sketchbook or maybe from anywhere and any material that I might be using. So please do visit it for any updates at
http://fablesinmelag.blogspot.com/

In the meantime, remember the blog that I posted months ago about "Late Night Ballet"? (>>please check here) Well, here is a sneak peek on that children's picture book that I am currently working on. I am now halfway on finalizing all the sketches and hope that I will be starting to paint next week though I am still contemplating on whether to do it in ink or watercolor.

Late Night Ballet (Update)

Last week I have been staring at this painting, Late Night Ballet, for days and just last Monday a light bulb popped out from my head with crystal clear "ting!" sound. I grabbed my notebook and pen then began writing a new children's book. This time the story is based on this watercolor piece.

Like The Dewgazer and the Dewdrop Fairy it will be written in Lyrical Ballad for children, sort of a long Nursery Rhyme. At this moment I am in the process of editing the rough draft and hopefully start illustrating this weekend.

Late Night Ballet • 11.75" X 5", Watercolor

Oneng's Diorama - Eeyore's Lucky Day

Oneng and I just finished her school project which is a Diorama. Students were to choose a book that interest them and make a diorama of their favorite scene. My daughter chose a Winnie The Pooh book titled "Eeyore's Lucky Day". The scene she chose is when Christopher Robin and the gang found a rainbow up the hill which finally made Eeyore (who's having a gloomy day) smile for the first time that day.

It was such fun helping Oneng building the shoebox art. And I am so excited for her when she'll turn this in to her teacher next week. Such excitement on my part that Arceli, my wife, noticed it and told me "Why don't you wear Oneng's uniform and turn it in yourself?"

Batchoy at Gallery Nucleus

Last April I did a sketch while waiting for my dinner at a Chinese Noodle House. You can read an archive of the blog I made HERE. Anyway, I made a watercolor of the sketch which is called "Batchoy" and it is now at Gallery Nucleus, selling it to benefit World Wildlife Fund. You can visit Gallery Nucleus' website at www.gallerynucleus.com and click on Power in Numbers. Or you can go straight to the artwork by clicking the link below: http://www.gallerynucleus.com/pin/9970

'Batchoy', 2010, 5 x 7, Watercolor on Paper

www.bongredila.com is online

As you noticed I changed the color of my blog and the head as well. It is because of my Website.

There are still some minor adjustment that I have to tweak such as the missing captions and some additional images on "Gallery 1". And for some reason there's a bit of a script problem that when viewing at Safari the gallery images opens up in odd sizes.

But for now, please visit my online portfolio at www.bongredila.com. Thank you.

Background by the way is a sketch I made called "The Selfish Giant: The Discovery" (by Oscar Wilde), the sketch of course was inspired by one of my favorite cartoons when I was a kid. Check its IMBD -> here.