Wedgie's sketch blog

Drawings, sketches, doodles, and occasional, random stories by Wedgie, an illustrator/graphic designer in Manila, Philippines. For finished work, check out my website http://www.wedgienet.net.        

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After lurking so much on the Minimalist Bullet Journals group on FB and with so much going back and forth ("I don't have time for a new hobby!"), I'm starting bullet journaling this month to keep better track of my time and appointments (which I'm terrible at). As someone who's all over the place (I blame my artist brain and I suspect I'm lowkey ADD), bullet journaling is helping me be more organized by focusing on only what I need. Join me as I start my bujo in the middle of the year, right during a pandemic! Learn more about the original method of bullet journaling: https://ift.tt/18BlmXC Also check out my other recent videos: Affordable Shopee Stationery Haul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMflU6Hi7OE 8 Lessons I Learned from Putting my Art on Tiktok: https://youtu.be/7z7FHe1TgMY Tiktok Drawing and Painting Compilation Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIPxpkZVSdk MY SOCIALS: https://ift.tt/2KlzSxL https://ift.tt/33IkfYG https://ift.tt/2Kxa0yY ---- Music used: Stay Home by Declan DP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLJWEw33A0 샛별 - A New Day! https://youtu.be/UzSe0YUd9BM by Reg Silva

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Because I recognize we'll be in lockdown for longer because of the veerus/pandemic, I thought I'd get into bullet journaling/art journaling for self-awareness and improvement, creativity, mindfulness, and for my mental health :) I've always been into STATIONERY and I found these shops on Shopee that sell stickers and other paper goods for my journal that's much cheaper than others! Here's a modest and practical stationery haul that won't break the bank :) Enjoy watching! FB/IG/Tiktok: @regsilvadotcom http://regsilva.com ------- Link to items: Package 1 (paperkittenandco.) Limelight Grid Journal - https://ift.tt/2CZuSxD Package 2 (winzige.ph) Desk storage drawer - https://ift.tt/39mH5ZI Vintage matchbox stickers - https://ift.tt/3ju2MeP Coffee stickers - https://ift.tt/3huetAx Vintage background stickers - https://ift.tt/39haSCM Stationery organizer envelopes - https://ift.tt/2OM0klQ Package 3 (muhan.ph) Rainbow paper tape - https://ift.tt/2CBuwO6 Cable organizers - https://ift.tt/2Blj0Wx Key pens - https://ift.tt/3eX7lLq Grid memo pad - https://ift.tt/32KybnA Vintage stickers - https://ift.tt/3jwJRzU Travel stickers - https://ift.tt/2ZOHhNU Music used: 1) Track: Discovery — JayJen & ASHUTOSH [Audio Library Release] Watch: https://youtu.be/yAK3dUiv-DQ 2) Track: Pineapple — JayJen [Audio Library Release] Watch: https://youtu.be/9rUBOxkiI_M 3) Track: Dreams Are Pretty — Seoul June [Audio Library Release] Watch: https://youtu.be/Y6sVyLLakhM by Reg Silva

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Here’s a peek at a little bit of what I do on weekends. For more than a month now, I’ve been deactivating my personal Facebook account on weekends to stay away from the news (which affects me as it makes me angry and my mood heavy), for my mental health and well-being, and to be more productive without the endless scroll of FB updates. I’ve slowly been working on this miniature DIY dollhouse kit instead while listening to online courses in the background (Pixar’s The Art of Storytelling free online course on Khan Academy and the Creative Christianity Summit from @cheerfullygiven) 🌱 . I find that come Mondays, I tend to start the week better, clearer, and more lighter because of this weekend breather and mini-social media/news detox. I actually look forward to my Facebook-less and news-less weekends! . We can’t be too detached from what’s happening around us but we CAN disengage from time to time to take care of ourselves (and nothing wrong with that)... so eventually, we can take care of others. 🌱 . I bought this DIY dollhouse kit from @lilhaven.ph btw - check them out! 🤓 (not a sponsored post. Natutuwa lang ako sa miniature things 😍)

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Photo taken a week ago today; a last photo with my paintings together before I ship them out. OMG you guys. Last Monday my online shop went live at 9 AM and the first painting sold less than 30 minutes later. By the end of the day, I had sold 5. The next day I sold two more. 😱 I ended up selling all but one (the biggest/most expensive) of the first batch of 8 paintings that went up for sale 😱 . Im still overwhelmed— but can I tell you that around this time a year ago I NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WITH MY NON-EXISTENT ART CAREER AND MY LIFE? I felt lost and I would lie in bed for days— literally days— not doing anything (I’m belatedly realizing I was depressed and probably wasn’t aware of it LOL). The idea to paint Mama Mary just came to me in a dream months later and I started painting her in August 2019, in time for the first anniversary of my Marian self-consecration 🥺💖 . Haven’t really processed things yet— my thoughts are all over the place and I will need to sit down to write out a proper blog entry of what God has done and is doing in my art— but I just wanted to say THANK YOU for the support throughout the years, even when my art was at its lowest, when I was absent and inconsistent, when art wasn’t my focus and priority (because God is), and I was going through all these changes and ups and downs with my work (you’ve seen it all play out on Instagram). Now my art is shifting and evolving again but this time I’m liking where it’s going. It’s not all going to be religious art (I need my kitties and bears and other cute things!) but that’s definitely going to be a big part of my work moving forward 😍 And I’m so excited and looking forward to see how this all plays out 😱 . Thank You, Lord. He has given me all these skills, talents, ideas, and new dreams and I just want to use it all for Him and his glory. ☝🏼🙏🏼🔥🥺 . Will be back at my easel this week painting my next batch of paintings!!! 💖

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I didn’t get to really show this painting on IG/FB ahead of time before it sold... but a few other paintings are still available on shop.regsilva.com . 10% will automatically be taken off the price at check out :)

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Hello! The shop is going live at 9 AM today :) The 10% off BUENAMANO Discount code should apply automatically upon checkout. Thank you! See you at SHOP.REGSILVA.COM at 9 am :)

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Taking photos of my paintings for my archive *should* I decide to make prints in the future. For now, just selling the originals to make room for more ☺️

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An artist friend observed that some traditional Catholic imagery can be very morbid. I agree! Swords pierced through hearts, thorns dripping blood, pain and agony etched so clearly in the faces of statues and figures. While these images and emotions have their place in our faith and our life, it shouldn’t be so all the time! Remember— joy is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit (and one of my favorite virtues!) and an essential in our Christian life. . I don’t know if I’ll ever come to depict the pain and agony in Catholic imagery in my cute, rotund, cheerful art style (that’ll make for an interesting challenge!) but while we’re not there yet (haha), I like to switch things up by painting less traditional depictions of Mama Mary such as this one. I call it Happy Mama Mary (an exceptionally cheerful one!) and it’s a 7.5 x 10 inch acrylic painting. This’ll look good framed under glass as it’s painted on canvas paper 🤗 . This will be available on my shop starting tomorrow, June 15! At 9 AM my shop listings will go live on shop.regsilva.com . Stay tuned on my IG and FB for the announcement post with a 10% discount code tomorrow at 9 AM :)

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I stopped painting my Mama Marys during the quarantine for a variety of reasons— I was low on paint, my mood/productivity was affected by what was going on in the world, and since we don’t know until when this pandemic will last and its long-term effects on society and economy, I didn’t think anyone would be wanting to buy paintings at this time. But people were asking me when I was going to sell my work so I started painting again after I secured new tubes of paint and I adjusted to this new normal. . This Immaculate Heart of Mary wooden plate was painted during quarantine and is one of my favorites. The painted parts are varnished, giving it a sheen that stands out against the wood grain :) it measures 8 x 10 inches and comes with a metal stand. It’ll be available for sale on shop.RegSilva.com starting June 15 at 9 AM, so stay tuned 🤗✨💖

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This is a 20 x 20 cm (7.8 x 7.8 in) acrylic painting on a deep edge canvas (also called a 3D canvas). I like these kinds of canvases because they’re nice enough to be dispayed on a wall even without a frame because of its wrap-around painted edges (swipe to see) 😍 . This painting is among the first batch of Mama Mary paintings done in my style that’ll go up for sale on shop.regsilva.com starting at 9 AM of June 15, Monday! 🗓✨

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“If Mary had known everything, would her merit be greater, or less?” 😱 . This line struck me and caused me to pause as I was reading from my journal from 2017. It was a reflection point from a Prayer and Life Workshop session I was taking at that time. It made me think— Mary was a simple, young girl who had been given a hint ahead of time of God’s plans, including the painful parts (And sorrow, like a sharp sword, will break your own heart. Luke 2:35). How great must her faith and trust in God had been to say yes— even to the less-than-ideal parts— without having all the details of what she was saying yes to 🥺 . This was my very first Mama Mary acrylic painting on canvas— I started out small for practice. But I think it also captures the smallness (humility) and simplicity of the girl who would become mother to Jesus. 💖 . • Acrylic on mini canvas, 3 x 4 inches • Available for sale starting June 15 on shop.RegSilva.com

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Hello guys! :) I’ve delayed this for some time because of the pandemic and also coz I’m scared I’m actually gonna do this haha, but finally— the first batch of some of my original acrylic paintings on paper, canvas, and wooden plates will be going up for sale at 9 AM of Monday, JUNE 15! Prices range from Php 2k-10k— inexpensive now while I’m still very new to the painting scene so this is the best time to buy 🤪 art goes up in value over time and after the artist’s death as well, so buy while I’m still alive guys 🤣🤣🤣 . (Only buyers based in the Philippines only FOR NOW for this first batch, unfortunately, while shipping logistics are weird 😓) . See you at 9 AM of June 15 at Shop.RegSilva.com - will release a discount code to use on my shop before then! Stay tuned to my FB and/or IG for updates leading up to Monday :) thank you! 🤗

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Selling my Mama Mary paintings starting June 15! This and other acrylic paintings on wood, paper, and canvas will be available with prices ranging from Php 2k-10k as a start. Unfortunately I’ll only be able to sell to local buyers based in the Philippines FOR NOW while shipping constraints due to the pandemic are in place. Please stay tuned to this IG for announcements leading up to June 15 including shop discount codes :D

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This Light can never be put out no matter how dark it seems. Hold tight, world. Don’t let your heart be hardened. 🙏🏼

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Back at my painting table, painting Mama Mary. Just got some new, larger tubes of paint so no more worrying I’ll run out in the middle of painting!

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Allow room for play 😄🌱 . I turned a drawing mannequin into Waldo! This project has been on my mind for so long but it’s only during this quarantine that I finally got the idea out of my head and into my hands because of the forced down time. Waldo now lives on my shelf :) Swipe to see the Tiktok video of the process! ✨

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Back to painting in my sketchbook. Painting an initial rough of an idea I hope to eventually translate to canvas or paper :)