Some of my artwork has been included in virtual galleries and group art exhibitions.
This is the first time my sketches are at a physical art exhibition. Sweet!
Here’s some info about the museum and musings on my sketches.
About The German Dragon Museum
The permanent exhibition of The German Dragon Museum includes exhibits that explain the origin, character, and the culture of the mythical creature.
Special exhibitions focus on specific dragon related topics.
Learn more about the museum here:
- Official Website
- Das Deutsche Drachenmuseum (Facebook)
About The Art Exhibition
The exhibition, titled “Obscure Dragons: Dragon Images from Around the World,” aims to present an international collection of dragons to showcase the diversity of the dragon world and introduce lesser-known dragons.
– Summary from Herald of Obscurity Issue No. 30
Many thanks to Obscurium President Zar Antonov and Museum Vice-Chairman Peter Woitge for setting this up.
My 3 Dragon Sketches
These pictures of my art look a bit dim (I took them on my phone late at night).
I’ll update these pictures another day when I have more time to adjust the brightness and settings.
Here they are at the art exhibition!
I’d never written artwork descriptions before, and they were a bit of a challenge.
Here’s what I submitted.
Artwork Descriptions
- Naga by Jess Chua on paper with pigment liners and marker pens. Based on the dragon-headed serpent god Naga guarding the entrance of the Wat Sisaket (temple built in 1818) in Vientiane. Laotian mythology maintains that nagas are protectors of the capital city and state.
- Dragon Playground by Jess Chua on paper with pigment liners and watercolour pencils. Features a playground in Toa Payoh, Singapore, built in the late 1970s. Jess may sketch the other three dragon playgrounds in the country for nostalgic purposes.
- Abandoned Waterpark by Jess Chua on 180 GSM paper with Staedtler pigment liners. This sketch is of an abandoned waterpark just outside of Hue in Vietnam. Jess sought to capture the haunting sense of loss from this dragon’s tragic fate.
Further (Technical) Thoughts
I did all 3 in mechanical pencil as a rough sketch (with Pilot H-325 drafting mechanical pencil), followed by Staedler pigment liners.
Those two are my ride or die art supplies. I’ve been using them on and off for about 20 years.
- Naga – This was colored with Ohuhu Dual Brush Pen Art Markers. They weren’t bad for coloring, but I would’ve liked them to be a bit more blendable. I have a couple of Copic markers ($$) at home which I’m going to try out soon. Some of the white highlights were made with a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen.
- Dragon Playground – Used watercolor pencils for this one. I was daydreaming and used a grey marker pen for the shading in the corner instead of continuing with the watercolor pencils, lol.
- Abandoned Waterpark – This was my first attempt at drawing a minimalistic sky and clouds background. I think the eye (and maybe the mouth) area required some thought to get the expression right. There were some mistakes here and there which were lightly fixed by the aforementioned white gel pen.
The last thing I drew recently was a stack of donuts for an open online art exhibition (via The Plastic Club).
I might try sketching a colleague’s dog next as I’ve been thinking of that one for a while.
READ MORE:
- German Dragons
- QnA with Zar Antonov
- Update on my Dragon Poetry Book
- QnA with Marin Murakoshi (sculpture + one of my dragon poems)