The Art of Katrina Teh

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Katrina Teh is a manila-based visual artist who graduated from the UP College of Fine Arts. This is a repository for her artworks, photographs, inspirations, adventures and everyday musings.

Gouache Studies

I went back to school to study a lot of the things I was never good at. This quarter was especially challenging since I’ve been doing more drawings from life and architecture. But most of all I...

Mar 10, 2013 Like

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Soul Searching

Hong Kong is home to a lot of special places, but my favorite was always the Chi Lin Nunnery and the garden that is situated on its front step. I went there to pray and sketch as part of my...

Feb 23, 2013 Like

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I love how Chinese traditions give me a reason to celebrate New Years twice a year. So to commemorate the occasion, I want to share bits and pieces of my Winter Quarter so far here in Hong Kong and...

Feb 18, 2013 Like

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Treehugger

There is something very therapeutic about drawing trees and quiet landscapes. For one, they obviously don’t move- so it gives me more time to figure out what I wanna do with composition. It gives...

Feb 4, 2013 Like

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Pages

I’ve mentioned that I’ve been doing Travel Portfolio lately where I get to travel across Hong Kong and do some sketching. A lot of the work I ended up drawing were small moments, organic places and...

Jan 28, 2013 Like

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Winter in Kowloon Park

I’ve returned to SCAD Hong Kong last Monday where I resumed with my Illustration classes. This winter I’m taking up Travel Portfolio where I get to go around Hong Kong and draw on site. Our first...

Jan 13, 2013 Like

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Holiday Hauls and Things That Fly

My holidays were really a mix of highs and lows. For one thing, I was very sick- which is turning out to be an annual hazard for the past three years. I was incapacitated with a hard case of...

Jan 12, 2013 Like

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Fall Quarter Review

For those who are completely new to who I am and what I do: I am from Manila, but I do study at Hong Kong at SCAD HK. I’m completing my second degree in Illustration and I had previously completed...

Dec 15, 2012 Like

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Nectarine x Bloom Arts Festival

I’ve always wanted to do a memento mori (or perhaps a set) so when I was invited to make art for the Bloom Arts Festival, I jumped at the chance. Here’s my new artwork “Nectarine” which is for sale...

Sep 28, 2012 Like

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YOUNG Star: Manila’s Best Illustrators of 2012

I got featured yesterday (September 14, 2012) on YOUNG Star Philippines as one of Manila’s Best Illustrators of 2012. *my mom took the photo of the print that came out back in the Philippines....

Sep 15, 2012 Like

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Summer Studies

I’ve taken a few classes under Fernando Sena this summer just so I don’t remain idle in my foundation studies. I feel that learning from him has lead me to a new appreciation for “underrated”...

Sep 4, 2012 Like

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Illustration: Chalk Magazine’s Material Girls

I’ve been asked by the wonderful Toff de Venecia to do an illustration for Andrea Ang’s take on Fashion Envy. Now available at page 80 of Chalk Magazine‘s September 2012 issue! Hope you guys could...

Aug 27, 2012 Like

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A Graceless Heart

I have been going through a very rough spiritual upheaval lately and for the longest time I have felt that deadening my desire or expectations of things would help me move on from a lot of the...

Aug 13, 2012 Like

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A Tale of two Susans and Gardening

I have had the supreme luck with two wonderful women named Susan.The first was kind enough to give me the opportunity to have my blog featured last week. Many thanks to Susan and Pocketchange and...

Jul 8, 2012 Like

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Fantasy Labels: Amber Honey

As part of an assignment for my Electronic Illustration class, we were asked to illustrate something for our personal portfolio. It has to reflect what sort of industry we wanted to get into once...

Jun 23, 2012 Like

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ArtHK12

I had the great luck of getting to ARTHK12 a couple weeks ago which is probably the largest annual art event in Hong Kong. It was one hell of a trip to Wan Chai’s Hong Kong Convention Center, with...

Jun 18, 2012 Like

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Drawing with Fun and Ease: the Adonit JOT Stylus

Comfort in drawing is something that every artist needs, especially if creating new work becomes a daily habit. Never would I ever think to do a lot of digital sketching since a laptop + drawing...

Jun 11, 2012 Like

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The Cunning Crow Will Tell You Everything

I have been alluding to this piece for a while now and since I am currently in a digital art roll, I’ve decided to finally post this piece. This is my contribution to The Ringmaster, for a song...

Jun 3, 2012 Like

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You’re a Wizard Tesla!

A new digital painting from yours truly. We had to do a portrait of someone famous for our Electronic Illustration class and I felt like drawing Nikola Tesla on a whim! Coincidentally The Oatmeal...

May 24, 2012 Like

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Adarna

I’ve been taking Electronic Illustration as part of my first batch of Illustration major classes. One of our projects was to do a book cover in a “digital collage” style. I really wanted to do a...

May 12, 2012 Like

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Leaving a Past Behind

Blooms and Bounds Redux Colored leads on A2 Drawing Paper I am posting this drawing as my way of bidding yesterday goodbye. This is a redo of an old sketch I have kept a couple years ago. I wanted...

May 4, 2012 Like

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Reflections

The Orchid Artist Black and white pencils and conte on brown craft paper. This was my first drawing project for my illustration majors, and the goal was to create a self portrait that talked more...

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Color Diary

Happy Easter! I’ve saved up my efforts for this occasion as I felt it apt to mirror this colorful event. Here I present to you my brand new color diary which I have been working on since Spring...

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Recalling the Circus

It’s a great honor to have been asked to collaborate with The Ringmaster after having worked with Francis Lorenzo and the rest of the creative team involved in organizing the album art for...

Mar 30, 2012 Like

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More from the Drawing Room

The finals have come and gone, and unfortunately this blog had taken a low priority as of late. Working till midnight while keeping an eight hour sleeping schedule is a tricky thing to balance. But...

Mar 17, 2012 Like

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Visiting Ten Thousand Buddhas

Survey of Asian Art with SCAD is such an enjoyable class. I am thrilled that I took it over again. Our field trip for the quarter consists of a trip to Hong Kong’s Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery....

Feb 18, 2012 Like

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Valentine Mums

A quick thank you for all of your lovely support. I know that the updates have been crawling along but thanks for sticking with me nonetheless. Happy Valentines everyone! You have my unending love...

Feb 14, 2012 Like

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Work from the Drawing Room

Life drawing is my favorite class. Sure, most of what I come up with isn’t presentable. Class time is divided into several quick gestures and the longer poses only take 10-15 minutes. But the...

Feb 11, 2012 Like

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Skull Study

This week’s studies for life drawing include an assortment of skulls drawn in different angles. I just purchased these wonderful Faber Castell Polychromos pencils (White, Walnut Brown, Indian Red,...

Jan 28, 2012 Like

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Only If For A Night

This is my piece which I have entered into Talenthouse.com’s Florence + The Machine contest. The voting period for this contest may be over but my gratitude towards everyone’s support is unceasing....

Jan 20, 2012 Like

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The Art of Katrina Teh

Gouache Studies

Soul Searching

Recounting Seconds

Treehugger

Pages

Winter in Kowloon Park

Holiday Hauls and Things That Fly

Fall Quarter Review

Nectarine x Bloom Arts Festival

YOUNG Star: Manila’s Best Illustrators of 2012

Summer Studies

Illustration: Chalk Magazine’s Material Girls

A Graceless Heart

A Tale of two Susans and Gardening

Fantasy Labels: Amber Honey

ArtHK12

Drawing with Fun and Ease: the Adonit JOT Stylus

The Cunning Crow Will Tell You Everything

You’re a Wizard Tesla!

Adarna

Leaving a Past Behind

Reflections

Color Diary

Recalling the Circus

More from the Drawing Room

Visiting Ten Thousand Buddhas

Valentine Mums

Work from the Drawing Room

Skull Study

Only If For A Night

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