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The Book Every Artist or Designer Needs

I hadn't covered a book in plastic in quite some time. It turns out you never really forget, you just need the practice back. Vol. 1 of the color combination dictionary, protected and ready to actually get used.

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No more spilled water on your walks with your fur buddies. 🐶

A stainless steel travel water bottle with a built-in bowl attachment, no separate dish to carry, no spilling in your bag. Clips right onto the leash for walks, hikes, or just heading out the door.

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No more missing a step in the dark. 👣

A magnetic nightlight system for anywhere you actually need it, mount the base once, then move the light itself from staircase to hallway to bedside whenever you need it. No wiring, no flipping the main switch just to walk down the stairs safely.

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The flashlight you'll easily find in your bag! 🔦

High-vis yellow so it's never buried in a black-lined bag pocket again, 400 lumens, flat-bodied so it won't roll away, with a rotating head, magnetic base, and RGB accent light. You can get the case separately with its own hard case and carabiner clip, ready to hook onto a keychain or bag the moment it arrives.

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There's a certain quiet joy in seeing a painting travel from your desk to someone else's wall, especially when that someone is family.

Nishikigoi Flow was a commissioned piece I painted earlier this year, inspired by the fluid, ever-shifting movement of koi in a pond. After working on tighter architectural studies, I wanted this one to breathe differently, looser brushwork, bold reds and oranges moving against deep transparent blues, letting the fish glide freely across the paper the way they do in real ponds.

This piece now lives framed with my Ninang, and honestly, that makes it feel complete in a way that a painting still sitting in my studio never quite does. Grateful for the trust, and for family who believes in this creative path I'm building.

Title: Nishikigoi Flow
Dimensions: 14in x 10in
Medium: Watercolor & Ink
Status: Framed & Commissioned, now with the collector

There's something about an arched window that feels more like an invitation than a frame. This one opens onto another coastline I reimagined.

Window Series: No. 02 continues where the first one left off. Found another reference on Pinterest that stopped my scroll instantly, that warm archway framing the sea, and knew I had to paint my own version of it. Same idea as before, one frame at a time, but I wanted to try a different shape this round, the curve at the top changes the whole feeling of looking through it. Softer, older, like a window you'd find somewhere with more history than a modern build.

Two in, and this is starting to feel less like an exercise and more like a habit worth keeping.

This again gave me the opportunity to use the Uhky Uhky Edition watercolours which I plan to use for this entire window series.

Title: Window Series: No. 02
Dimensions: 15cm x 20cm
Medium: Watercolor & Ink
Paints: Uhky Uhky Edition Professional Watercolours

I painted this one during the 8th PGW Convention and Exhibit, in a virtual workshop led by Achilles "Uhky Uhky" Estremos, an architect-trained interior designer based in Singapore whose work has this quiet, atmospheric way of simplifying complex urban scenes into something almost meditative. His whole philosophy is that things get easier to understand when you simplify them first, and everything else follows. That mindset shaped how I approached this piece.

I stepped outside my usual minimalist, Japanese-inspired style for this one and let the brushwork stay loose and a little unpredictable, especially around the church's stonework. It's actually my first time really testing the Uhky Uhky Edition watercolours, and the set handled the soft greens and sky washes better than I was expecting for something still fairly new to me.

Officially, this is the Minor Basilica and Parish of Saint Sebastian in Manila, but most of us just know it as San Sebastian Church. Revisiting an old workshop recording turned out to be exactly the nudge I needed to sit down and paint again.

Title: San Sebastian Church
Dimensions: 10cm x 15cm
Medium: Watercolor & Ink
Paints: Uhky Uhky Edition Professional Watercolours
Price: ₱3,500 (unframed, excludes shipping)

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Screen-Free Cardboard Building Kit for Creative Kids

Reusable tools that turn any cardboard box into a building project where kids design, cut, and construct their own creations. No glue gun or supervision-heavy setup required. A genuinely screen-free way to fill an afternoon.

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The Japanese color combination book every creative should own!

This is next on my art & design wishlist. Sanzo Wada's color combination dictionary, a Taisho/Showa-era classic that's still one of the most-recommended color theory references for illustrators and watercolorists. Planning to get both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 for the studio shelf. If you're stuck picking harmonious palettes, this one's worth the look.

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