29/07/2020

In the morning, I finally finished painting a turtle shell I saw on the beach of Pearl Bay. Every time I picked up that Alvaro paintbrush, it was like putting on the magical red dancing shoes, I couldn’t stop painting, and became more and more plunged into endless details. Actually doing realistic painting or drawing can be very relaxing (compared to imaginative or abstract painting). It basically doesn’t consume much energy. You only need to study the object well and copy the colors and shapes you see. Of course, you still need to train how to take the overall control.

In the afternoon, we rowed the rubber dinghy and landed on a small beach, picked up a dozen decent size oysters for dinner, climbed up rocks to see the bay, and walked into a dry creek with hundreds of blue butterflies.

In the evening, I made steamed oyster with vermicelli and wombok, topped with spring onion, ginger, garlic. I also made braised tofu just in case it was not enough to eat.