{"id":2397,"date":"2013-01-17T14:45:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T22:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2024-03-19T00:18:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T07:18:02","slug":"hey-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/hey-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey baby!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Happy New Year!\u00a0I&#8217;ve been a bit quiet with my blog posting as I was busy over the holidays trying to catch up on work. I had to take over a month and a half off late last fall because of my hand injury, and with my solo exhibition at Gallery Fukai quickly approaching this April, I&#8217;m going full speed these days, working on my show.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, I did find some time over the holidays to complete a commission I&#8217;d like to share with you. It was a commission from my\u00a0<a title=\"pretty boys kill me indiegogo campaign\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/pretty-boys-kill-me-iceland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiegogo campaign<\/a>\u00a0last year, which helped me raise funds to work on my\u00a0<a title=\"Pretty Boys in Print\" href=\"http:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/?p=2265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>pretty boys kill me<\/em><\/a>\u00a0drawings in Reykjavik, Iceland in September 2012. The commission was for a head and shoulder pencil crayon drawing, but the thing is, it was of a baby&#8230;!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2402\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/hey-baby\/roselinahung-olivia-portrait\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-Olivia-portrait.jpg?fit=550%2C671&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,671\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RoselinaHung-Olivia-portrait\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Olivia &#8211; coloured pencil on paper, 8&#215;10 in, 2013&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-Olivia-portrait.jpg?fit=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-Olivia-portrait.jpg?fit=550%2C671&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2402\" alt=\"Olivia - coloured pencil on paper, 8x10 in, 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-Olivia-portrait.jpg?resize=550%2C671\" width=\"550\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-Olivia-portrait.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-Olivia-portrait.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia &#8211; coloured pencil on paper, 8&#215;10 in, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if this is common knowledge, but it&#8217;s actually pretty hard to draw a baby because their facial proportions are so different to that of an adult&#8217;s. \u00a0Their face is constantly changing as the baby grows and quite quickly for that matter. So it was a challenge, but I&#8217;ve always found that I enjoy doing commissions for this reason. Oftentimes, with commissioned portraits, I have to step out of my comfort zone and what I&#8217;m used to and work on something I normally wouldn&#8217;t do or haven&#8217;t done before. So it&#8217;s a new experience for me, and I&#8217;m happy to say that I really like the end result of my drawing but more importantly, the parents thought I captured the baby girl&#8217;s smile perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone interested in commissioning a portrait, please get in touch with me through\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rosy@roselinahung.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my e-mail: rosy(at)roselinahung.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2399\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/hey-baby\/roselinahung-prettyboysprogress\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-prettyboysprogress.jpg?fit=550%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,594\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RoselinaHung-prettyboysprogress\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Finishing up my third pretty boy drawing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-prettyboysprogress.jpg?fit=277%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-prettyboysprogress.jpg?fit=550%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2399\" alt=\"Finishing up my third pretty boy drawing\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-prettyboysprogress.jpg?resize=550%2C594\" width=\"550\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-prettyboysprogress.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-prettyboysprogress.jpg?resize=277%2C300&amp;ssl=1 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finishing up my third pretty boy drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">April isn&#8217;t far now (how is it mid-January already?!), and with the exhibition opening the first week of the month, I still have a lot to do. I don&#8217;t want to give away too much of what I&#8217;m working on, as ideally I&#8217;d like to reveal most of the new work at the exhibition and online once the show opens, so major updates of new work will be a bit sparse. My\u00a0<a title=\"New Work\" href=\"http:\/\/roselinahung.com\/new-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>pretty boys kill me<\/i><\/a>\u00a0project is coming along well, but it is extremely time consuming and I will be dedicating the next couple of months to finishing the art for my exhibition, which will be the first solo exhibition I&#8217;ve had since 2009 as well as my first major exhibition of work in Vancouver in many years. I&#8217;m looking forward to showing you what I&#8217;ve been up to, but you&#8217;ll have to wait for the full reveal in April!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2398\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/hey-baby\/roselinahung-drawingdetail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-drawingdetail.jpg?fit=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RoselinaHung-drawingdetail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The foundation layers of each portrait&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-drawingdetail.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-drawingdetail.jpg?fit=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2398\" alt=\"The foundation layers of each portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-drawingdetail.jpg?resize=550%2C550\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-drawingdetail.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-drawingdetail.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-drawingdetail.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The foundation layers of each portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year!\u00a0I&#8217;ve been a bit quiet with my blog posting as I was busy over the holidays trying to catch up on work. I had to take over a month and a half off late last fall because of my hand injury, and with my solo exhibition at Gallery Fukai quickly approaching this April, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-with-sidebar","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,21,19],"tags":[263,275,182,76,169,60,23,166,20],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoselinaHung-Olivia-portrait.jpg?fit=550%2C671&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions\/3263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roselinahung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}