A sight of nature

Flowers and huge ants usually do not go together, but I saw both today at very close proximity. Some adorable small yellow flowers caught my attention and thankfully just in time, I saw a trail of huge fire ants just next to it and stopped in time before I got too near. Nonetheless, I took a shot of the line of countless ants before I moved away.

Sun was setting and sunlight was peeking in between the trees. Such a lovely and comforting sight.

Then I saw some gorgeous shades of green from the trees at the opposite side.

Just a sense of calmness by looking at these trees. I am so thankful to be able to experience these sights daily.

Discovery of a beautiful green

Playing with acrylics and discovering mixes is quite an experience. It leaves your mind pondering more about what other colour mixes can come out of my other tubes.

I mixed acrylic paints Winsor and Newton's 'Burnt Sienna' with Liquitex's 'Light Blue Permanent' and got a very nice dark sap/olive mix type of green. It was a nice surprise how beautiful this green is. It got me thinking of starting this color mixing project and discovering what other colours I can achieve.

Aside from the experiments planned ahead for acrylics, I will also be exploring on watercolours. I am so grateful to myself for delving deeper into the art world and discovering watercolours. Something I touched upon when I was a kid but never really played much with unfortunately. It's not too late to start something, and I hope to learn much more from what I have started to know.

Guardians of the Galaxy - A review (spoiler alert)

Guardians Of The Galaxy opened in cinemas yesterday night and I managed to catch the night show. I was glad I did, as it was quite a treat.

Forget the sophistication and glorious superhero-type music like The Avengers. This was something way cooler. At least for me. Plus critics have also mentioned that this could be the best Marvel movie they've had so far.

The show starts out with the history of the young "Star-Lord"/Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and what brought him to the movie's dystopian sci-fi present day situation. I was immediately drawn into the movie when the opening scene started with 10cc's "I'm not in love". This was one of my favourite songs in the 80s that I used to listen to in my primary school days on early mornings while I was in my school bus.

Anyway, the movie continued to bring joy and laughter to the audience with its upbeat script (well done to James Gunn, Nicole Perlman and the comic book writers) and engaging characters. What kept the movie interesting and energetic were the slapstick humour and clever one-liners and a good selection of songs in its retro themed soundtrack.

The main five characters - Peter, Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel), Drax the destroyer (professional wrestler Dave Bautista) and a very cute Rocket (a talking racoon voiced by Bradley Cooper) - were fun to watch and exhibited good chemistry with one another. The visual effects were also very impressive.

I love the story's plot and characters. I love the witty script. I love the music. I just love everything about the movie.

Indeed, I can safely say it's one of the best movies I've watched this year.