Keeping Pets

Recently, I met 2 of my ex co-workers for breakfast.
They had impressed me with their knowledge on pets and how to select them. One keeps birds and fishes, while the other keeps a dog. I salute them for the time, $$$ & efforts spent on their pets. 

In my opinion, some pets are not meant to be kept, unless you provide a natural habitat space for them to roam around in a natural environment, like in a zoo or bird park. I cannot imagine myself keeping birds as pet, as I see it as an act of cruelty to keep birds inside a small cage because birds cannot  flex their wings & fly inside a cage. Unlike dogs, where they are "walked" daily by their owners. Or fishes could swim freely in a reasonably sized tank.

I want to discourage people from keeping birds as pets. It's more humane to let them live in their natural environment. So, here, I try urge others and to also hint to my friends, with the picture below, & prong them to understand the "feelings" of their pet birds.

General Election 2011

My niece, Rachel,...

 

During the Singapore's last general election period, I asked my niece Rachel to pick up some toys resembling those political parties that were contesting in the election, in order to predict which party would win. She picked up the hammer & pose for my photo. So, I made it into a caricature drawing & wanted to use it as a poster for the rally. But I was too shy to show it,.......in public.

After the election, I received a request to draw the politicians who had won.
So, I took a few of their photographs & created this piece, with them holding their party's logo & their slogan. The requestor has wanted to presented this drawing to them in their celebration.

I am not so satisfied with this drawing, it could be better. The water-color did not flow well on this non water-color paper meant for markers only. Next time, i need to use the right paper.