Art and Earth Science by Grass
Since I got into watercolors, I have often wondered how it would be like to be a curator of a museum - the type that displays different artworks from different centuries. I imagine staring at each piece in admiration as I am handed each - be the lucky person to see it first before everyone… Continue reading My Current Job as Curator (For a Geology Museum)
It's been a month since a new-found friend introduced me to fountain pens during her visit to our geology museum in UP. I wrote about how I started collecting them just last month. Here's a snippet of the blog below: https://thefabulousscientist.com/2023/06/20/my-current-addiction-collecting-sketching-and-writing-with-fountain-pens Read about how my love for using fountain pens started here. 🙂 I hardly… Continue reading My personal review of beginner and budget-friendly fountain pens
If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'd know that we have been happily homeschooling for four years now. For Ian this year, however, the set-up with his provider has been a hybrid one. As part of the hybrid set-up, Ian gets to attend online webinars with his teachers and classmates but as his… Continue reading Ian’s private tour of UP Diliman’s geology museum
Two years ago, a fellow homeschooling parent invited me to get into writing using fountain pen. Back then I was still learning how to paint with watercolors which meant I was busy studying all there is to know about the medium - from attending classes to reading through books. I then moved on to learn… Continue reading My current addiction: collecting, sketching, and writing with fountain pens
Palawan will always be in our family's hearts. It's our favorite island in the country to visit because of its unique rock formations , friendly locals, diverse flora and fauna, and heavenly island beaches. Before our Coron Trip last week of April this year, the family has visited Puerto Princesa, Taytay, Balabac, and El Nido.… Continue reading Coron Trip with my Family – Days of white sand, fringing reefs, beautiful lagoons, mountain lakes, great food, and friendly locals
Has it been two months since I last wrote here? Whew! I had not realized it's been that long but I have been so busy as a homeschooling mom while also pursuing my Master's degree in Geology. I also find a blank page of a WordPress blog daunting these days since I have been doing… Continue reading First Face-to-Face Painting Class with Homeschoolers
The month of February was declared by former Philippine president Corazon Aquino as the National Arts Month. To celebrate the month and because I missed visiting museums with my kids, we went on a two-day museum hop in Quezon City. The first stop was Vargas Museum - a building along UP Diliman campus' along the… Continue reading When in Quezon City – Go Museum Hopping!
It’s been a while since I last wrote about Earth sciences, so I thought I’d kick things off with a blog post to teach your family about volcanoes. In this one, I’ll be sharing stories from my week-long fieldwork around Mayon Volcano and the Irosin Caldera. Now, you’ve probably heard of Mayon with its perfect… Continue reading Volcanology Fieldwork in Bicol – Revisiting Eruptive Deposits of Mayon, Bulusan, and Irosin Caldera
It's 5 in the morning. Just woke up and just like yesterday, I thought of dying. It's not what you think! There's no need to call Suicide Watch on me. As if. We don't have one in the Philippines I don't think of dying as if I want to die at this moment. Since my… Continue reading Not a day goes by that I don’t think about dying
If you've been following this blog a while, you would know that one of the best things that came out of months of lockdown due to pandemic was the start of my journey with watercolors. All the artists I met in my journey say the same thing about their craft - it takes tremendous amount… Continue reading Book recommendations for homeschoolers who want to learn how to sketch and paint using watercolors
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