When did you start doing art?

I began drawing as a kid, during my elementary school years, and my favorite subject in school was in fact, Art. We tried out many different mediums of art such as: drawing, painting, coloring, sculpting, crafting, etc. My favorite was sketching and I mainly did sketching from there on, until I decided to get into watercolor.

Which of the art mediums do you like doing the most? And which one do you like the least?

In all honesty, as much as I really love and have improved on watercolor over the years, I still absolutely love just drawing with pencil and paper (very traditional art). It’s quick and easy and if I’m trying to put the picture in my head down on paper, I can easily do so. Blending is easy and I can always erase or fix it (unless I used pens then I’m screwed).

Although it’s something new and recent, I wouldn’t say I dislike it but digital art is really hard. Especially coming from an artist who’s done traditional art for years. The feeling of the pen touching the screen is completely different from the pencil to the paper. I will say, I love the layering technique and editing the hues of a certain area, without messing up the rest of the piece.

What supplies do you use?

Pencils: Staedtler Mars Lumograph Graphite Pencil (I have the 6 pc/pz) & General’s Kimberly Graphite Pencils (I have the pencil kit of 4H-8B)

Colored Pencils: RoseArt Colored Pencils (I have the 72 count pack) & Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils (I only have the 121 Red and 151 Blue as of right now)

Pens/Markers: Black Sakura Pigma Microns (I use sizes .01, .02, .03, and .05), White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen (I mainly use only size .08), Gray Zebra Mildliner Marker (I have the double ended Brush and Super Fine, mild ink one), & Black Artist’s Loft Illustration Pen (I have the brush tip)

Calligraphy Inks: Winsor & Newton Inks (black & white) & Dr Ph Martin’s Iridescent Inks (silver, amethyst, and copper plate gold)

Brushes: Simply Simmons Synthetic Brushes, Grabie Synthetic Detailed Brush, & some natural watercolor brushes that I don’t remember what brand it was and it doesn’t have the label on the brush itself.

Paints: Winsor & Newton Watercolors and Acrylics, Grabie Watercolors (I have the set of 50), Art Advantage Watercolors (I have the 18 color set), and Mozart Komorebi Metallic Watercolors (I have the set of 6)

Papers: Artist’s Loft Watercolor Paper in White (I have both levels 2 and 3; 300gsm, cold-pressed)

Metallic Leaf: Genuine Silver L.A. Gold Leaf Transfer Sheets (I used to have gold & copper loose leaf but no longer use them)

Digital: Bamboo Ink Smart Stylus for Windows Ink, MediBang Paint Pro, & my touch screen laptop…

Do you do commissions and how much do you charge for it?

As of right now, I am only doing commissions for cartography/maps. I’m not taking any commissions. I’m trying to perfect/improve my craft first before deciding to do so. The starting pay for maps is $75 or $150, depending on the size. The total price will change due to how detailed you want the piece to be, colors, etc.

How long does it take to ship?

After receiving the order, if I don’t already have the prints ahead of time, then there would a 1-5 business days wait on prints to arrive. Then shipping itself would take 5-7 business days. The overall waiting time would be approximately 14 business days before it arrives (hopefully).

*Please make sure you put in the correct address to avoid having your order sent back to me, or worse, to someone else.

So, why missladyhaha?

Lady Haha is a nickname I use after my brother jokingly called me that, relating to my obsession with Lady Gaga. I didn’t want to use it as my alias for art in general since I was already using it for many things. At first, I chose ladyhahapaintings but after years of thinking, I decided to change it because I didn’t want to be tied down to just painting. It was ladyhahaart at first but seeing the double A’s didn’t look that great to me…that’s when missladyhaha came to be. Now littlemissladyhaha is a whole different story that would take too long for me to get into.