Goodbye 2015 !

I am eagerly looking forward to what's in store for me in the year 2016 and I am glad that 2015 is finally coming to an end. 

Despite a rough 2015, there were a few streaks of light which I would like to highlight for this post here: 

1. Early 2015 I sold a painting for a good cause. -- Jigsaw Canvas Show at the Sunnyvale Art Gallery, Sunnyvale, CA, January 2015
2. I also got an opportunity to   teach iPad art techniques to  adults and seniors at the Pacific Art  Leaugue and at Menlo Park Community center, Feb 2015 
3. My painting was Juried by the City of Campbell, CA and I was Selected to  do a Mural for the City, May 2015.
4. I got to teach some wonderful children  on how to create art using the iPad at the City of Sunnyvale-- Sunnyvale Community Center,CA, at Cupertino Community Center and at  Los Altos Community Center. June-July- August 2015
5. I was ( My painting was on display)  the featured Artist for the months of August and September 2015 at the Sunnyvale Mayor's Office, Sunnyvale, CA
6. My  iPad painting was Juried  and Selected by some of the top iPad Artists around the Globe and I had a show at the Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA. August 2015
7. Some of my paintings have been chosen for sale by the Triton Museum of Art-- Museum Store, Santa Clara,CA, September 2015
8. My iPad Painting made it to the Spooky Art  Festival for Halloween this year. October 2015
9. I teamed up with some wonderful group of local artists and we all had our group show in November this year at the Sunnyvale Art Gallery, Sunnyvale, CA. November 2015
10. Two of my Doodles  have been Chosen for a Coloring book which is going to be created for a worthy cause. ( December, 2015) 
11. A picture of  me with my students being published at the Sunnyvale Community Center Activity Book Nov 2015 to Feb 2016.  
12. I recently took a class on Mosaics art at Fremont High School  Sunnyvale, CA and  got to meet some wonderful and inspiring ladies /Instructor.  Will post pictures once I am done with it. 

Last week Dec 15, 2015 I took a class at the  Mountain View Public  Library , Mountain View, CA  on watercolor and I created these two Christmas Gift tags using watercolor pencils. 

Title: Christmas Gift Tags
Medium: Watercolor Pencils on Watercolor Paper

 This will be my last post for 2015 !   I wish you all a Creative and a Happy Holiday Season ! 

I will leave you all with my current new favorite quote. This is by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas who are the founders of Zentangle Art. 

" Anything Is Possible, One Stroke at a Time."-- Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas

iPad Art Works of my students at the Sunnyvale Community Center

Here are the artworks of all my  wonderful students at the Sunnyvale Community Center. Age group of the children 8 to 9 years.

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Title: The Blue Dragon
Apps used: Procreate
Medium: iPad art

Title: Bones
Apps used: Procreate
Medium: iPad Art

Title: Brown Elephant
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: The Fireplace
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: The Fire torch
Medium: iPad art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: The Red eyed Dragon
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: Unicorn Love
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: Swirly Pattern
Apps used: Paper by 53
Medium: iPad art

Title: A Rainy Day
Apps used: Paper by 53
Medium: iPad art

Title: The Moon and the Giraffe
Medium: iPad art
Apps used: Paper by 53

Title: The Green Chick
Medium: iPad art
Apps used: Paper by 53

Title: The Butterfly
Apps used: Paper by 53
Medium: iPad art

Title: The Robot
Medium: iPad art
Apps used: Paper by 53

Title: The Lonely Easel
Apps used: Paper by 53
Medium: iPad art

Title: A Heart Doodle
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Paper by 53

 " Every Child Begins the World Again"-- Henry David Thoreau

You are Invited ! --- Contemporary Art Show

Hello All,

I will be participating in a group art show at the Sunnyvale Art Gallery from November 2 to November 30,2015. A reception will take place on Saturday, November 14,2015  from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The artists will be present to greet guests and talk about their art. Light food and drinks will be served. Everyone is welcome. The Sunnyvale Art Gallery is located at 251 West El Camino Real,  Sunnyvale, California.

  All my valued customers/ art collectors  will receive my personal   handwritten thank you note  with some fun free  goodies.  

Here is a sneak preview of some of the paintings from my animal series 

All of you are invited ! 



#Inktober #artforsale #art #Creativity #Sunnyvale #BayArea #artcollectors #artlovers  #contemporaryart   #coloredpencil

#penandink #inktober2015  #tiger  #squirrel #elephant
  #buffalo #bull

#Zentangle 

 #SaveAnimals

#NationalGeographic

The InkTober Initiative

Every October, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month.This year I decided I will take part in Jake Parker's Ink October Challenge.

Here are some of my entries for the challenge

Title: For Ink October Challenge
Medium: Sakura Micron Pens--  On a Moleskin Journal

Title: Origami Swan
Medium: Sakura Micron Pens on an expired coupon paper

Title: Zen Birdies
Medium: Sakura Micron Pens and Colored Pencils on Watercolor paper

Title: Zen Doodle Bookmark
Medium: Sakura Micron Pens on Watercolor paper

#Inktober

Contemporary Art Show

I will be participating in a group art show at the Sunnyvale Art Gallery from November 2 to November 30. A reception will take place on Saturday, November 14, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The artists will be present to greet guests and talk about their art. Light food and drinks will be served. Everyone is welcome. The Sunnyvale Art Gallery is located at 251 West El Camino Real,  Sunnyvale, California.

I ask you all to please share this with your friends and family and anyone you think might be interested.

Thank you !

#artforsale #art #Creativity #Sunnyvale #BayArea #artcollectors #artlovers  #contemporaryart

My Original Paintings for Sale at Triton Museum Store

I am extremely glad to announce that my original Acrylic and Mixed media paintings are going to be available for purchase at the Triton Museum Store!!!!

Triton Museum of Art  www.tritonmuseum.org/Store.php

I am thankful to the museum for providing me with this opportunity.

‪#‎artforsale‬ ‪#‎tritonmuseumofart‬

Zendala Dare and Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces Challenge

This week at I am the Diva ( Laura Harms's blog) is guest blogger Erin Olson from Zendala Dare Challenge. This week's challenge at the Diva is we have to use Erin Olson's template provided to create a Zendala.

For this week's challenge I  created a Zendala on my iPad. I haven't been tangling for a couple of weeks and my hands were itching to tangle ! I generally tangle with some soft New Age Music. 

Here is my entry for this week's challenge: 

Apps used: Sketchclub
Medium: iPad Art

And here is my entry for last week's challenge-- Guest Blogger Sandy Hunter challenged us to create a tile leaving some negative space ( white space). I found this challenge  very difficult as I am one of those artists who  has to fill the entire tile with tangles ( no white space) , so I had to really remind myself to not fill in the negative space with tangles. I decided to keep it simple for this challenge.

Title: Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
Medium: Sakura Micron Pens  

Please check out Laura's Blog : http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/   if you want to participate or be inspired by other artists. 


Looking forward to your comments. Thank you in advance for your time and response.

" To The Mind That Is Still, The Whole Universe Surrenders."-- Lao Tzu.

Tribute to Cecil -- the Lion

Here is my tribute to Cecil -- the Lion. Created using an iPad using the apps iColorama and Tangled FX.

Title: Tribute to Cecil
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: iColorama and Tangled FX

" The Strongest Ones in the World are those Who Stand Most Alone." -- Henrik Ibsen

#Cecil #nationalgeographic  #wildlife #SaveTheLions  #Apple  #ipadart  #mobileart #icolorama
#TangledFX

Marie Antoinette, Diva and L Challenge this week's challenge

This week's theme at Digital Whisper is my favorite theme -- Marie Antoinette

I created this using the iPad using Procreate app. Photo of Marie Antoinette from Google search. Rest of it is my creation.  I decided to go with a black and white  scheme for my challenge this week

Here is my entry for  this week's challenge

Title: Marie Antoinette
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

 If you want some creative inspiration or want to participate  then do head over to this blog   http://digitalwhisper.blogspot.com.au/

This week's at the Diva we must use tangles that are organic or natural. This is my entry for this week's challenge

Title: I love my heart !
Medium: Sharpies and Sakura Micron Pens

If you would like to participate for this week's challenge then visit

 http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/2015/07/weekly-challenge-228-guest-blogger-cari.html 

My entry for TNTM weekly challenge is we have to use tangles starting from the letter "L" and also use tangles from the artist in focus -- J. J. LaBarbera

This is my entry for this week's challenge 

Tangles used for the TNTM challenge are Ticking, Arc Flower, Lichen, Lokomotive and I don't know the name of the heart like tangle. If you know then please  do let me know in the comments.

If you want to participate for this week's challenge, head over to this link

http://suzymoshcreations.blogspot.com/p/thats-new-to-me-weekly-challenge.html 

Thank you all for your time and lovely comments ! 

" A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." 

iPad Art --Sunnyvale Summer Camp Pics

I am truly  blessed that I was able to inspire a curious group of children to create art using their iPad. Students were taught how to use Paper by 53 app and Procreate.

This  week long ( July 13 to July 17,2015) camp was held at the Sunnyvale Community Center, Sunnyvale CA. Age group of children were 7 to 9 years.

I thank the team at  Mobile Art Academy and the staff at the Sunnyvale Community Center for making this possible.

And here are the artworks of my amazing and talented  students. All of them did a wonderful job !

Title: Space
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: Alien kid
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: US Flag
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: Dragon
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Paper by 53

Title: Girl with a Dog
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Paper by 53

Title: Donut
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Paper by 53

Title: Softball Rules
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: Dog
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Title: Love
Apps used: Procreate
Medium: iPad Art

And here is a picture of a  surprise beautiful  looking   bouquet of flowers from one of the child's parent that I received  on the last day of camp. It was quite a surprise for me!

Thank you very much!

" Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." --- Albert Einstein 

#ipadart #art #abstractart, #digitalwatercolor #mobileart #childrensart

Yippee I made it to MDAC 2015

I am honored to have my painting selected for the upcoming MDAC summit at the Palo Alto Art Center. I thank the judges and everyone at Mobile Art Academy for their time and efforts for this to happen. 

This is the second consecutive year that my iPad art is being selected for this prestigious event. There were about 700 + artworks submitted  from artists  around the world and my painting made it to the Top 100 this year. 

I generally don't brag   but I am genuinely  happy that my painting made it this year too. 

Here is a picture of my iPad art that had been juried onto. 

Title: Apsara
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Sketch club

 And here are the artworks  of all other artists from all around the globe. 

If you want to be inspired by artists from around the world and meet them perhaps then do drop by at the Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Art, CA. The Mobile Art And Creativity Summit for 2015 will be  in August 2015 on Aug 7,8 and 9th a three day Mobile Art and Creativity summit.

Grand opening for Mobile Digital art Exhibition will be on Aug 7, 2015 Friday from 5:30 pm to 8 pm.There will be Fun, Music, Food and Wine, Live iPad painting and some creative inspiration. This event is FREE.

If you have been inspired enough and don't know where to begin then do join the 2-Day Summit Saturday August 8, 2015 and Sunday August 9,2015 from 8:30 am to 5 pm for workshops and masterclasses.   This is a PAID event. You need to  REGISTER before you drop by. Here is the link

http://www.mdacsummit.org/registration.html

Do head over to http://www.mdacsummit.org/    for other useful info. 

 I am  looking forward to see artworks of all other artists and get energized creatively. 

" Creativity is a Wild Mind and a Disciplined Eye." -- Dorothy Parker 


 #iPadArt #digitalart  #mdac2015 #mdacsummit  #mobileart #SketchClub