A celebration of Animals !

For the months of October 2016 and November 2016 my paintings will be up at " For Other Living Things"  located at 1261 S Mary Avenue,Sunnyvale,CA. I share this space with two other local artists. Please feel free to visit the store if you are an animal lover like yours truly.

Being fond of animals  especially the "wild" kind,  I dedicate this post to all types of animals.

Pictures below are the paintings that will be up for Oct and Nov, 2016 at the store

Medium: Pen and Ink with Colored Pencils on Watercolor Paper

 Also linking this to Jake Parker's Inktober Challenge -- #inktober  and #inktober2016

Title: Adopt Me!
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Only the Pencil feature in the App Procreate

Title: Best Friends
Medium: Colored Pencils on Watercolor Paper

Title: Finding Nemo
Medium: Acrylics on 9 by 12" canvas

Pictures below are my entries to Colored Pencil Magazine's  Aug 2016 monthly challenge -- Beginner Category.
Photo Reference Credit: Sally Robertson

Title: American Bull Dog
Medium: Kohinoor Wood-less Colored Pencils and Watercolor Pencils  on Canson's Acid Free Sketch Paper 

The picture below is my entry to the Colored Pencil magazine's Annual Art Competition

Title: The Madhubani Peacock
Medium: Colored Pencils on Canson's Acid Free sketch paper

 Picture below is  One more entry to Jake Parker's Inktober Challenge. The Mule Deer is  created using Pen and Ink on watercolor paper--  #inktober2016 and  #inktober

With this I will conclude this post with a picture of one my most favorite animal from the animal kingdom. Picture taken from Jane Goodall Institute. 

You are invited to the Sunnyvale Community Services Auxiliary Team Holiday Boutique

 The Sunnyvale Community Services Auxiliary " Holiday Boutique" is happening  on Friday, October 28,2016: 3 pm to 7 pm and Saturday,October 29,2016: 9 am to 4 pm located at 725 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale ( Between Wolfe and Fair Oaks). 

This year I am a part of the Auxiliary team and you can find some of my handmade greeting cards, candles, paintings  and other baked goodies. 

Some more information for you about this Boutique

Sunnyvale Community Services Auxiliary Holiday Boutique
What: Handmade and heartfelt gifts for the holidays !
Ornaments, quilts, jams, baked goods, pet corner, jewelry, gifts & more.

When: Friday, October 28,2016: 3 pm to 7 pm and Saturday,October 29,2016: 9 am to 4 pm

Where: 725 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale ( Between Wolfe and Fair oaks)

100% of the proceeds benefit Sunnyvale Community Services ( working to prevent homelessness and hunger). 

www.svcommunityservices.org

Here is a sneak preview of some of my items that you will find at the Boutique. I don't have pictures of the beeswax candles that I made earlier, but you will find them at the boutique.

Holiday Greeting Cards

Birthday Greeting Cards

Update: I sold the above greeting cards at this show. 

Birthday Greeting Cards

Update: I sold the above greeting card at this show.

Pen and Ink Bookmarks

Update: I sold the above bookmarks   at this show.

Holiday Gift Tags

Update: I sold the above gift tags  at this show.

Warli  Style Greeting Cards

Update: I sold the above  warli  greeting card at this show.

Doodled Greeting Cards

Title: Winter Snowflakes
Medium: Mixed media on 18" by 14" canvas

Title: Hoot Hoot!
Medium: Pen and Ink on Watercolor Paper
Size: 9"by 7"

Update: I sold the above painting ( Hoot Hoot )  at this show.

Below is the postcard for the Holiday Boutique

Thank you for visiting my blog.

#greetingcards #holidaygifts #gifts  #Sunnyvale #BayArea #giveback  #penandink #ColoredPencils #candles #earrings #handmade
#Quilts #BirthdayGift #HolidayOrnaments #bakedgoods   #jewellery #shopping #petcorner

My Artistic Updates

Here are some of my recent Artistic updates

1) On Aug 1, 2016 my iPad Art was featured in the Cover of Kathy Qi's  key2arts Bay Area Community Newsletter.--  Newsletter Issue 96 Bay Area Art Events for Aug 1 to Aug 10,2016.

Here is  a snapshot: 

2) My iPad art was featured for  June 2016 group challenge at Lisa's Lachri Fine art Facebook group challenge.Tropical was the theme for June 2016. Here is the video link of my  featured  iPad Art

3) The theme for July 2016 group challenge at Lachri Fine art Facebook group challenge was "Trees". Here is my entry for this challenge

Title: The Majestic Tree
Medium: Pencils on Printer Paper, 12 by 16" 

Update: Happy to inform you all that the above painting -- The Majestic Tree was featured  for the July 2016 group art challenge at Lisa's Lachri Fine Art. Trees was the theme for this challenge.  Here is the YouTube video link to check out my artwork ---  Trees Challenge


4) Early June 2016 two of my iOrnament Art (iPad Art)  was featured under "User Creations with iOrnament 2.0 " in their Facebook page. Here are some snapshots of my featured paintings:

5) Sunnyvale Art Club hosts the yearly juried Library show at the Sunnyvale Library. I created this postcard for this show using only my iPad. Show was in June 2016. I did not participate this year but I got a chance to create the postcard. Here is the picture.

6) For the months of June and July I was the featured artist at the City Attorney's Office located across the Sunnyvale Library W.Olive Ave, Sunnyvale,CA. Here is a picture of my painting:

Title: Jekyll and Hyde
Medium: Acrylic Painting on 16 by 16" canvas

7)  The Tomato painting below  is done using "Kohinoor Woodless Color Pencils in Canson's Acid Free Sketch Paper. Photo Reference Credit: Sally Robertson. This is for the Color Pencil Magazine July 2016 Monthly Challenge. 

I am thankful for being a part of this vibrant art community and I thank everyone who featured my artworks  in various social media/ websites/ public locations etc. 

My entries to this week's challenges

"Baby" is the theme for this week's Digital Whisper Challenge. Here are my entries for this challenge: 

Title: Look who wants to hitch hike with you
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Sculpt + and Procreate

Note: The above iPad Art is a part of the humor series that I am working on. The elephant is digitally  sculpted using the app Sculpt + app by Autodesk. I then  painted the elephant using the same app. I then saved it it onto my iPad camera roll and imported this image onto Procreate. The background is painted using the app Procreate. Picture of Baby taken from Graphics Fairy. 

Here is one more as a part of the humor series :

Title: Cute Baby
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Paper by 53 and Procreate

Note: Picture of Baby taken from Graphics Fairy. The rest is my creation. The dictionary page taken from Google Images. 


"Party" is the theme for this week's challenge at Illustration Friday. This is my entry for this challenge

Title: The Party is Here!
Apps used: Artisian, iColorama and Sketch Club
Medium: iPad Art

Doing Zumba is my other passion.I have been doing Zumba since 2012 and  I just love swinging to its moves. This painting is inspired with Zumba on my mind.


" Tropical" is the theme for June 2016 monthly challenge. This challenge is at Lisa's Facebook Group at Lachri Fine Art. My own reference photo has been used. 

Title: Bird of Paradise
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

I thank you all for your time and comments over here. Your comments keep me motivated to create more art.

 " The Littlest Feet Make The Biggest Footprints In Our Hearts." 

Digital Whisper weekly challenge theme: Racoon and Every Inchie Monday-- Robot

Here are my entries for this week's Digital whisper challenge-- Racoon 

Title: I am watching you !
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

Note: Picture of  Racoon taken from my camera roll. This racoon visits us daily. 

Title: Time for  Dessert !
Apps used: Procreate
Medium: iPad Art

Note:  I wanted to infuse some humor onto this art piece. So used one of my favorite candy  for dessert. Also the car further ahead is not sure which way to pass them as these racoons want to  enjoy their dessert first. 

This Racoon is originally my painting done using pencils on my sketchbook. I took a picture of  it and incorporated it into this collage painting.

I hope you like it. If you want to participate for this weekly challenge please visit  http://digitalwhisper.blogspot.com.au/ 

This week the theme  at "Every Inchie Monday"  is "Robot." This is the first time I am participating for this challenge. It was quite challenging for me to work on such a small canvas as I am used to working in larger canvases. But I feel as an artist we sometimes have to break out of our comfort zone  and play and experiment with art.

Title: Beep Beep !
Medium: Micron Pens and Color Pencils on Moleskin journal

If you want to participate for this weekly challenge, please visit:
http://everyinchiemonday2012.blogspot.com/2016/05/inchie-robot.html 


I thank you all in advance for your time and comments here. 

" There is much more learning than knowing in the world."

Weekly challenge at Digital whisper and Illustration Friday

This week at Digital whisper the theme for this week's challenge is "Prince". Here is my entry for this week's challenge

Title: Purple Rain
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate and Fracture

Note: For the above painting, picture of Prince taken from Google. The rest of it is my painting created using the iPad.

Like it, you can buy art prints from my Society6 store here : https://society6.com/jayashree242

Do head over to Digital whisper if you want to participate for this week's challenge : http://digitalwhisper.blogspot.com.au/  and check out artworks of all talented artists over there.

This week's challenge at " Illustration Friday" is Tattoo. Here is my entry for this week's challenge.

Title: Tattoo Bird
Medium: Pen and Ink on Watercolor paper

If you want to participate for this week's challenge at Illustration Friday then please visit this link : http://illustrationfriday.com/ 

I thank you all for your time and your comments in advance. Your lovely comments make my day!

"A strong spirit transcends rules."-- Prince

Sunnyvale Art Club's group show at the Sunnyvale Library

I am  thankful for being a part of this vibrant art community.

The Sunnyvale Art Club will be displaying 20 paintings in the Tech Center area of the Sunnyvale Public Library for the month of May, June and July 2016.

The Sunnyvale Public Library is located at 665 West Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, California.

Come see the artwork in the library.

Here is a you tube video created by one club member for those of you who cannot make it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FgLT0MbUUw

And here are a few pictures:

Thank you for hopping by.

#Sunnyvale #art #painting  #creativity #BayArea #artforsale #artcollectors #artist
#artfan #fineart

Student Artworks at the Pacific Art League

Happy to inform you all that most of my students iPad artworks have been judged and been selected for the show at the Pacific Art League, Palo Alto,CA.

These artworks will be up at the gallery for the entire month in April, 2016.

Here are some pictures for you: