My New Artworks Illustrating Nature

Here are some of my new artworks  illustrating nature.

Title: Two is Company !
Medium: Digital Painting painted using the iPad
Apps used: Procreate

Inspiration for this piece: I recently visited Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary at Pacific Grove, California. I got to learn so much about the migration phenomenon,habitat and life cycle of   these butterflies from a friendly docent . It was an eye opening experience for me as I got to learn so much about these butterflies.  With so much information and reading more online in their website for inspiration I decided to create yet another  digital painting with my favorite exotic tropical plant -- Bird of Paradise ! 

Title: Yellow Tang
Medium: Digital Painting using Photoshop

Inspiration for the above artwork: I was reading an article online  about what fishes work well for setting up an aquarium at home. I looked online for inspiration to get the general anatomy right and painted it digitally using Photoshop. After that just for fun I added more of the yellow tang fishes just in different colors to create harmony and contrast with respect to color.  

Title: Info-graphics on California Sea Lions
Medium: Adobe Illustrator 

I illustrated this Info-graphics about California Sea Lions as a part of a project using Illustrator. Book referenced for Sea lion Facts :  The National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World  by Randell R. Reeves, Brent S. Stewart, Phillip J. Clapham and James A. Powell.

" The Power of Imagination makes Us Infinite"-- John Muir

Year in Review- 2017

It is that time of the year to look back at the news and stories that shaped this year 😂😁😃

1) The Sunnyvale Community Services Spring Boutique show happened this year on Saturday May 13,2017 at the Sunnyvale Community Services located at  725 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA.  Being a member of this Sunnyvale Community Services Auxiliary team  I got a chance to sell all of my craftsy creations via this show for a cause. This show was a huge success this year. All the team members thanked me for increasing the publicity for this show. It was a win-win situation for all of us.  Here is a picture of all my sold items:

Title: All of my craftsy creations sold for a good cause.

2) For May 2017, Flowers were the theme at Lisa's Lachri Fine Art Facebook group. Here is my entry for this group challenge. It was painted using the iPad.

Title: Spring Blossoms
Medium: iPad Art

 Update: I would like to thank Lisa of Lachri Fine art for featuring my artwork. You can check up this video here : Video Link

3) The Sunnyvale Art Club's Annual  juried art show took place on  June 17,2017 and June 18,2017 at the Sunnyvale Public Library,CA this year. It was a memorable event for me because  not only did I win  3rd place under mixed media category, I also got to sell my original artwork. 

Selfie with my artworks!

Title: Tribute to Cecil
Medium: Pen and Ink with Colored Pencils
Price: SOLD!

4) I am thankful for being appreciated  by all of my  art club friends  for volunteering to be the Secretary of Sunnyvale Art Club for 5 years in a row now.  I will continue  to serve as the Secretary for whole  of 2018 as well.

5) The theme for September  2017 challenge at the monthly Colored Pencil Magazine was " Blueberries". Photo reference credit-- Sally Robertson ( Copyright Released). Thank you for the reference picture.

Title: Berries
Medium: Colored pencils on Canson's Acid Free sketch paper

6) Some of my Digital artworks that I illustrated  in Sept 2017. Below is a postcard that I created for an Aquarium Project. 

Postcard art  created for an Aquarium show

I illustrated this Book  cover art   -- The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Book Cover Art : Call of the Wild

7) On Sept 12, 2017 I received this news that my artwork had been selected for the Colored Pencil Hidden Treasures Volume 4 Publication this year (2017). The competition was fierce this year with a record of 837 entries.  I would like to thank Ann Kullberg who is a great Artist, Author and a Global Colored Pencil ambassador and her team of judges for featuring my artwork. Here is picture of my artwork.

Title: A Thing of Beauty!
Medium: Colored Pencils

Here is the picture of the Book where my artwork is published

And this the page where my artwork is published in the book:

Picture of the  page where my artwork has been published in this book.

If you would like to get a copy of this book, you can now get it here using this link: CP Hidden Treasurers Volume IV


8) On  Friday October 13,2017, Colored Pencil Magazine hosted Friday the 13th giveaways in their Facebook page. I have never participated in any sort of giveaways before. In-fact this  was my first giveaway ever. I won the Derwent Procolor 24 count Tin set. I was thrilled to receive this set. Here is a picture. I would like to thank Sally Robertson from Colored Pencil Magazine for hosting this giveaway. It was a fun event.

 

9) From Sep 20 to Oct 23,2017 my artworks were featured at Red Rock Coffee Shop located at Castro Street Mountain view, CA. Here is a picture of my paintings at the cafe.

My artworks at Red Rock Coffee Shop 

10) I was the featured artist from Oct 1 to Dec 1, 2017 at Pho Nam Restaurant located at 844 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale,CA. My painting " Airavata-- The Elephant in Heaven" was on display.

Me with my artwork at Pho Nam Restaurant 

 11) The Sunnyvale Art Club's monthly club meeting took place on Thursday Nov 16, 2017. The theme for this  monthly art competition is "Abstracts". I am thrilled to  announce that my Colored Pencil artwork won 2nd place  in this competition.

Title: Ode to Picasso!
Medium: Faber Castell Polychromos on Stathamore Drawing paper
Size: 7.5"by 9.5"

12)  I am honored to inform you all that my artwork is  up at the Sunnyvale Mayor's office from  Dec 1, 2017 to Feb 1,2018. The Sunnyvale Mayor's office is located at 456 West Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale,CA.

Me with my  painting at the Sunnyvale Mayor's Office

13) I created this artwork for November 2017 monthly art challenge with the Color Pencil Magazine. Photo reference credit (Copyright Released) --  Sally Robertson. Thank you for the reference picture. I had super fun doing this challenge.

Title: Fall Leaves
Medium: FC Polychromos, Derwent Procolor Colored Pencils and Markers used only on the ladybugs on Strathamore Drawing Paper

14) I created these holiday tags at the Sunnyvale Library on December 11, 2017 at the Adults craft night hosted by the Sunnyvale library,CA

Holiday Gift Tags

This will be my last post for 2017. I wish you all a Happy Holiday season and a Colorful 2018.

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere."-- Vincent Van Gogh

Feliz Cumpleanos !!

Feliz Cumpleanos to Creative Jayu's Blog as we are celebrating its 7th birthday today.  I created this animated gif for this occasion. This is done using an iPad only.

Title: Feliz Cumpleanos
Medium: iPad Art

After that I got hooked and created more animated GIFs. So here are some more done using the iPad.

Title: Minions !

Below animated GIFs are my very first animated GIFs

Title: Its a Beautiful Day!

Title: Hello there!

This painting below is for the Feb 2017 Facebook group Art Challenge. This is at Lisa's FB group at Lachri Fine Art. The theme for this month's challenge is " Things in Trees." I used my own reference picture for this challenge.

Here is my entry for this month's art challenge

Title: Two is Company
Medium: iPad Art

Update: I thank Lisa for featuring my iPad art seen  above  ( Two is Company) for the Feb 2017 art challenge. Here is the video link Feb 2017 Art Challenge 


 The painting below is for Colored Pencil Magazine's monthly challenge. This challenge is for Nov 2016. Photo reference credit -- Sally Robertson ( Copyright released). Thank you for the picture.

Title: House Guests!
Medium: Colored Pencils on Canson's Acid Free Sketch paper

The painting below is for Colored Pencil Magazine's monthly challenge. This challenge is for Sept 2016. Photo reference credit -- Sally Robertson ( Copyright released). Thank you for the picture.

Title: Needle and Thread
Medium: Colored pencils on Canson's Acid Free Sketch paper, Ball point pen for numbers

The painting below is for Colored Pencil Magazine's monthly challenge. This challenge is for Oct 2016. Photo reference credit -- Sally Robertson ( Copyright released). Thank you for the picture.

Title: Indian Corn
Medium: Colored Pencils on Canson's Acid Free Sketch paper

I created this  quick doodle ( see below) for the BBC ( Blue Blotch  Challenge ) challenge that takes place at the " The Mobile Artist Collective"  Facebook group. This is done using an iPad.

Title: Fishing Anyone?
Medium: iPad Art
Apps used: Procreate

I took part in Kathryn Costa's Mandalafest 2016. Here are some of my mandalas I created during the class.

Title: For Mandalafest 2016
Medium: Colored pencils

Title: Mandalafest 2016
Medium: Colored digitally using the iPad

The painting below is inspired from the book  -- Enchanted Fairies.

Title: Enchanted Fairies
Medium: Colored Pencils only

For Lisa's FB group challenge for March 2017 the theme is Water or something to do with it. Here is my entry

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

Update: I would like to thank Lisa from Lachri Fine Art for featuring my Waterlily painting. Here is the video link for you to watch--  March 2017 Art Challenge


Painting below is entry for Color Pencil Magazine monthly challenge for Feb 2017. Thanks to Sally Robertson for reference picture ( Copyright Released)

Title: Feathers and Butterflies
Medium: Kohinoor Woodless Color Pencils and Butterfly Stickers on an acid free drawing paper.

I thank you all for hopping onto my blog. See you soon with another blog post.

" Keep your face to the Sunshine and you cannot see the Shadows." 

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. 

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.