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

Watercolors for Digital Whisper blog challenge

I was teaching my students on how to use the watercolor brush in the app Paper by 53 to mix colors. These paintings were created to inspire my students so that they could use their creative side of their brain to create wonderful works of art.

Here are some quick doodles by me  using the watercolor brush in  the app Paper by 53.

Title:Two little chicks !
Apps used: Paper by 53
Medium: iPad Art

  Note: The chicks were painted using the watercolor brush in the app Paper by 53.

Title: A cute little Monster
Apps used: Paper by 53
Medium: iPad Art

 Note: The Monster was colored using the watercolor brush in the app Paper by 53.

All art prints are available at my store http://society6.com/jayashree242

With that I will leave you with a quote to ponder on  that I came across from a group on Facebook. Do let me know if this is true for you.

" Artists are People Driven by the Tension between the Desire to Communicate and the Desire to Hide"- D.W. Winnicott


Thank you all for your time and comments in advance.  See you soon with another creative post.

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The Mythical Fish !

This is my entry for " Cloth, Paper ,Scissors -- Put a Stamp on it  Challenge. It is created on a 7" x 5" watercolor paper. I used salt watercolor technique for the background. Once dry, I used micron pens and tangled this Mythical Fish. 

Title: The Mythical Fish
Size: 7" x 5" watercolor paper
Medium: Watercolors and Micron Pens

Today I will leave you all with  a part of my favorite song lyrics, Because I feel  happy while I am writing this post .

Name of song: Happy by Pharrel Williams

Because I'm happy

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof

Because I'm happy

Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth

Because I'm happy

Clap along if you know what happiness is to you

Because I'm happy

Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do