Saturday, September 3, 2011

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Mixed media portraits!







My first mixed media portraits!..loved how they turned out..the process was so much fun!



Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Children's book illustration..


Wall painting..








'Good and Evil' -a wall painting.


Pages for Children's journal/workbook












These pages are ideas I had for a 10-11year old's journal/workbook. The first page topic is 'relationship with parents' which can seem like a maze at times..the second is has the image of a white tshirt waiting for friends to autograph..the third page topic is 'nationalities'..the fourth and fifth are on 'anger' .


Sunday, March 29, 2009

Whimsical Illustration

Just a little sample of a whimsical style of illustration, this was coloured digitally.

Mixed media art Girl!!








I really enjoyed the online class I took to learn new mixed media techniques, this is a dedication to my puppy who passed away years ago. I loved using collage elements and creating texture, the whole process is lots of fun.
For anyone who's wondering, the skull represents death that is inevitable so it goes well with the theme of this painting.
I like how it has turned out and I know how I can change it up next time as well.

Character sketches for Children's books




These are some characters I created in my sketchbook.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Art Journal.. improvising pushes creative boundaries!

The background of this page was freeflowing, childlike fun. The theme 'just happened' as I went along playing. All it took was a few watercolour pencils, left over patterned paper,a few embellishments and a whole lot of childish imagination!
This is the envelope I made and the note inside is accordian folded so it springs out. I also like the sparkly blue on the inside of the envelope, makes it feel like a magical surprise awaits me!

This page was originally quite different when I started it, I had stuck words all over and I didn't like the look, it bothered me and kept me from moving forward...so I pulled off the words and made the envelope containing the quote instead and I really like how it looks now. It's really taught me that if something goes wrong you can always go back and fix it! Improvise!!

Card Making...

It's so much fun to think up designs for cards and play with colourful handmade papers and pretty embellishments. I thought they would make great gifts.. and I made envelopes to match!

Friday, November 21, 2008

Album making: in honour of my beautiful Aunt







I'm enjoying the process of creating this album. I started from scratch making the hard bound cover and stitching in the pages. I wanted to bring out the indian-ness of the old photos and so I embellished the pages using traditional colours and patterns.
My Aunt is an inspiration to me and I was thrilled when I found these beautiful old pictures of her. It's a creative way of treasuring memories instead of cold blank albums and it adds that personal touch! (I'm hoping to make lots more!)

A lil more art journaling