Caricatures

Here's a caricature I did for a wedding invite, the couple certainly has a cute sense of humour!

They liked how it turned out and I wish them the best. This was my first real caricature and I'm thrilled it came out well. Phew!

That one gave me the confidence do do another...Here's Adam can you tell he's a biiiiggg Arsenal supporter?!

Old Kerala House

I was commissioned to do this piece for my favorite grand aunt and uncle couple. This was the house she grew up in in Kerala, they don't make houses like this anymore! This was the last photograph of the house in all it's glory.
It was an honour to work on it. It's a A2 size black pencil drawing and shading, it had a lithograph effect which we were delighted about.
Above is the photo and the starting stages...below is the final piece...

Winnie

I did this portrait for a friend. It's of her lovely little dog Winnie. I've not seen her dog in person but she told me the likeness was spot on. Winnie always wears colourful, delicate bows and her soft silky fur is what I wanted to capture most. I think this is my best doggy portrait so far, I'm just thrilled my friend loved it as it's  a special drawing to do :)

Portrait in black pencil

Portraits

Our ReMarkable poster

Music Poster

Mixed media portraits!

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

Children's book illustration..

http://www.ourplacebooks.com/

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' .

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.

Plants..

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!!