Welcome Spring!

These 2 pencil sketches are dedicated to all the beauty that comes with Spring. This is the season which reminds us of new life every year. Birds return from their long flights, trees bud and soon it will all be luscious green again!

I have always enjoyed pencil shading. The owl is a great subject for graphite pencils. He looks pretty fierce, doesn't he? :)

I am still learning the techniques of using color pencils. These sketches are imitations of other artists work. Color pencils are so versatile. You can achieve great texture or you can get a smooth blended look. This colorful bird is a good one to start with.

                                                                                                                                                               

Here are few more pictures showing the texture and the blended looks that you can achieve with color pencils.

Hope you all enjoy the warm spring sun this weekend! 

Hand Painted Bags - Part II

This is the second batch of paintings that will eventually be stitched on to bags. The first 3 are here.

This one is inspired by the beautiful hot air balloons that fly over our house regularly during summer. They are a wonderful sight.

I let my mind flow on this one. I wanted it to be an explosion of color. I think it will make a good purse.

And this is the last one in the series. I will be shipping all of these to India soon. I can't wait to see the finished purses. :)