Out came the frustration....

Hello Everyone!

I know that, I disappeared again. I have been working really hard on my job applications.... No luck yet, but I'm sure something is going to turn positive very soon. Well, enough of my bragging... Today's post is to show you something that I created last Friday, but before you can see what I made, I would like to tell you the story behind its creation.

Last Friday wasn't so good at work , so I came home all frustrated & wanted to pent it out somewhere. I tried working out for 30 minutes but it did not help. Then I freshened up & sat with my journal in lap. I stared at the empty page, but did not know what to make. Just imagine, I'm already having a bad day & then zero inspiration. I even went thru a few pin on Pinterest, but no.... nothing.... nada...... I was about to give up & go to sleep, when I remembered that I had bought some generic acrylic paint bottles from Walmart long back & did not get to use it. So I decided that whatever..... lets just check out how these colors work, so I randomly picked a sea green color from the colors I have & painted the entire page in it. After 2 coats of paint I liked the coverage.Then I stenciled butterflies on it in white, which I regretted immediately after, so I painted them colorful. Now I added flowers to it, random colors, colored in leaves & grass & went ahead to tweak to butterflies more using metallic & neon gel pens. The entire thing that came out of it looked good. But there was some empty space which made it look incomplete.

After giving it a long look of 5 minutes, I made up my mind to fill that space with a beautiful quote. I keep a list of quotes in a separate book. It must be having at least 100 quotes, which I knew would overwhelm me, hence I decided to take a little leap of faith & pick a random quote closing my eyes.I know what you all are thinking, even I felt childish doing this, but I did it even then. Closed my eyes & placed my finger in a quote & opened my eyes. When I saw the quote I selected, I was amazed, so I immediately wrote it down beautifully. You must be like what was the quote, so... I'm not gonna tell you here. You can have a look for yourself below.

You see what I meant, I was frustrated, had no inspiration, did everything randomly & see how Luck pointed me towards Faith. Since this day I feel that my faith is newly revised & I feel that finally its all going to work out for me.

Hope after reading this you too keep faith in yourself & push harder towards your goals. Let me know if you all liked it. Also you can post back if you get some inspiration to run free & create something new. I  would love to see what you have create & hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 


Supplies used: Apple barrel acrylic paint, paint brushes, Stencils, Metallic & Neon gel pens, Paper, Pencil, Eraser, Sakura Micron pens,

Tangled Spree.....

Hello Everyone!
Hope you all are doing great!
Lately I have been getting very inspired from the different zentangle boards on Pinterest. It also led to creating some on my own. Have a look.

Did you all like it? I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)


PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 


Supplies used:  Paper, Pencil, Eraser, Sakura Micron pens

A Girl has to be .....

Hello everyone!

A few days back I was on Pinterest & I came across a beautiful quote by Coco Chanel. It was " A girl has to be 2 things, Classy & Fabulous." I liked it so much that I wanted to write it down. So i wrote it down, but in my style..... Have a look at the process if its creation.

First thing was I needed a beautiful girl, which I found here. I used it & added my quote along with it. The sketch looked well, so I decided to ink it.

I was so tempted to fill her with colors all over. I even asked to suggestions from friends & family. Got various different comments. Finally I did something like this.....

I think she is beautiful. Did you all like here. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)


PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 


Supplies used:  Paper, Pencil, Eraser, Sakura Micron pens, Faber Castell watercolor pencils

Lord Ganesha

Hello Everyone!

I know that I did it again. I ha been away form you all again for a very long time without any notice. But that did not keep me away from doing any new artwork.

Today I have a beautiful Zentangle I have created. Here it is.....

 

This is an image of Lord Ganesha. He is believed to be god of knowledge & art. I loved the way the entire thing came out to be.... I found inspiration for this art from Dilip Patel.  He has some beautiful artwork at his blog. Would love to see what you can create. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)
 

Supplies used:  Paper, Pencil, Eraser, Sakura Micron pen.

Words to live by....

Hello Everyone!

I have been feeling low lately.... So I needed some reminder for myself. What could be a better way to inspire yourrself, than putting your thoughts down on paper... 

As you all know I hate writing, & I'm always short at words, so I just wrote down what I meant in 1 word each time. Here is my process......

When I completed inking my rough draft.... it felt beautiful by itself... but I needed more, so I decided to add a bit of color to it....

Once I added these bold colors my true inspiration, the words seem to be hidden. Finding them was more important, so I went in & made them bold....

                                                

I loved the way the entire thing came out to be.... I found inspiration for this art from Lindsay Ostrom.  She has some beautiful artwork at her blog. So what are the words that inspire you...???  Would love to see what you can create. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)
 


Supplies used: 

Paper, Pencil, Eraser, Sakura Micron pen (0.05, 0.3, 0.8), Faber Castell & Crayola color pencils.

To-do List

Hello Everyone!!!!
Last few days I have been trying to do a lot of things & at the same I keep ignoring a few other priorities in life. So I think that its time that I rethink & reschedule everything. So I gifted myself a fancy doodles to-do list.

I think I have been putting my priorities aside & not concentrating on more important things in life. So here's what I need to do:

1. Stop making excuses.  "The lazy man is full of excuses".  I think it is completely applicable to me right now. I keep pushing things on tomorrow. And as we all know that "Tomorrow never comes". I keep saying a number of times that "When things settle down, then I'm going to ... start exercising , follow a healthy diet, start paper crafting again ......etc...." & the list goes on. Things will never settle down. I have recently realized that I will need to prioritize things in order for them to happen
2. Start today. Not next month, next week, or tomorrow. "Never boast about tomorrow. You don't know what will happen between now and then".  I will list things to-do everyday & act on them.
3. Establish a planned schedule.  "A wise man plans ahead. A fool doesn't".  If you fail to plan, you're planning to fail. So I'm going to designate some specific time slots each week for the things I need to do. Whatever it is, put it on the calendar. And if it’s a big task, break it down into small pieces. Break it into bite-size pieces.
4. Face your fears. We hate to admit we have fears, because we think they’re a sign of weakness. But fear is a sign of humanity. I have heard that “Courage is not the absence of fear; it's moving ahead in spite of our fears'. 
5. Focus on what you gain, not the pain. There are very few things in life that are easy. You must push through the frustration and look at the gain beyond the pain. Concentrate on how good you're going to feel once you've finished the task. No one said  that life would be easy. There will be sacrifice and commitment. But there is tremendous reward when we do the things that we are meant to do.
6. Talk About It. I want you to write down three things you know God wants you to do, one item each in these three areas: your family, your personal life, and your career. I'll choose one of those three, and start today!

So there you have it...a to-do list...make a plan...join me, won't you? Whats on your to-do list....????
Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

Valentine day Special

Hello Everyone! Today I'm back with another of my creation.Today I don't have a doodle for you, but for a change I have a Patterned Paper background for you all. As we all know that Valentine day is just around the corner. So I was feeling very excited to make something out of "Hearts". So I came up with this heart filled patterned paper.

I will also try to post a few more doodles based on the Valentine Day theme in the next few days. 

I hope you liked my gift to you. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

 

Supplies used: 

Paper, Sakura Micron pen (0.3, 0.5) Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 

Missing the Summer

Hello Everyone!
Today I'm back with another of my creation. Today's doodle is inspired from the weather in New England area from past few days.Its been really very cold outside. Seems like the "Sun" has forgotten to come out & show us his face for last few days. In such situation I doodled about what I'm missing.

Yes, people I'm missing the summery, sunny days  ...... I just hope it gets better soon. Till then all those of you who are missing the sunny days like me, have fun with this doodle.

I hope you liked my gift to you. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. ]Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

 

Supplies used:  
Paper, Crayola color pencils
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 

Happy New Year!!!

Hello Everyone!!!!!

Wish you all a very very very Happy New Year!!!!!!!

It is already 2013 & 2012 went by so quickly. 2012 did not prove a good crafting year for me, but got to learn a lot of new things from all of you ( my fellow crafters). Hope I get to use all that I have learnt in 2012 to create something new & innovative this year.

Even though there is only so much that I have created this year. I would like to share it with you in a recap through this video below.

Thanks so much for all you who visited my blog and lovely comments last year.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Wishing all a Very Happy and Healthy New Year 2013 once again.

May God bless you all!!!