More from 100 Days Project

It has been a week since I have posted here:-( Anyways here is the rest of my drawings from The 100 Days Project. Better late than never:-)

Day-38/100 'I am Safe' in my watercolor handmade journal

Day-39/100  in my handmade journal

Day- 40/100 Rose

Day-41/100 A mixed media piece from my Art Journal.  My take for DLP Unplanner challenge of May 21st. Use self made stickers...

Day-42/100 

Day-43/100 A favorite piece of mine in watercolor

Day-44/100 in my art journal. .. my take for the last week of May challenge for the DLP Unplanner Project 

Use a stamp...

Day-45/100 Night

Linking my post to PPF and Sunday Sketches

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend 

Susan 

100 days project Day -33, 34, 35

My late post for T Stands for Tuesday  I am continuing with the 100 Days Project.  Here is,

Day-35

Under the sea

For drink I'm sharing a glass of water. I did have my oats smoothie but forgot to take the picture.  Erika had asked me about the smoothie, Erika, I ground regular oats first. Once it's powdered then I add milk, almonds, and the fruits of my choice, which is usually some slices of pineapple,  apple and a banana. It's yummy and do try it if you are a smoothie person:-)

This painting is a favorite of mine. I can see it hanging on our boys' room. Once it's framed I think it will look so good in a child's room. My 5 year old has already taken this painting's ownership:-)

Day-33

A watercolor bookmark for a friend. I did a similar tag for Day-32 which you can see here

Day-34

My first attempt in doing a high heeled shoe. Not very happy with how it has turned out,  need more practice. 

That is it for today. I'm hoping to visit all the 'Tea' ladies soon. Have a great week 

Hugs

Susan 

More from the 100 days project

Here is more art from The 100 Days Project.  When my children were small I thought once they reach the school age I will have a lot more free time.  But now I realize that is so wrong. Weeks fly by and always there's something or the other for us to take part in. My little one starts KG next school year. We had to go for the orientation this week, my oldest had a musical concert at school for which he played the violin, art classes here,  the usual household chores and cooking,  oh my gosh!  in between I create more art, try taking bett er photos which sadly never comes out great...so on and on:-)

Anyways back to art. ..

Day-28 I was experimenting negative painting here. I need to practice this method a lot more.

Day-29 Seahorse in watercolor 

Day-30  A mixed media piece from my Art Journal.  This is my take for The DLP Unplanner challenge from last week. The art challenge was to use 'Under paper'. 

This is the big sheet of paper with all the excess paints and gelli prints that I had. I used a part of it to create the tree and the flowers.Finally I added the watercolor bird and the deer to my page. Finished it with a quote, "Everyday is a Second Chance." (Unknown )

For today, Day-31 I have this watercolor tag I made to give someone.  Love the soft look of it I'm sure I will be creating more of this kind.

That is all for this week.  Wishing you all a happy weekend 

I'm linking my post to the wonderful team at PPF and Sunday Sketches

Thank you 

Susan 

Tuesday Art...

I'm continuing with my 100 Days Project. ..Last week I was in the mood to do Birds. 

 Day-24 My blue bird in watercolors . Can you see my new brush? It's a round 8, silver black velvet brush from Blick.

Day-26 one more bird with another new set of watercolors that I had bought a while ago.Will come back to that in detail in another post. I'm linking my drink, oats and fruits smoothie with Elizabeth at T stands for Tuesday

Day-27  A card in the making...

Day-28 Into the woods... This is a quick one. I just experimented with a mix of Ganzai Tambi watercolors and PH Martin's concentrated watercolors.
I'm linking the above picture to Art Journal Journey where the theme for this month is Journey.
That is it for now. It is sad that the weather is still not stable. Looking forward for sunny days
Wishing you all a happy Tuesday

Friday Creations

Three weeks completed and I'm still going strong with The 100 Days Project :-) 

Day-22 Continuing with my whimsical birds. If you are interested in seeing the previous birds that I had created it is here

Day-23/100 Jelly fish practice in watercolor 

Have you watched the family movie, Up,Up and Away? This page is inspired by that movie. This is also my take on  the first week of May challenge by Art to the 5th team. Sorry for the terrible photo. Today morning here it is cloudy and  dark and I'm unable to take good photos. In real this piece is more vibrant and cheerful.

I'm linking the above piece on Art Journal Journey where the prompt is 'Journey'. 

I'm also linking my whole Friday post with Paint Party Friday

Have a wonderful weekend everyone

Thank you for being here

Susan

Tea with Birds

I'm so happy with how my 100 Days Project is going.I've heard artists talking about how practice can make you a better artist. I think it's true. In the beginning of this project I was not even sure whether I will have enough  ideas to go till Day-20. Here I am on to Day 22 and as each day passes I find that I've more ideas:-)

Its always challenging for me to keep the white of the page. So that is what I tried to achieve here.

I'm having a cup of coffee with my art. I'm linking my drink and art with  Elizabeth at Stands for Tuesday

Day-19/100 Little Birdie 

Day-20/100 "Your wings already exist all you have to do is fly."Unknown 

Day-21/100 More Birds...

Happy Tuesday everyone 

Thank you so much for visiting and commenting on my art. It is so much appreciated.

Hugs

Susan 

Happy Mother's Day

Today I'm continuing to share the art I'm doing for The 100 Days Project hosted by Ella Luna.

At the beginning of this year I had also signed up for The Gratitude 52 Weeks Challenge hosted by Jennifer Frith. The prompt for Week-15 was Self Care. I did a leaf and flower wreath in watercolor. Added the  tree and a quote by Deborah Day on the subject

This page is also my take for Day-12/100 for The 100 Days Project 

Day-13/100 I usually use acrylics for backgrounds. This time I came out of my comfort zone and painted some florals with them. I love them so much and want to try more such Spring themes using acrylics.

Day-14/100 Picnic: I'm proud of being a girl😊😊A mixed media piece... I'm so happy that this is also an order that I received to make as a Birthday invite for a little girl :-)

Day 15/100 Hello... A special piece in watercolor for a friend:-)

Day-16/100 Her name is Faith

Day-17/100 Little Jumbo in watercolors 

Day-18/100  A special page in my Art Journal for Mother's Day

The challenge for April 30th at the DLP Unplanner was to use a color that you usually avoid. For me, one of those colors would be brown. On an art journal background, I typically don't use this color unless there is a specific reason to use it. I would never choose this color for a banner. So here I made a banner with brown and on it says, 

"I Love You Mom."

I'm linking my post to the awesome PPF team (Oh my goodness!  I just saw my post chosen by the PPF team on their site this week😄😄 So happy to see my blog and name over there. Thank you so much Eva and Kristin you made my day:-)

To all the mothers out there Happy Mothers Weekend.Have a wonderful time 

Hugs

SusaN 

The 100 Days Project in watercolor and mixed media

My water color and mixed media art works for  The 100 Days Project is going on.

Day-8 More Flowers in watercolor 

Day-9 Butterfly 

Day-10 Spring Bouquet 

Day-11 My mixed media piece from my weekly journal 

T h e DLP Unplanner Challenge for the last week of April was to  add numbers. Love the play of colors here. I had absolutely no idea how it would turn out but once the paints were painted this was the effect.Some handmade flowers were also added and as for the numbers I added the music  sheet which had the notes and numbers to it. I'm linking my post to Paint Party Friday

Have a wonderful weekend everyone 

Susan 

Tea and art challenges

Today I am sharing the art pages from two different challenges. Beginning of this year,  I had signed up for a free Gratitude Challenge hosted by a very talented artist, Jennifer Frith. Every week she comes up with a prompt on instagram and we can create a page based on that prompt.

Prompt  12- Sunshine I created the above page using acrylics 

The beverage I'm having is a cup of tea. I'm linking my art and tea with Elizabeth at T stands for Tuesday

Prompt -13 Worship. I tried a stained glass effect. Sadly it didn't come out well on the sketchbook that I've used. I guess, coldpress watercolor paper is the best for this.

I'm yet to finish 2 more prompts from this challenge. Hope to do them by the end of this week.

In  order to keep myself inspired I'm doing The 100 Days Project. So far I'm able to keep up with this. Here goes, 

Day -5 Food( This was also the 14th Prompt of the Gratitude 52 Challenge)

Day-6 Mushroom Garden in watercolors 

Day-7 Swim Away using my Ganzai Tambi watercolors 

Now I'm going to do another page for today:-) Hope you all have a lovely week. 

Thank you for your support and kindness

SusaN

100 Days Project Day-2,3 and 4

More sketches from The 100 Days Project. I'm taking part in this event for the first time and my theme is 100 Days of watercolor and mixed media. 

Day-2 Cactus

Day-3 Spring Floral

Both the above sketches have been done using my current favorite watercolor set the Ganzai Tambi set.

I'm doing my watercolor sketches in my handmade journal made with 140lb Arches watercolor paper 

This mixed media page is my take for Day-4. This is also a page that I created for the DLP Unplanner challenge of the 3rd week of April.

The challenge was to Create Outside The Lines. I experimented with some new color combinations and love the result.I've also added a quote on my page. It says, 

"Don't waste your Life trying to impress other people, Do what you love, Love what you do."

This is also my post for Art Journal Journey and Paint Party Friday

Have a great weekend everyone 

Thank you for your support 

Susan

Tea and art using Ganzai Tambi watercolors

This week it is real Spring weather for us:-) I feel like I too want to join the singing birds outside my window. I'm linking my cup of coffee and art with Elizabeth at T stands for Tuesday 

For the last two weeks I was not feeling very creative. I read somewhere that even if you don't feel inspired to paint still you should do something random that doesn't need so much planning or thinking. 

So this is what I did. Couple of months ago I had bought a new 24 pan Japanese water color set, named the Ganzai Tambi watercolors.I did a watercolor chart of this set. This has now become a favorite of mine. The colors are so rich and vibrant .I've not seen these many shades of green in any other sets. 

A quick sketch of a Spring bouquet using these watercolors

Day-1 The 100 Days Project 

Challenges always keep me inspired to create. Luckily, I found one named The 100 days project starting today till the end of July. The above stencilled feathers in watercolor, using my new set is my take for Day-1

For the above mentioned project I'm currently working in my handmade watercolor journal. 

 My journal has 15 sheets, including the cover ( that is 30 pages) of 140lb Arches watercolor paper. The cover is made out of a beautiful  handmade paper from India and I've used saddle stitch to bind them.

Finally, I wanted to share this watercolor card that I had made for a dear friend here. My two words for 2016, are 'Grow' and 'Give'. Sadly, my poor organization skills have not let me in giving more. So this month I'm conciously taking an effort to create and give more of my art to others. More cards are in the making proces:-) 

Happy Tuesday to all my dear friends who take the time to visit me and my artsy world. 

Hugs

Susan