Happy New Year folks, and a Roundup of (blog-year) 2014

Wish you a sparkling new year 

filled with positive, creative energy! 

Spread love and cheer as you go, 

and may your dreams have wings!

And Thank You, from the bottom of my heart, for hanging out with A Sunny Yellow Window every now 'n then. 

I promise to bring you the best of what my right-brain can conceive and curate in 2015 and the years to come :-)

Here's a round-up of 2014 with a few old posts you might still find relevant and useful:

7 Reasons Why Creative Entrepreneurs Must Have a Social Media Strategy

Wood-Block Art DIY

An ode to the Leather and Fabric duo

Frida Kahlo - a face that launched a thousand products

Transforming Spaces with Art - Aradhana Anand's gorgeous Delhi home

Designing a room around Artwork

Transforming Spaces with Art: 8 Creative Ways to Display Art

And in case you are planning your travel to these places and need ideas on artisan visits:

Craft Tour: Mask Making in Sri Lanka

A Bohemian Home Tour - a gem of a place to stay in Colombo

Beautiful remnants of colonialism in Sri Lanka

11 Must-Do Textile Tours and Craft Tours in India

Art & Artisans of Fez & Asilah: Morocco on my mind

Signing off for the year,
ambika.

Art Journal Exploits Prompt #6 - LEAF

I think this prompt has endless possibilities. Even as I type, I can picture it being represented in a zillion beautiful ways.

I painted/journaled it this way!

 

She shares secrets with the leaves and the wind.

A happy rest-of-the-week folks!

Color Blocking for Summer, and Art Journal Exploits Prompt #5

Summer doesn't sizzle as much here in pleasant Bangalore as in various other places in the tropics. However color blocking with summery hues and Juicy Watermelons are definitely on top of my mind.

I put it down on canvas today...

Juicy, yes!

Alrighty, Your Art Journal Exploits Prompt #5 is

Summer! 

Tell me what is top-of-your-mind when you hear "Summer"

Art Journal Exploits - Prompt #2 - Portrait

I exchanged some interesting notes, and got to meet (virtually) a lot of creatives who journal their heart out! A truly enthusiastic bunch of them linked up with some wonderful pages, and I am glad we got it rolling! I hope this has been of help in getting atleast some of you to reach for your journals! :-) Click here to reach prompt #1 and see the journal pages linked up!

And, 

This week (March 17-23), let's go for

Portraits

To see the rest of the prompts go here.

And this is what I have to share with you folks, the first time I ever let my paint brush lead me, instead of the other way round. I like it this way!
I usually just "color within the lines".

I let all the colors run down and meet at the very bottom... my way of saying - She is one with Nature.

Pleased to update that this 8*8 inch artwork is now Sold. 

Now, I'll wait for your versions of Portraits.
Have a good week ahead!

Art Journal - Painting Poems

A Haathi Chaap scrapbook for an art journal, Potli wooden blocks from Kadam, multi-hued watercolors, a black pigment liner, and a few words waiting to be strung together - were my tools of the trade.

I'm sure most of you know of Haathi Chaap, the folks who celebrate Elephant Dung paper. With that they create organic stationery, which sport the coolest of logos, and I like the post script on their homepage ... "No, it doesn't smell of poo. Really!" :-)

Incidentally, here's a fun picture I caught at the Singapore zoo.

And so,
my Haathi Chaap scrapbook flaunting the mammal's behind, and tied together with a ribbon, was waiting for the right inspiration. So were the hugely popular wooden blocks from Kadam.

I penned down two small poems.

One, of a tree calling out to his feathered friends. 

And another of a parrot's song 

And did I have fun splashing color on these beautifully textured pages!

Am linking on to the weekly story @Colours Dekor.