It's that time of the year when I pause and reflect on my achievements and failures, my highs and lows, pay special attention to all the mistakes I made...so I can learn from them and turn them into successes....
The single most important thought that comes to my mind as this year comes to a close is how this blog has changed my life. Blogging came pretty late to me, considering the fact that I had been asked several times over the last few years about having a website or a blog to showcase my work and share it with other like minded people. But it was a long and hard decision for me. I was not sure if I wanted to open myself and if so how much. It's not easy for me to talk about my work, in fact I feel extremely shy to do so.
Overriding all these thoughts, I finally went ahead and started a blog two years back and today, I must confess ....it's one of the best things that has ever happened to me...ok.... maybe the next best thing that has ever happened to me after I met my husband.... because without him this blog would never have happened... he is the reason behind The Storyteller!
Writing a blog, I admit, is a lot of work, but the constant encouragement and positive comments from my readers, pushes me to do more and do better.
All of 2012, I spent a lot of time finding my style before I finally settled on doing what I love most..watercolors! I decided to come up with something that would satisfy my love for stamps and watercolors together. I combine them on every piece of work I do!
2013 saw me take a huge step in the field of designing. I started the year as designer for Faber Castell, an exciting opportunity to be associated with a company whose products I had used ever since I was a kid. Then came CAS-ual fridays Challenge, which has been real fun, and then Yasutomo Niji, another art product company which makes some really wonderful art supplies It has been an exciting year in terms of art and design and I start 2014 as designer for Crafter's Companion and Art Impressions.
So, today I will share a mix of some of the most popular cards and some of my personal favorites of 2013 with you...click on the links to see the original post.
Starting with this one .... I received a couple of mails asking me how I achieved that glow in the painting..honestly, I do not know! I used Caran D'ache Neocolors and just went about coloring as I always do. So, I am sorry I have no other explanation on how to achieve that light, except for sharing the color- lemon yellow. If I remember right, I applied the color and washed it down and left a bit of the white paper showing. If only I knew how to do video tutorials, I would have shown you, but I am not so savvy, but, who knows, 2014 might change that..Hope!
.......but for now let's call it Divine Intervention!
I would have loved to tell you the reason behind each of these favorites, but I did not want to make this post longer than it is and take more of your time!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and wish you a "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
The single most important thought that comes to my mind as this year comes to a close is how this blog has changed my life. Blogging came pretty late to me, considering the fact that I had been asked several times over the last few years about having a website or a blog to showcase my work and share it with other like minded people. But it was a long and hard decision for me. I was not sure if I wanted to open myself and if so how much. It's not easy for me to talk about my work, in fact I feel extremely shy to do so.
Overriding all these thoughts, I finally went ahead and started a blog two years back and today, I must confess ....it's one of the best things that has ever happened to me...ok.... maybe the next best thing that has ever happened to me after I met my husband.... because without him this blog would never have happened... he is the reason behind The Storyteller!
Writing a blog, I admit, is a lot of work, but the constant encouragement and positive comments from my readers, pushes me to do more and do better.
All of 2012, I spent a lot of time finding my style before I finally settled on doing what I love most..watercolors! I decided to come up with something that would satisfy my love for stamps and watercolors together. I combine them on every piece of work I do!
2013 saw me take a huge step in the field of designing. I started the year as designer for Faber Castell, an exciting opportunity to be associated with a company whose products I had used ever since I was a kid. Then came CAS-ual fridays Challenge, which has been real fun, and then Yasutomo Niji, another art product company which makes some really wonderful art supplies It has been an exciting year in terms of art and design and I start 2014 as designer for Crafter's Companion and Art Impressions.
So, today I will share a mix of some of the most popular cards and some of my personal favorites of 2013 with you...click on the links to see the original post.
Starting with this one .... I received a couple of mails asking me how I achieved that glow in the painting..honestly, I do not know! I used Caran D'ache Neocolors and just went about coloring as I always do. So, I am sorry I have no other explanation on how to achieve that light, except for sharing the color- lemon yellow. If I remember right, I applied the color and washed it down and left a bit of the white paper showing. If only I knew how to do video tutorials, I would have shown you, but I am not so savvy, but, who knows, 2014 might change that..Hope!
.......but for now let's call it Divine Intervention!
I would have loved to tell you the reason behind each of these favorites, but I did not want to make this post longer than it is and take more of your time!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and wish you a "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
