Creatively designed creation

 These are some sketches from Botanical Garden in SF.. It's a very beautiful park and I found a lot of interesting plants.. :) Great place for inspiration.. 

APE 2013 - October 12-13

Hi all, 
I want to invite all of you to the Alternative Press Expo (APE) annual event at Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco on October 12-13.

It offers a great number of alternative and self-published comics, books, art, and do-it-yourself items. 

As for me and my friends, we will be at table 443 (where the red dot is) having art prints of our original paintings. So check it out!

There will be admission fee.

If you order online NOW, it will be $15 for 2 day badge or $10 for 1 day badge.
Here is the link to get your ticket:
http://www.comic-con.org/ape/badges-registration

ONSITE prices for badges are $15 for 1 day, $20 for 2 days.

I will be selling:

• Peter and The Wolf 

  11"X17"

• Joyfully dancing 

  11"X17"

• Narnia

  11"X17"

• Frog Prince
  11"X17"

• One Late Afternoon
  5"X7"

• Boston
  5"X7"

• Love Found Me
  5"X7"

• Timmy
  4"X6"

                                             
                                               

See you!

Note:
We only receive cash and Credit/Debit card for each art prints!

Antelope Canyon

Birthday Trip 07.27.2013

A good friend of mine had planned a birthday trip to Napa Valley for me.. The weather was perfect and the place was so pretty made me wanted to paint it.. So here is the painting: 

Cya next time!

Commission: Greeting Card

Greeting Card commission I did for a client for promoting San Antonio Zoo. Although mine was not picked by SA zoo, I had a lot of fun doing it. I used Acryla gouache this time in case you are wondering. Love this medium! :D

Front and back

Interior

Hope you like it! 

:)

Joan

More birds :DD

As I am working on my second children's book, I did some character study.. tried to put more personalities into my character.. Still learning to bring it out.. It's hard.. but I give it a try..  :) 

Hope you like it.. 

Feedback will be very much appreciated.. :DD

Study from photo reference I gathered

Cocky Gouldian Finch

curious Gouldian Finch

Confused one?

(The girl character was Wendy from Peterpan.. I saw a photograph of it from http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com)

Today's Sketch

North End, Boston 

J.W