tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:08:50 +0000PersonalBook ReviewStoryboardMusicDogsLearning CurveArtFunGardeningPhoto of the WeekIllustrationBloggingMovie ReviewBusinessIllustration FridayMaysun In CWeb DesignTravelDrawingWhat I Find InterestingCareerWritingLiteratureHumorSketchingTypographyVideoChildren's Book IllustrationQuote of the DayPaintingMaysun In C is an Art Studio specializing in Children's Book Illustration and other Illustration genres, Print Design, Web Design, Fine Art and Content Writing. We are based in Maharashtra, India.http://blog.maysuninc.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)Blogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-604070617438588051Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:08:00 +00002012-04-24T10:38:50.877+05:30MusicIllustration Friday Certain types of music can transport me to soaring heights from which fantastical notions always seem quite eminently possible. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/gdSCSOInPFA/illustration-fridayheights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/gdSCSOInPFA" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/illustration-fridayheights.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-6172061351809548518Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:06:00 +00002012-04-20T07:36:06.374+05:30Sketching http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/nJ5e4Id_9UA/sketchbookmeijin-and-chubary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/nJ5e4Id_9UA" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/sketchbookmeijin-and-chubary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-7790129096948135288Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:36:00 +00002012-04-19T13:06:38.443+05:30DrawingThe dragon remains in control if you train yourself. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/SW_y5Of2w6o/drawingyou-dont-scare-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/SW_y5Of2w6o" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/drawingyou-dont-scare-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-4146835783792079234Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:57:00 +00002012-04-18T21:27:55.328+05:30Photo of the WeekGardeningIt’s been a thoroughly enchanting day. The sun was bright  and there was a fine breeze. The crape myrtle is in bloom, as you see, and I completed everything on my work list. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/c3OOPmv7i-E/photo-of-weekcrape-myrtle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/c3OOPmv7i-E" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/photo-of-weekcrape-myrtle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-590029584100862332Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:31:00 +00002012-04-17T18:01:10.684+05:30WritingBusinessMaysun In CCareerHow to Stay Motivated as an Artist Staying motivated as an artist is essential if you want to have a long and interesting art career. There is no set mantra, what works for one person may not necessarily work for another, and, moreover, what you find motivating at one given time may not inspire you at another. There may also be various dampening issues and circumstances quite beyond our control.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/eGfyATcjclM/three-new-articles-on-maysun-in-c.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/eGfyATcjclM" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/three-new-articles-on-maysun-in-c.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-6467911323350179332Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:47:00 +00002012-04-16T13:17:28.071+05:30TravelIllustration  I met this Himalayan Black Bear at the Darjeeling zoo. He was seated at the edge of his enclosure looking at the tourists in a very bored manner. I think he was tired of people coming to stare at him, and of being  there in the first place, enclosed, with nothing interesting to do. At least it wasn’t as bad – which is not saying much - as at the monkey enclosure – they had to put up with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/YQQEj-ivfxM/illustrationblack-bear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/YQQEj-ivfxM" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/illustrationblack-bear.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-3933518661283069575Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:33:00 +00002012-04-13T11:03:00.075+05:30What I Find InterestingSome interesting links I came across this week - 1. Chrysiridia rhipheus - The Madagascan sunset moth 2. Georg Eberhard Rumphius –  German botanist who wrote the ‘Herbarium amboinense’. 3. Miniature Art - Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings in the Minassian Collection 4.  John Buxton – some terrific paintings on topics from American history. 5.  Ancient sounds - Scientists http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/V8e5lKl7WP4/wifimoths-botanists-and-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/V8e5lKl7WP4" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/wifimoths-botanists-and-art.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-4410727680337866436Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:42:00 +00002012-04-10T10:55:11.150+05:30Quote of the DayTypography http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/MNEO6Kysqh8/quote-of-day-charles-swindell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/MNEO6Kysqh8" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/quote-of-day-charles-swindell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-7623337452457110751Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:05:00 +00002012-04-10T11:10:29.135+05:30Photo of the WeekDogsPersonal                             We begin the week with a smile and look forward to lots of interesting happenings. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/EU298VU4O5o/photo-of-weeksmile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/EU298VU4O5o" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/photo-of-weeksmile.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-4975805332643043305Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:25:00 +00002012-04-05T22:00:34.784+05:30Illustration FridayWhat the Gunfighter’s wife said to him when her warrior returned home from the hills - I’ve been reading Louis L’Amour this week. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/qkP_DIYeWKk/illustration-friday-return.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/qkP_DIYeWKk" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/04/illustration-friday-return.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-4648851888531413851Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:32:00 +00002012-03-31T09:02:33.148+05:30Photo of the WeekGardening Photos – Kadambini Panse I love white Shewanti (Chrysanthemum Indicum) flowers – and the pink and yellow ones too. I’m waiting for the adjoining Crepe Myrtle to bloom next – it’s grown quite a bit since I transferred it to the south corner in direct sunlight. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/DRlfWvr9skU/photo-of-weekshewanti.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/DRlfWvr9skU" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/03/photo-of-weekshewanti.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-6871081013870124069Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:01:00 +00002012-03-30T21:31:32.112+05:30MusicSketchingMarch end. So I went to the bank. Naturally I had to go in the afternoon, and the sun was scalding hot. I love summer though. I associate it with pink water-melon slices, tall glasses of sugar-cane juice with crushed mint, bright yellow jacaranda trees, the shimmering silk of my Ma’s sari, and (amongst other music) Nana Mouskouri’s ‘Amapola’ and Boccherini’s ‘La Musica Nocturna de Madrid’. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/8lOh5flfPc4/sketchbookbank-teller.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/8lOh5flfPc4" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/03/sketchbookbank-teller.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-2475976342995514742Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:49:00 +00002012-03-24T13:37:00.070+05:30Illustration Friday Different shades in a relationship. Speaking of shades, I read Georgette Heyer’s  ‘These Old Shades’ the other day; the local book-seller got me the entire collection, so I’m going really Heyer-wire.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/sYatIac90jU/illustration-fridayshades.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/sYatIac90jU" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/03/illustration-fridayshades.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-7043529168601288804Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:22:00 +00002012-03-20T10:52:21.494+05:30SketchingI’ve been listening to some interesting art podcasts while I work. It’s entertaining – and inspiring and educational too -  to listen to how other artists work and about the experiences they’ve had. A good list can be found on itunes. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/ICCbUobn3Tw/sketchbookthe-chat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/ICCbUobn3Tw" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/03/sketchbookthe-chat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-5383786847652920995Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:54:00 +00002012-03-14T13:25:36.444+05:30Illustration Playing with the calligraphy tool in Inkscape in my break. I’m having a very busy week with 40 new illustrations, rough pencils by Friday, final pencil drawings by next Friday, and color final illustrations in the following two weeks. The work is immensely interesting and better than what I’ve done so far, definitely a valuable addition to the art portfolio. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/HGgfZkBQz3g/illustrationinkscape-girl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/HGgfZkBQz3g" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/03/illustrationinkscape-girl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-7217481467270762638Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:16:00 +00002012-02-19T20:59:20.072+05:30MusicVideoSketching Ustad Rashid Khan performing Raga Yaman. If you haven’t heard him, you ought to. Link -   Murad Ali playing the sarangi and Talwalkar on the tabla, accompanying Ustad Rashid Khan (above). It was a very inspiring evening. Sketches done on an old Dummy book. Because I didn’t want a tree to have died in vain. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/PGuRBwLZJEk/sketchbookrashid-khan-murad-ali-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/PGuRBwLZJEk" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/02/sketchbookrashid-khan-murad-ali-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-4201666300089254942Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:43:00 +00002012-02-10T10:13:15.714+05:30DrawingAt night all the fishes came out, the little ones and the very big ones. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/LE1I3XQGcOM/drawingcastlefish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/LE1I3XQGcOM" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/02/drawingcastlefish.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-4440695210188018082Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:37:00 +00002012-02-08T10:07:54.223+05:30Photo of the WeekDogsGardening  Photos – Kadambini Panse Cold and windy today. The dogs had a nice gallop around the garden and then they came right in. We have cosmos flowers all year round; the plants are one or two feet tall right now, but in the Monsoon they can shoot up to eight or nine feet. The lemon tree is in flower; the lemons are marvelous, thin-skinned and juicy. No mangoes from the Haphus tree this year. It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/BBb8CeyTpy8/photo-of-weekmeijin-barkya-and-pond.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/BBb8CeyTpy8" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/02/photo-of-weekmeijin-barkya-and-pond.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-1750217879593554795Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:24:00 +00002012-02-05T22:06:35.772+05:30Quote of the DayTypographyIllustration http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/wa7LpvLAqK4/quote-of-dayrobert-pirsig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/wa7LpvLAqK4" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/02/quote-of-dayrobert-pirsig.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-2639429459207381376Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:41:00 +00002012-02-04T00:11:29.665+05:30Illustration FridayIllustration She saw him turn towards the strange-looking soldier, and pause, like he was trying to decide how to address him. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/2yIargn3ZlE/illustration-fridaysuspense.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/2yIargn3ZlE" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/02/illustration-fridaysuspense.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-5970709958786656861Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:03:00 +00002012-01-27T12:18:05.815+05:30DrawingIllustration Friday Our twirling took us wide and afar. To different universes and galaxies. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/f_VjJCBt0Kg/illustration-fridaytwirl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/f_VjJCBt0Kg" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/01/illustration-fridaytwirl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-2127093176198708512Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +00002012-01-20T23:30:29.373+05:30MusicIllustration FridayThe warm-up. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/XiPVf4-SG3M/illustration-fridayprepare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/XiPVf4-SG3M" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/01/illustration-fridayprepare.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-7270674673613962462Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:34:00 +00002012-01-19T19:04:20.258+05:30Illustration Just when everything was going well, his phone rang. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/OFtMwKap8DQ/illustrationthe-call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/OFtMwKap8DQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/01/illustrationthe-call.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-2691753504899088597Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:36:00 +00002012-01-17T20:07:02.996+05:30SketchingIllustration I love working in water-color and reusing/recycling paper. I also love horses. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/GptpAaelmYg/sketchbookthree-horses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/GptpAaelmYg" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/01/sketchbookthree-horses.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032573284780262652.post-7765768662016081858Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:34:00 +00002012-01-17T20:04:29.975+05:30Learning CurveVideoIra Glass on the Creative Process   I just came across this very interesting and quite inspirational video by David Shiyang Liu on a talk by Ira Glass. It’s from a talk he gave on ‘Storytelling’, but it’s true for almost any creative endeavor. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaysunInC/~3/g30jfpT359M/learning-curve-on-creative-process.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sonal Panse)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MaysunInC/~4/g30jfpT359M" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.maysuninc.com/2012/01/learning-curve-on-creative-process.html