Jizo/Kshitigarbha

This iPad drawing was created in about ten minutes in the museum on Mount Koya during my trip to Japan last spring.

And this one is a recent version a year later.

Two more Jinnas complete the set of 5

Amoghasiddhi

Vairocana

Three out of five Jinnas

This is a set of digital finger paintings created on the iPad inspired by the Mandala of the Five Buddhas.

Akshobya

Ratnasambhava

Amitabha

Ratnasambhava with Golden Horses

Variations on a theme moving away from traditional iconography and exploring colour, mark making and composition on the iPad

Raku vase

A digital drawing created on the iPad in the Raku Museum in Kyoto.

Ratnasambhava

A new image that I created last night on the iPad.  My intention is to offer a complete set of the 5 jinnas comprising the 5 Buddha mandala here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/visuddhi/collections/177738-buddhist-icons So far you will find Akshobya, Amoghasiddhi and now Ratnasambhava as well as other figures from the Buddhist tradition.

Elephant and Pink flower garland

Playing with layers in brushes on the iPad continuing the elephant theme - endless possibilities using repetition, mirroring and scale. 

Pencil sketches of a sword form and an elephant from my sketchbook

Continuing with my resolve to post monthly on this blog - these two sketches were done the same day and share an intriguing combination of lightness and weight -  I hope my drawings give a sense of these qualities: a feeling of grounding combined with a sense of movement and grace? What do you think?

Red vase in winter

Another fruit of my digital experimentation working out how to make interesting and attractive images on my iPad.

Seahorses and wavy clam shell

A mixed media drawing using real drawing on paper, photographs of this and manipulating, duplicating and resizing images on the iPad

Prajnaparamita surrounded by rainbow light

The image here is a detail from an original acrylic painting which has been photographed and worked into using digital finger painting on my iPad.  

Vajrapani