February 2015 Desktop Wallpapers

Artwork by Liau Kwee Eng seen before here.

Desktop wallpaper with dates with the following dimensions.

1280 pixel x 1024 pixel

1280 pixel x 960 pixel

Desktop wallpaper without dates with the following dimensions.

1280 pixel x 1024 pixel

1280 pixel x 960 pixel

For iPhone wallpaper, 320 pixel x 480 pixel.

Artwork by Michelle Detering seen before here.

Desktop wallpaper with dates with the following dimensions.

1280 pixel x 1024 pixel

1280 pixel x 960 pixel

Desktop wallpaper without dates with the following dimensions.

1280 pixel x 1024 pixel

1280 pixel x 960 pixel

For iPhone wallpaper, 320 pixel x 480 pixel.

Happy February friends! Those of you who emailed me previously for the new month's desktop wallpaper and those who are visiting the blog for the first time, here are a couple of freebies for you to enjoy. It's February the month where love is in the air all around us. What better theme then lover owls for the desktop wallpapers to bring some love to your desktop and gadgets. Right?

There are two desktop wallpapers that you can download for free from the links given under each image shown above. You have a choice to download the desktop wallpaper with dates or without dates, and there is also a wallpaper for your iPhone!

Do you know, you can create your own calendar to download and print with these (and more) artworks from this page for free! Prefect to display on your desk, fridge or pin up board.

Amazing Art of Kentaro Nishino

Kentaro Nishino was born in 1980 in Kanazawa city, Japan. In 2003 he moved from Hawaii university to Academy of Art University, San Francisco, to study more about art. He grew up learning about animals from his father who was a guide to the Mt. Haku. When he was only a child he was fascinated by rare alpine flora and animals, and during his visits with his father in nature he started to appreciate and love nature.

He creates these beautiful paintings using air brush technique where animals and natural scenery is the main theme. He mostly uses air brush for his paintings which he says provides his work rich colors, realism and picturesque expressions that he desires in his work. For each of his paintings, he begins with a hand drawn sketch which he then turns into about a 100 templates that are used for applying colors layer over layer with precision a task that demands a lot of time and patience. To give his animals eye, fur and other important details he uses paint brush. 

"I would like people to notice such beautiful sceneries, and that there are animals on the verge of extinction...Animals in my work always have someone beside them. It may be a parent, a child, a brother or a friend. I always have family as a theme for my productions. Animals care for their children, brothers, and friends, just like us humans...I'd be glad if my work would inspire loving and compassionate feelings in people."

To know more about his work you can see his step by step creative process here. To view more of his artwork or to get updates on his new work, you can follow him on facebook.

5 Adorable Valentine Bento Lunch Ideas

Valentine Owl Bento #1

 Valentine Owl Bento #2

Valentine Owl Bento #3

Valentine Owl Bento #4

Valentine Owl Bento #5

DIY: Valentine's Day Stuffed Owl

Nancy from Crafts Unleashed has shared this wonderful tutorial that teaches how to make a stuffed owl for Valentine. There is still time to give something handmade this Valentine's Day so why not try this project. After all, it's easy, don't need too many supplies and is super cute! The tutorial comes with step by step instructions and a template to print. It's a perfect present to your kids or to your sweetheart who loves owls!

Bird Collages by Olga Ezova-Denisova

Olga Ezova-Denisova is a mixed media artist, an illustrator and a collage maker presently living in Ekaterinburg, Russia. I am completely in love with the owls and the eagles series handmade by the artist. The color and texture in her work is just fantastic! Every bird has a unique characteristics and you can tell by the expressions if an owl is a sleepy owl like in the fourth image from the top. 

Her blog is a visual treat where you can learn about other talents that she has such as her appliques, embroidered collages, block printing and much, much more! You can read a wonderful interview that she gave to Frankie an Australian magazine here.