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Folk art Painting

A simple folk art painting of Maa (mother) Yashoda and baby Krishna.

This painting is done with acrylic paints on a simple mount board.

MAA YASHODA AND KANHA

Acrylic paintings

My love birds....

Few days back it had rained.Sometimes the rain plays havoc whilst others feel romantic.I m not much a rain person but this time it unleashed some creativity in me. Yaaa I made these cute little love birds.The colors used are tinge of gold,crimson, yellow,red and black to paint the birds.

Acrylic painting

warli painting

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Still life sketch

A simple still life sketch with camlin pencil

Pot and cup

Diyas (oil earthen lamps)

Its already festive season and everybody is busy decorating their home.I came across this beautiful conch shaped diyas. This time I thought of painting the diyas instead of buying the ready made ones.Acrylic colors are used....

HAPPY DIWALI!!!

Sketches

Moi Sketches with oil pastels :)

Madhubani themed bookmarks

These are simple Madhubani  themed book marks.

Here I have used a simple Mount board  and cut into rectangular shape.The peacock, fish and sun are drawn with marker pens and then colored with acrylic colors & sketch pens

Attractive and colorful ready to be bookmarked : )

Showpiece- Tribal Lady in black & bronze

I love working with ceramic clay. I am in totally love with this art.

Lately I have been using lot of glue bottles.Instead of throwing the bottle I thought of making something artistic.
I cleaned the bottle thoroughly  and  started making the face with clay.Final features were given touches (I.e. eyes, nose, ears etc).After drying (24 hrs ) I have painted this with  fevicryl acrylic colors bronze and golden & black.
voila!!!! the showpiece is ready : )

Simple glue bottle

Tribal lady

Peepal leaf painting

Peepal leaf painting technique is originally from Kerala.It is one of the most beautiful & oldest form of art.Even before the invention of paper this  leaf was used for writing.It is considered sacred by the Hindus and the Buddhists

BEFORE( A simple peepal leaf)

Traditionally this beautiful painting is done on the skeleton of the leaf.I have simply done it on a dry leaf.For the dry leaf one needs to collect the tender leaf and place it in heavy pages book.After  20-25 days the leaf will be green yellowish dull in color.

AFTER (Taj Mahal painting on peepal leaf)

For my work I painted the leaf  with a black acrylic color.With a very thin brush the structure of the Taj has been painted.

Clay jewellery - traditional

After making paper quilled ornaments I made this jewellery from air dry clay.I have used acrylic colors such as Indian red, black and pear metallic gold.This kind of jewellery best suits with nice heavy Indian sarees.

Quilled earrings and pendant

Quilling is a technique where long paper strips are cut and rolled with the help of an quilling tool.The coil is then released and glued at the tip.Different shapes are formed and joined together.

My first quilling......

I have made a simple black and white themed jhumka & to compliment with it ......a pendant.

Pot mural

Recently I purchased this miniature earthen pot.For a long time I wanted to do a pot mural.This being a miniature pot I wanted to do something unique on it.Somewhere previously on my blog, I had done a Buddha painting.This time I thought of sculpting it......

I have painted the pot evenly with an acrylic black color.The whole Buddha is done with M-seal Shilpkar.After the clay dried up I painted it with acrylic pearl metallic gold.

Vastu mural

Vastu shastra is an ancient Indian art.It combines the art of science,astronomy and astrology.In today's modern times it plays a significant role in ones life.It also helps in channelizing energy in the house...Here I have made a vastu mural and some significant motifs such as the  Om, swastik, Goddess Laxmiji's feet , Shubh Laabh, toran and kalash(pot) with coconut palced in it.On a square mdf board I firstly worked with Fevicryl shilpkar on designing the motifs and respective borders.For further enhancements I have used Fevicryl hobby ideas acrylic paints (indian red, burnt sienna ,pearl mettalic gold)

Vastu Mural

Importance of motifs :
A-U-M:
Om/ A-U-M signifies the trinity of God.Its a symbol of mainly 3 Gods namely Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva.The 3 letters represent the earth, heaven and the netherworld.
Importanc

SWASTIK:
This symbol is considered to be very holy and good luck in Hindu culture.It points to all 4 directions and hence stands  for stability and groundness.

LAXMIJI'S  FEET:
In India,Goddess Laxmi is regarded as the Goddess of wealth & prosperity.Wherever Goddess resides she brings wealth, good luck and prosperity along with her.This footprints are also known as Sripada. These footprints are drawn pointing inwards symbolizing Lakshmiji entering the home.

MANGO LEAVES TORAN:
Mango tree is one of the sacred tress in India. Apart from placing it on the "kalash" its used as toran (leaves of mango tree woven in a string) and hung on the entrance of homes which is considered auspicious.

KALASH:

The kalash is considered auspicious In a hindu pooja ceremony.As per the Hindu scriptures, the kalash is palced for creating a seat for the diety.Addition to this a coconut and mango leaves are placed at the mouth of kalash

Simple floating rangoli design

Kum kum dabbi/ KANKAVATI

A beautiful kum kum (vermellion) dabbi decorated with kundan stones, traditionally used for festive occasions...

Lord Ganesha painting

Ganesha painting

This is a Lord Ganesha painting done with a mixed media of colors  such as crayons, acrylic, water and markers.Its done on mount board.

Cloth wall hanging

Wall hangings are a lovely way of decorating houses.This wall hanging is made from a cloth material which was an old kurti.The dimension is (26 cm × 9.5 cm)approx.Further I have cut square patterns with handmade paper and decorated it with mirror and silver sequins.