Bottle Art

Best compliment Ever !!!

While doing rough sketch , my little one drag my paper and wrote 100 dollars and first place ..I was about to scream ,thinking he'll scribble but ended up smiling  ...my luv (actually i am the one who was scribbling :) )I asked him the reason,he said ma you got first place and questioned me without price how all buy from you ma ?.Touched by this and thought to give life to that drawing .

                                             Bottle Art

   

                                Compliment  Rough Draw

Clay Diya

karthiga deepam is a festival of lights.This festival involves the lighting of lamps in the homes, temples and the workplace.The idea behind this festival is to keep away bad things from life and welcome the good and holy things of life.Lamps lit with oil are a symbol of holiness in Indian culture.we lit the lamps in and around our house and also decorate it in rangoli.
                          I usually use aluminium foil to make a lamp where i cannot keep more in numbers ...so this time i tried my hands in airdryclay for making deepam .you know what ,it came out pretty.it also withstand the heat .Hope you all like it ...

Air Dry Clay Diya 

Diya Lightened Up

Tie and dye

Tie-dye is a modern term coined in the mid-1960s in the United States for a set of ancient resist-dyeing techniques, and for the products of these processes. The process of tie-dye typically consists of folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric or a garment and binding with string or rubber bands, followed by application of dye(s). The manipulations of the fabric prior to application of dye are called resists, as they partially or completely prevent the applied dye from coloring the fabric. More sophisticated tie-dyes involve additional steps, including an initial application of dye prior to the resist, multiple sequential dye and resist steps, and the use of other types of resists (stitching, stencils) and discharge.

I tried my hands in tie and dye simply using fabric paints.i used crystal salt and folding technique to achieve these results.Hope you all like it ....

Crystal salt technique 
(cooool...it turned to a heart)

Diagonal fan folding technique

rolled technique 

i'm linking this to PPF

wooden tray with coasters

Its been a year ,am away from blogging.some health issues.I am back with full energy.Hope i justify my late presence.Today i am posting my new work which is something different my other works.Thought to change the base instead canvas.so here my new work wooden tray with ceramic coasters...Hope you all like it .It is adorning my friend's dinning table.Happy on  the response from her.
                      Here i painted the wooden tray and coasters with lotus and pair of fish theme.It's kind of madhubani incorporated in the painting sealed well for making it more durable.

wooden tray with coasters

Old is Gold

Hi friends,it's been a long gap in Blogging,was busy enjoying vacation in india .Just Came to say hi .I saw some of my old paintings in my native , thought of posting here .Before showcase my new work,want to thank one of our fellow -blogger SandyHolland for featuring my work in her Blog .It'll be available there for a month on her Homepage in rightside corner.
              Here comes some of my old collections,tried when i started my venture in art.Though these are my Bud work ,reminds always my precious.
            First one is Decoupage made in a waste PVC pipe.This can be used as flowervase,corner interior piece

Decoupage 

 



Decoupaged PVC pipe into Corner stand Vs FlowerVase

 



 

Next comes a pot painting ,I tried to give porcelain look to ordinary terracota pot with acrylics .  

 

Pot Painting  







  

Next one is an embossed painting and a normal canvas painting .Hope you all like it...

 



 





Minakari Mural

Here comes my another old project Minakari mural work of a lady with gold deer.I created this painting using Mseal and added some mirrors and kundans to enhance the painting.This is adorning my inlaw's living room wall.I used acrylic paints and used gold shimmer to add golden tint to the deer for giving more beautiful look.Chalk powder also used to give real tree effect.Hope you all like it.

Minakari Painting Using Acrylic Paints

Interior Decor (Online Courtesy)

Interior Decor (Online Courtesy)

Acrylic painting - Panihari

My next post is one of my old painting.This is a painting done using Acrylics.Somehow this painting is close to my heart,might be because of their smile .Hope you too like this....

Acrylic on Canvas - Panihari

Close - up view

Home Decor

Warli painting

400 yrs old Tribal Art Form Warli art originated in Thane Dist. of maharashtra, western part of India, in a village also know by the name Warli. It is situated near Dhanau.

Warli on Construction Paper using Marker Pen and Acrylic

Predominately white color is used on a red earthen background.
This art is a 2 dimensional, with no perspective or proportion. Warli painting is simple and linear with the maximum use of triangular shapes. As the universal energy YIN/YANG; concept having the upward facing triangle representing the Male and the downward facing triangle representing the Woman.

Warli on HandMadeEnvelope using MarkerPen

The trademark of Warli paintings is the use of other geometric designs such as circles, squares, dots and crooked lines are used to depict human figures, animal figures, houses, crops etc. It also represent fertility as the tribal belief revolve around the cycle of Birth and Death. No wedding takes place without the drawing of "mother Goddess" in the front portion of the Bride's house. Usually the paintings are done by married women.

The Warli paintings essentially depict the basic principals of life which are main theme or basis of any tribe.

Note:it's very economical and kids friendly project.

Clay mural

Next project is clay mural.I usually do the mural using ceramic dough,here in U.S.,i did'nt get the ceramic,so tried using airdryclay.Thought of opting polimerclay,but to avoid baking ,tried my hand in airdryclay.Hope you'll like it.

Clay mural using airdryclay and acrylics on canvas

Rajasthani painting

My next painting is a rajasthani painting, lady with lotus.I was little hurry to finish this painting.Hope it came out well.I added pearl and kundan jwellery for the painting.I added the tiny drops on her earring .

Acrylics on canvas