Sunday, November 26, 2017

Phad Painting - My new found love




Hi!!


In my endeavour to try something new I have been experimenting with traditional Rajasthani Painting - Phad painting.


Phad Painting is a religious style scroll painting practised in Rajasthan. This kind of painting is done on a long piece of cloth or canvas known as phad. The narratives of the folk deities of Rajasthan especially Pabuji & Devnarayan are depicted on these phad. Scale of the figures depend on the social status of the character in the story. Also in this kind of painting the characters face each other. 

The cloth / phad is starched with rice water or flour and then it is rubbed with moonstone to impart stiffness to the same. After the rough sketch is drawn the artist fill it with colour moving from light colour to darker shade. Orange is used for body parts, for ornaments and general design on the clothing yellow colour is used, green for vegetation, brown for monuments, blue for water & red for clothing. Finally it is outlined with black colour that brings out the beauty & intricacies of the characters in the painting.

I have made these paintings on 10" x 12" sized canvas using acrylic colours First one is of Lord Ganesha & the second one is of Radha-Krishna. All these drawings are net inspired & am happy with the way it has come together.








I have tried to stay true to this traditional art as much as possible & I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them. In case you have any suggestion on the same do let me know.

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Planning to explore Gond painting this week. Hopefully will be back soon with my new creation. 

Till then by & take care !!!:)




Moushumi

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http://www.handicraftglobal.com/know-handicrafts-phad-art-painting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phad_painting











Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Mandala Drawing





Hi !!!


I am back with my new mandala drawing. This is a freehand drawing using black sharpie pen. 





Added water colour lotus in the centre to make it more lively..


Hope you like it :)


Do drop in with your comments on the above :)


Bye & have a wonderful day !!!:)




Moushumi

Friday, November 3, 2017

Stocking /Nylon flowers




Hi !!!!


Happy Friday to all of you :)


Today I am sharing with you nylon or stocking flower bouquet with you.






My student Sanvi has made this for her father as a "Welcome Gift". It was a sheer joy making this as I was doing this after a long long time & it is always inspiring to teach kids as they are so enthusiastic and eager to learn something new. 


I also did some bottle painting. This wine bottle has been lying with me for ages and I want to add some colour to it. So  I gave a base colour with glass colours and did dot painting with acrylics. This is how it looks now :) I am very happy with the outcome & I hope my hubby also feels the same .....






Do let me know what do you think of my projects :)

Till next time have a great weekend !!!:)


Moushumi

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