Bottle Painting & some mandala drawing

Hi !!!

Hope all you guys are doing good and enjoying family time !!!!

Sharing with you bottle painting and mandala drawing with you...

This is hand painted bottle using 000 no brush and acrylic colours

These are few of my mandala drawings on A5 size watercolour paper

Do drop in with your comments / suggestions 

Until next time stay home and stay safe and stay creative...:))

Moushumi

Another clay art :)

Hi !!!

I am back with another clay work of mine..... Bottle Decor.

I have painted the bottle with mauve acrylic colour and have done the 3d work with cold porcelain clay. I just love sunflowers  😊  so have gone with red, orange, pink & yellow sunflowers 😄

Hope you all like my new art work 😊

Moushumi

Another altered bottle...

Hi !!!

Nowadays I am on a bottle makeover spree :) 

Altered another bottle using glass colours with gold outliner.

I am feeling very happy with the final outcome. 

Hope you will like it too....:))

Do drop in with your views on the above.

Thanks and have creative week !!!:)

Moushumi

Bottle Painting

Hi !!!!

Bottle painting has become one of my favourite craft. Its creatively very satisfying to turn a simple plain bottle into a beautiful show piece.

This time I have tried Mithila art to decorate this wine bottle.

I have used metallic colours & 0 size brush to paint radha-krishna. Base colour is black enamel paint. 

Drop in with your comments on the same.

Happy crafting !!!

Moushumi

Misc. Activities

Hi !!!!

Happy Monday to u all !!!. Its  been more than a month since I last blogged. My broadband has been giving me lot of problems with their erratic connectivity issues. But finally they have been able to sort out the problem & since yesterday its been working fine. 

During this period I tried my hands in dot painting & recycled another bottle . This is how it looks ... Have used 0" & 2" size brush & acrylic paints. 

Have to apply a coat of varnish on the same. Somebody told me that glass surface needs separate kind of varnish but the one I have is for clay work or wooden surface. If anybody knows about glass varnish do let me know & from where I can get it ...??

I have also started to learn macrame. After watching few videos on the same I was able to make this small mobile pouch using simple square knots. 

For this I have used malai dori which I had got from Pradhan Stores long time back . Still need to affix front button.😊   Need to try out few more projects to get acquainted with this art form.

I would also like to share my young student's work. They are in 4th & 5th grade and they have done these beautiful Madhubani paintings. Makes me feel so proud 😊😊

Do share your views on the above. 

Till next time have a creative crafty week. 👍

Moushumi

Bottle Makeover

Hi !!!

Thanks a lot for your feedback on my last post.

I am back with another bottle art  project. For this I have used 0"size brush & acrylic colours. This is the front side....

Back side....

Let me know how it looks....

There are lot of things going on in my mind. Have to complete few crochet projects which have been lying unattended for long.I also want to learn new art forms like dot painting, gond style painting....... List is endless..... but don't know when will I get the time to make a head start in this direction :)) I think I need to take the "Time Management" thing more seriously... maybe then I would be able to manage my never ending projects more efficiently..

Till next time happy crafting :)

Moushumi 

My Embroidery Work...

Hello !!!

I always refrain myself from doing needlework project simply because I find it very tedious & time consuming. Even though I did some embroidery work as a souvenir for my friends living abroad, but it is not my favourite subject. This year I have decided to brush up my embroidery skills & have started with this small cover.

My embroidery stash is quite limited so I am trying to manage with whatever colours I have :))

You can see I have used various shades of brown, my leaves are multicoloured green, blue, olive green...... You can see as I am going further the size of my flowers are becoming smaller (meaning I am getting impatient:-)) But I am persistent & hopefully would be able to complete this ..

Also made this wall hanging for my son's school project from waste CDs. 

I covered the CD with jute thread & painted it yellow as it is their class theme. After that I attached mirrors in the centre & stones in the corner and finally finished it by attaching off white satin ribbon.

Do let me know how these look ????

Till next time have a creative week :))

Moushumi

Key Holder Makeover

Hello ladies !!

Hope all of you are having a great weekend :)

I am coming back almost after a month & it feels so good :))

I haven't been able to do much on the creative front, as we have been busy shifting.... Leaving my old home has been physically tiring & emotionally draining. I have been living here for more than 12 years & it had almost become a part of me. Every room has its own  memories ....leaving them behind has not been easy for me.  I wish I could be more practical like my husband. He likes it here very much as it is more spacious as compared to our old ones. 

We are still settling down here.  Still more cartons to unpack...... more places to fill..... yeah life is like this and you need to move on like my husband says.....

Best part of shifting is that you find lot of old things which you have totally forgotten about. One such finding is this old keyholder, & I decided to revamp it. Decided to go with madhubani art form as it involves use of dark bold colours.

Now its ready to be used:) I am happy with the outcome & I hope you also like it.

Am also working on a thread doily. Will give you the details in my next blog post.

Till next time happy crafting !!!!

Moushumi

Bottle Recycle

Hi !!!

Recycling bottles has become one of favourite craft these days. After trying to do the makeover with clay / mseal ....... this time I have used silver coloured 3D outliner to decorate the same.

Hope you like it :)

Enjoy your weekend & till next time have a crafty creative week ahead :-)

Bottle Art

Hi !!!

Hope all of you had a colourful holi and are now enjoying the long weekend:)

I am back with another bottle makeover. I think I am gradually getting addicted to this art. Transforming old, used bottles  gives me acute satisfaction.

This time I have experimented with lippan work (traditional work of Gujarat). Also known as Mud Mirror Art, it is the traditional mural art of kutch. Villagers living in this area decorate the walls of their mud houses through this art work. This traditional wall art has now become the part of modern home decor.

Here I have used shilpkar for the pattern and mirrors of different shapes and sizes for decoration. Since the traditional lippan kaam is white in colour so I have also kept it white.

Do drop in with your comments on the above....

Till next time take care and have a creative week :)

Paper-mache creativity

Hi !!!!

Hope all of you are enjoying your weekend:))

In may last blog post I told you about my paper mache project.

And this is what I have created. I have used egg trays to make paper mache clay and have made these coasters. My first lot didn't come out so well, but my second attempt was successful. I have painted madhubani motifs on it and have used acrylics colours .

In case you want to try this out you can follow this well described DIY HERE. :-) 

What do you think ?????????

I am still working on my crochet shawl and this is how far I have reached......... Hopefully I would be able to complete it soon.... until of course I get distracted with some other project in between  :-))

Do drop in with your comment :)

Till next time keep smiling and have a creative week.......:)

Bottle makeover

Hi !!!!


A big thanks to all my readers for your lovely comments on my last post:).

At last......  my bottle makeover is complete

This is how I innovated the bottle.

I don't know if it is quite visible to you, but on the front I have also added a branch with few flowers on it ( i can't seem to do without them:-)) Once the colours gets dried, I need to put a coat of clear varnish on it.

Next time I want to try bottle painting..... If any body has tried it earlier do let me know how it works..... 


In my sketchbook I did flowers with coloured pencil shading

Do drop in with your comments on the above:)

See you next time with another crafty project.. 

Till then take care and keep smiling :)

Bottle Makeover ..... Once again

Hi friends !!!!

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Today I am going to share another project in bottle makeover series. I simply love decorating  these used  bottle. Hopefully, I would be able to adjust these in my already over loaded  home decor.

This is how it looked before.

I have again used shilpkar to make decorative flowers and leaves

I painted the background black. For this I used normal black color that is used to paint doors / windows.

I have painted the flowers/leaves with acrylic colors and finished it off with clear varnish on the same & this is how it looks now. I hope you like it.

I would also like to share few pics of my sketching that I have completed in my art class.

Do drop in with your valuable feedback on the same. I would love to hear from you.

Good night and have a creative week ahead:)

Summer Workshop

Hi !!!

Last month I took summer workshop on Art & Craft at my friends place.It was an amazing experience. Little bit hectic and tiring but creatively very satisfying.  These are the few pics of some of the work done by my students.

I would also like to share few canvas paintings done by younger son. He is 10 & he made these paintings in the art workshop which he attended nearby in our locality.

Well that's all I have in today's blog post. Please do drop in with your comments.

Take care and have a nice day!!!!

Moushumi