Shubho Shashti ......

Hello everybody !!!

Thank you for your comments and sharing your experiences with me & encouraging me to move on.. It also made me realise that I am not the only one.......

Durga Puja festivities has begun & today's shashti. Tomorrow onwards puja with start at full swing. For me Durga puja is synonymous for khichuri bhog, bangla music & pandal hopping.....

Inspired by the spirit of this festival I painted Maa Durga in mithila art form. This time I have attempted something different and have used two colours only i.e red & black. The original plan was to go with monochrome (as I had mentioned in my previous blog post), but then I changed my mind and decided to incorporate red color also :)) Earlier I had sketched a more colourful goddess durga with coloured pencil (see HERE) .

I hope you like my interpretation. 

Once the puja celebrations are over I plan to complete my crochet wips. I also plan to brush up my painting skills on fabric. What are yours ??:)

Moushumi

Short lived creativity :((

Hello !!!!

When I started to write this blog post I was very excited as after days of hard work I had finished my bottle painting. 

This is the first time I had tried bottle painting... thanks to Shashwatee Raut's (http://whencreativejuicesflow.blogspot.in/) DIY tutorial on the same. In case you are looking for innovative ideas on recycling & reuse then her blog is an ideal place to visit.:)

I chose phad painting (traditional painting of Rajasthan) to decorate my bottle and this is how it came out...

It just needed a coat of varnish and was ready to become  a part of my home decor..... but oooooooh my student's mother who had come to pick her daughter broke my bottle. It happened so fast....... in a fraction of second my bottle was lying scattered on the floor......:((( & now this is how it looks.

I am feeling so so very disappointing ........ Has anyone experienced this kind of incidence ????? Do share it .... will help me feel a bit better :)

I have nothing else to share,  only this pencil shading work which I did last week. Even though I have already shared it in Instagram, but I wanted to share it with my readers.

Do let me know how it looks......

Durga puja is just round the corner & I am planning to paint Maa in monochrome using madhubani art form.  My crochet runner is also lying untouched. Lots of things are going in my mind.... hopefully would be able to finish them all.....

Till next time take care and have a nice day !!!!

Moushumi

Om Ganeshaya Namah......

Hi!!!

Today I am sharing my painting of Lord Ganesha in Madhubani style. 

I have made this on 18.5"x11.5" sized handmade paper and acrylic colours to paint the same.

Hope you all like it...

I am also working on a crochet runner. Hopefully would be able to share with you in a few weeks time.

Have a creative crafty weekend :)

Moushumi

Warli Drawing

Hi !!!

This is a warli painting which I finished yesterday:). I had made this drawing keeping Janamashtami in mind, but due to time constraints I couldn't complete it.  

I have done this on A4 size canvas pad using acrylics colours. This time I have been careful with the background colour &have painted it golden yellow using water colours and for the warli figures, have used red acrylics colour using 0 no. brush.

I think that this time around results are much better.

Let me know how it looks:)

Enjoy your Sunday:)

Moushumi

Crochet Doily

Hi & A Very Happy Janamashthmi to all :)!!

This time I have surprised myself:) I finished my fourth doily in a row and am feeling very happy.

Approx. size is 14" in dia. Called 'Warm Spell' by Yoko Suzuki, to make this I have used Red Heart Crochet thread of off white  and red colour. The flowers have beaded centre & you can find the pattern HERE.

Do drop in with your comments on the above :)

Have a wonderful day :)

Moushumi

Playing with stitches ......

Hello!!!

Thank you all for your lovely comments / feedback on my previous blog post. Glad to know that you liked my little experiment with traditional art forms. I plan to take out some more time for painting in coming days.

Recently, I found these beautiful decorative embroidery hoops in my craft stash. So I decided to do some needlework for a change. A bit risky for my patience level..:))) still went ahead with it. Since I didn't want to do my project using regular stitches, I indulged myself with few Brazilian Embroidery patterns. Here I must mention that I don't consider myself very good in this, but in terms of learning something new I think I have done OK......

In this one I have made roses using bullion stitch and  leaves using fly stitch.

In the other one, I have incorporated various stitches... like for the flower I have used picot stitch, french knot for the centre of the flower, lazy daisy for the leaves and few bullion stitches for the buds. For the border I have combined chain stitch with buttonhole stitch & overlapped it with lazy daisy stitch. 

All these patterns are inspired from Pinterest, Mary Corbets http://www.needlenthread.com/ , http://rosaliewakefield-millefiori.blogspot.in/ & few youtube videos. 

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

Have a great week ahead :) and A very Happy Independence Day to all you lovely ladies !!

Moushumi

My Sketchbook

Hi!!!

Sharing with you these two paintings which I did on leftover handmade sheets.

In this one I  have tried to create fusion between madhubani & warli art forms..I have used madhubani borders and have drawn the sun in warli form accompanied with few warli figures. I have tried this before & you can find it HERE.

The second  is a proper warli painting but it didn't turn out exactly what I had envisioned. So I am feeling a bit disappointed. Will try to do better next time :))

Which one do you like the most ???? Let me know your opinion :)

Till next time enjoy & have a great weekend :)

Moushumi