Happy Janmashtami! Here's a painting of Krishna in kalamkari style. Water colours are used except for outlines with marker and krishna's jewellery with silver pen.

Folk women painting

Helloo !!

A very happy new year to all the readers. Here comes another canvas painting. It depicts the Indian folk women in a formation celebrating a local festival. The colors are water based. And outline it drawn using a marker.

And its done :) !!

Painting for kichen

I have been craving for a cute little painting for my kitchen for a long time. And finally its time came.  I had lot of ideas to draw for kitchen like wine glass, vegetables, fruits but I chose COFFEE <3.

Its the best smell you can wake up to and feels so fresh. I would like to dedicate this to my great friend Shruthi who is a coffee fanatic. So coffee lovers, feast your eyes on this.

I made a dark background with different tones of grey. And drew on it with black acrylic.

Painted silver acrylic on the swirls.

Detailed heart :)

Madhubani painting

Hello art-cravers !!

Presenting you  "madhubani painting" I did recently. This painting has been inspired by Mrs. Bharati Dayal who is a renowned artist. I dedicate this painting to her and thank her for cultivating in me such great interest in this kind of art.  Madhubani paintings are also called Mithila paintings, more can be read here madhubani 

So I started with a sketch.

Notice, this art has some specific ways of drawing the facial features.

I used a marker to make the outlines.

And used water based paints.

Lets add color to the ladies.

And...tadaah...they are all dressed up now.

Now handling the tree and the birds.

All the detailing is done using marker pen. The beauty of this art is it fills up the whole space and does not leave much of white space in it, giving it its signature intricate look . And its done :D 

Handmade greeting card

Hey!!

This post is dedicated to a cute lil girl who turned 5 recently. And I made her this birthday card. So before we start, I would like to tell you that I used quilling techniques to make it. 

Things needed:

•  Thick papers for making cards.
•  Colorful paper strips for quilling
•  Glue
•  Quilling tool or a toothpick
•  Sketches

So lets get started.

I bought these paper strips for quilling, which are available in most craft stores I believe. If one does not find them, you can make your own by making strips out of colored papers. It demands lot of patience though. Using these, I made a simple S shaped scroll. Its quite simple. We have to quill both the ends of the paper strip in opposite direction. You can google it for help. 

Once done, I pasted these colorful scrolls on a rectangular thick paper which has been cut into a frame like structure. There is no specific pattern here. I just filled up the white space. I chose to only fill two sides of the frame. But if you like you can go all the way. Its one's choice.

They look pretty, don't they?

If there is excess of white space left which cannot be filled with a scroll, you can fill it with a simple circle, like the blue one am pointing at. Just coil the paper strip and leave it, let it uncoil and then you can glue the end to secure it.

And then, I made this cute flower using two colored strips  yellow and orange joined at the ends. Each petal is an individual drop.  Glued them to the green circled coil at the center. And later pasted the flower on a black paper and trimmed the edges.

This is where I positioned the flower on the frame.

Now I needed some colorful simple butterflies. So used these triangular pieces from my past crafts. I drew a simple butterfly on them and cut them out. And used a marker to give them an outline.

Now I placed these cute butterflies on the frame and glued them. Most of them seem like they are flying towards the flower. 

Now I needed a patterned paper for  filling up the hollow frame. I first chose to make waves using highlighters. But later changed my mind. As it seemed too much color contrast.

I had cut out another rectangle from the left out thick paper for placing it in the center. Once you have decided the right position to place it, go ahead and glue it.

Notice the background is changed.

Now for the best part, I made some paper roses to go for the center. And colored them using sketches and highlighters. The tutorial for this is at :

quilled paper rose

We are almost done...

For the inside of the card, I made these circles and pasted them. This is where I wrote the birthday message. And pasted some left out butterflies there.

And now the card is done. This is the final look:

I was thrilled to know that the birthday girl loved it. It gives true happiness to put a smile on a kids face. 

I wish that sweet girl all the happiness in the world. Happy birthday :) !!