How to paint Glass Tanjore Painting

    Krishna(Kannan) belonged to the Vrishni clan of Yadavas from Mathura, and was the eighth son born to the princess Devaki, and her husband Vasudeva.  The king Kansa, Devaki's brother, had ascended the throne by imprisoning his father, King Ugrasena. Afraid of a prophecy that predicted his death at the hands of Devaki's eighth son, Kansa had the couple locked into a prison cell and killed all seven.

                Krishna, who was born to Devaki as the eighth child, was given to Yashoda and Nanda in Gokul, by Krishna's father Vasudeva on the night of his birth. Thus, Yasoda was the foster-mother of  Krishna.With the discovery of Krishna's real parents as well as the public knowledge that he is the heir apparent of Mathura, Yashoda had to let go of her son in the end.

                Various childhood episodes or Lilas of Krishna, growing in Yashoda's household abound in Hindu religious texts. The stories of Krishna's childhood and youth tell how he became a cow herder, his mischievous pranks as Makhan Chor (butter thief) and his role as a protector of the people of Vrindavana.

Glass Tanjore Painting

Tanjore Paintings of Hindu God/Goddess done on Glass is decorative, attractive and cost less than Tanjore paintings. 

Kindly refer my blog post on Glass Tanjore Painting 


 http://my-palette.blogspot.com/2009/07/hi.html

Step 1

Have the design with reverse side of the transparent tracing sheet on the glass. 

Because we are drawing on the reverse side of the glass. 

So that it'll be perfect, when it's viewed from the front side. 

I draw the traced picture of Yasoda Kannan over the reverse side of the glass.

Keep a white sheet of paper underneath, so that the design is clearly seen. 

Step 2

Apply the gold color(Pearl metallic or Gold powder mixed) for ornaments and glass colors/stone colors/3D colors for stones in jewels.

When applying, just lift the glass and see whether the color completely filled the design. 

Viewing(front) side of the painting

Today, I just finished with this level. Day after tomorrow (two days time for drying) we will finish the acrylic/pearl colors for fabrics in the design.

Fabric Painting

Fabric Painting

Needed  :


Fabric of plain color
Designs for border and pallu(refer AhilArt)
3D Colors  ( Fevicryl 3D outliner or Camel Fabrica acrylic 3D Glitter)
Carbon Paper (Orange)




Method :

• Sketch the design using the orange carbon paper.
• Using Fevicryl hobby ideas 3D outliner colors color it.
• Dry it for an hour.
• After fully dried (not touch dry), iron on reverse

Border

Border Design

Pallu Design

Pallu Design

This type of designed sarees cost around Rs. 1500. If you have a plain color saree, some 3D colors, some creativity and leisure time, you would have a pretty good looking saree.

Embroidery Free Lessons - First Day

First Day

Doing embroidery on a table cloth. 
As it is a big table cover, I am going to do many designs on this cloth. First a bird's design.

  
A Bird

  

Stitches used

Back stitch for the outline (red color thread)

Long and Short stitch (light orange and purple color thread)

Satin stitch (black - eye, red - leg, beak)

ButtonHole stitch (Border of the feather)

Procedure

• Copy the design on the cloth.
• Stitch the outline using back stitch.
• Using the red thread, do buttonhole stitch for feather borders.
• Use satin stitch to fill beak, eye and claws.
• Long and short stitch for the purple and orange threads. 
• Finished.

Farm Animals water color painting

Edgar Hunt's paintings of farm animals attracted everyone, no doubt. Myself also. I chose this one with goats and chickens. After finishing the sketch, I need a little finishing work on the faces of the animals. Then only I started to paint. That time I felt how difficult is to draw the animals. Really he is great of his times. I always appreciate landscape paintings and old contemporary art.

Size of the painting : 55 x 38 cm

Type of the painting : Hand made painting - Oil on canvas board

Price : Mail Me 

Deers in Water color painting

Nature is admirable always. This one I did using only oil colors on glass. Using 'lilac strong' color for the sky and blending it into the water instead of blue. Deers in water is a pretty sight. I like this richness.

Landscape - Watercolor painting

   New one I finished is a landscape with mountains, lake and the orange sky. Mountains and the silhouette of the trees are okay. But I am not all fully satisfied with the lake, 'cause the lake hadn't come well as it suppose. Anyhow my try in watercolors is in progressive line.

Lord Ganesa in Glass painting

Glass Ganesa

Lord Ganesa

Watercolor Painting - New One

Girl after bath

Water Color Painting of a Rose

Watercolor Painting

         Recently I tried my hand on watercolors. I thought it's easy. But it's not so. First I got the papers for the watercolor painting - cold pressed, 300gsm. Then I draw a landscape with pine trees on it. Drawing is good. I started painting. When the water is more in the brush, it dripped all along the painting. I have to take it with a soft cloth.
        I finished the painting and not WOW... it's horrible. Pine trees became banyan trees. Mountains in the background and foreground mixed up very well. When I try to add some dark color to distinguish them, nice..it all went blur.  Atlast I did a water color painting.

Differences between oil and watercolor

Oil colors look so natural while painting. But you can't judge watercolor like that. It shows a different version after it dried.

Oil colors blend well during shading or glazing. But a skill is required  while we do with watercolor. It won't blend but overlaps with the underlying color and mix a little.

Overdoing of watercolor will tear your paper a little.

I don't guess these are all true for water color artists. I am used to oil colors. So now I feel oil and canvas go hand in hand than water and paper. I won't let my hope die within me. I am the next one. After five paintings, I got a hold in watercolors. My last one is the rose painting. I hope this brings out the shades well than the earlier ones.

Pets - Love Birds painting Animal Paintings oil paintings

 I am mostly inspired by the wildlife and like to draw them. Series of Farm Animals drawn by Edgar Hunt creates an interest and I finished two of them - Goats with Hen and Cattle with Hen. The various hues of brown - soil, hay, cattle, goat and huts blends well in this picture.

Cattle with Hen and Cock

             Now my new pets - a pair of love birds draw my attention. I am keen on painting them in their vivid colors of green, blue and white. The male is colorful and acts in a natural way, but the female one is quite stylish in her way and expect every work to be done by her partner, even grains are sometimes feed by him. Most of the time, the male do somersaults and she moves here and there on the bar. Nice to watch...most enjoyable.
            The cage is a old one which was made to keep my favorite pet, a parrot named Bobby. She lived with us for 5 years. She called names, talked many words like 'vaada(come), poda(go)' in our mother tongue Tamil, wished 'Good Morning, Hello' and whistles loudly. Now the cage needs new look. We plan to paint the cage in green and the bars in yellow.