Nib painting

I'm sharing another old painting of mine for Day 15 of the May Flower Challenge at Lori Moon Studio. I'd seen something known as a nib painting and wanted to try it out. Evidently you dip a pen nib into paint and use it to fill your picture. I just used all available-at-home stuff for this. Even the nib was replaced by a toothpick and I just let the flowers take shape as I painted. Its best done on a velvet kind of cloth as the end result has a 3D effect to it. But mine was just plain left over fabric. The overall result, I think, was passable. But alas...years of neglect have made it look dirty and I think there are even some oil stains on it now. 

Still Alive!

I'm back after a loong hiatus. My last post was on 18th Feb! Well the long gap was due to a vacation, some work and then plain laziness. And I wasn't even visiting the blogs I usually do and not checking PPF entries either. I only had to go through them today to get inspired to make some art and participate in PPF!

This time I took my Indian style doodling to a pot! Some Indian sweets are still served in earthern vessels as they are said to retain the original taste better than steel and plastic vessels. One East Indian delicacy is more often than not found to be served in these small earthern pots - Mishti Doi or Sweetened Yogurt. That's how this one got into our house and became my canvas for today's PPF entry. 

Happy PPF and I hope to be back every week again. And I'll soon have a long post (or a series of posts) on my vacation to Andaman and Nicobar Islands - a piece of Paradise! And you cna bet it'll be full of the pics I took :)

Hand Painted Lamp

I've been itching to make something for a while now. But haven't been getting time lately. Finally I made this simple Lamp. It is an outline drawing on a canvas sheet converted into a lamp.

Hand Painted Lamp shade

Closeup of the drawing

Yes, it was a hasty job and it shows :)

Art on a pencil - Carved wooden hand painted pencils

A friend gifted these beauties to my son.

Aren't they pieces of real art? Carved in wood and hand painted. I love the simple carving, the vibrant colors and bold strokes.

I'd like to find where I can buy more.

That made me go Googling. And I found some more cute stuff. 

Wood Carved hand painted pencils from Bali at Balifurnish

 Now this one is really a rare beauty as the site rightfully claims.

 

And finally a nice Christmas gift at Alibaba