Valentine Silhoutte Art

First of all, What is Silhoutte? -- the dark shape against a brighter background....

Did this Silhoutte couple painting and sold it to my friend Berchmans... He gifted this beautiful painting to his best friend on her wedding day...

I completed this painting within a short span due to time constraint  and got it framed super fast with my dear hubby's help....

You know what, this is his second order  ;)....Thanks to my friend for motivating me...

I hope my friend is happy with my work... how about you people?? :-)

Enchanting Ganesha Key Holder

I was overwhelmed with joy ever since i conceived this idea of making different forms of Ganesha in a Key Holder.

I had put in my valuable efforts at odd hours with great zeal to create this lovely set of Ganeshas.

I just loved making this piece of art simply for the reason that i would gift this to my affectionate uncle Kumar.

I am highly excited that my enchanting art flew to UK and decorating my Uncle's home.. Hope my  cutie pie cousins (Preethi, Varsha and Megha) adores these endearing Ganesha..

May Ganesha shower his eternal blessings to his lovely family...

Here goes the making steps....

Materials Needed : Wooden Cut out, Key Hooks, Ceramic Powder, Fevicol,MSeal, Acrylic Paints, Painting Brush, Varnish

1) Get the wooden (plywood / MDF board) cut out in a shape of your choice with Carpenter's help.

2) Get the desirable number of key hooks fixed

3) Coat a layer of 'ceramic powder+ Fevicol+ few water drops' paste

4) After letting the above layer to dry partly, dust it with ceramic powder here and there just for an embossed effect.

5) Before the layer completely dries, create textures of your choice (i have dabbed using comb, pen backside,feviglue, sponge etc)

6) Make different forms of ganesha images using M-Seal on the dried layer

7) Paint the background with acrylic Red+little black, images with metallic gold (i used gold powder with black paint), center image with metallic dessert gold and center background with lemon yellow.

8) Just to give antique effect, paint the outlines with a faint shade of black.

9) Give one or two coatings of varnish for glossy effect and let it dry.

10) Completed art work is ready to hang/gift.

Ganesha Diya Decoration

Ohh its been a long time, i am crafting something for an outside order. One of my colleagues Ashok, got much impressed with my art work ( am i exaggerating?... Yes, I am :-) ) and ordered a decorated Diya. He gifted this lovely Ganesha Diya to his Darling Wife Gowshi on this Pongal occasion.... So sweet, isn't it?

DIY: Get the Diya, Paint the intricate designs with care, Give a coat of varnish, Wrap it and Gift it…Cool… J

Key Holder

I  love the peacock feather design and wanted to try something with that.. My darling niece Manthra was dressed up like Lord Krishna during her 1st birthday celebrations... So this idea flashed in my mind to create a  key holder with her Krishna photo in the middle... This has got the shape of peacock feather, butter pot and flute... found this image in the net and personalized with my touch...

This cute key holder is a sweet gift to my lovable niece Manthra and Meenu kutty for their new house.... howz it?

I have done another one similar to it for my dearest friend Anitha's kiddo Anishvika's ... could not get a picture of keyholder with Anishi's photo.... this was gifted to her with loads of love... :)

Ganesha - Royal Rock Band

Hello Buddies..

Have become quite busy with my kiddo these days.... and could find no time for my craft works...
These cute and adorable musical Ganeshas were made before a couple of months and took these long for me to upload here...

Whenever i try my hands on any new kind of art style, i start wth Ganesha only as we can depict him in any form of our choice...

The cute elephant headed ganesha is my all time favourite God especially bala(little) ganesha... i just adore his childish and innocent face with more powerful and mesmerizing eyes.. i love him because he is also having big pot belly just like my sweet dad...

Credit goes to my dear mom as well for her generous help... without her help, i would not have managed to involve in this with a 2 month old baby...

Here is my creation for your view...Ganesha playing different music instruments... "Ganesha - Rock Band"... they are all made of M-Seal.. I have gifted this to my wonderful friend Raji with a great joy ....These Royal Music Masters are sitting majestically in my friend's new home now....

Pencil Shading - Bird

An amateur pencil shading work... 
I would love to learn the technics from an expert and try out few more in near future....

3D Vastu Mural Thoranam - DIY

My mom and me had put equal efforts in making this spectacular Vastu Thoran... My mom has always been a great advisor in giving creative thoughts... This craft work took us lot of time but we are completely satisfied with the way it has come out.... But still we are finding better place and way to hang it... :-(

Materials Required:

1) Wooden / Cardboard cuttings of required shape
2) M-Seal
3) Acrylic colours
4) Kundan stones, Beads, Lace
5) Varnish Coat

Procedure:

1) Get the Cardboard cuttings of required Vastu shape
2) Do desired MSeal work on the Vastu shapes
3) Paint with acrylic plain and metallic colours
4) decorate the shapes with stones and beads wherever required
5) Seal with varnish coat

Deepam Decoration

I have decorated few karthigai deepams and agarbathi stand using acrylic colours, 3d outliners and then sealed with varnish coat... hope you like it..
I am happy that I have gifted this to my mom for this year's Golu celebartion...

Gorgeous Nylon floral Set

Hey there,
As i am posting my craft works after a  short break of couple of months, i am just questioning myself where was i and what was i doing all these days...

Ohh you know what... all of a sudden i have developed interest over reading tamil historic novels and stories of world famous revolutionists.... in the past couple of months i have completed reading Amarar Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan & Sivakamiyin Sabatham, Chandilyan's 'Mannan Magal'... Now am reading Maruthan's 'Simma Soppanam'( History of Cuban Revolutionists Fidel Castro and Che Guevera) and also Chandilyan's 'Yavana Rani'... both are quite interesting...

Ohh i could hear your mind voice that ...'enough girl... enough blowing your own trumpet'... hahahha :)

Again am back with my lovely nylon flowers... these red coloured flowers and their buds are soooo gorgeous and sooo soothing feast to the eyes... aren't they??

Chotta Ganesha

I made this cute ganesha with m-seal for this year's Ganesh Chathurthi... After i coloured this cutie, i fell in love with this chotta ganesh... hope u people also would fall for him... :)

Cute Kutty Krishna

Who doesn't fall for this adorable cute butter theif krishna?? hope you all like it... :-)

Kerala Mural Painting - Ardhanaarishwarar

Hi All,

Here is my next painting  'Ardhanaarishwarar' of Kerala Mural painting style.
Ardhanaarishwarar is a form of  Shiva and his consort Shakthi....
This is a temple painting style found in Kerala...usually painted only using panchavarnas... i.e red, yellow, green, black an white... (primary colours and their shades)...
I was highly fascinated by this art and longing to try this kind of painting for a very long time... but being a beginner I was little reluctant considering the difficult minute works in this...

Though it consumed more time (days) for me to complete, i am completely satisfied with the final result... it is absolutely divine...

Duplex paper flower - Handmade Valentine Rose Bouquet

Hey dears,
Hope you all like this Valentine rose Bouquet...
These are very special and I am dedicating this bouquet to my valentines Appa , Amma and Anna Family....
Your suggestions and comments are most welcome as they really means a lot to me.... :)

This Beautiful white Flower vase was gifted by my dear friend Raji for my Birthday... Vase is enhacing the craftmanship (craftwomanship - hehehe) of my flowers.... :)

Front View , Side view and close up shots are below....

Elegant Stocking Flower - Lilly

I am becoming crazy these days on making flowers out of stocking cloth....
take a look at my below lilly flower set....
i gifted this to my project manager as a token of respect.... small yet precious one...
this may look simple but it took 3 long hours for me to make as i am a beginner in this art...

few more flowers are on the way to upload... wait and watch... :)

Glass Painting - Romantic love birds

Hey All,
I am back with a glass painting.... :)
this painting was done based on an order from my office friends Berchmans and Vivian...
they wanted to gift something unique to our friends (loving couple) 'Anto and Blessy' for their wedding...
I felt love birds would be a perect gift for them because they are well noted for their deep affection between partners... those gorgeous purple flowers and romantic red heart shaped outline adds glamour to the painting... what more can i say??

Golden tree

This golden tree is also called as Money tree / Vastu tree... the general belief is to bring all wealth and happiness to the family...

However, I have no idea about vastu... I just made it because it is very easy to make... :-)

Hope you guys also make this tree to bring more money to you.... hahaha  :-)

Hand painted Glassware

I am gonna treat my guests with my handpainted glasswares.... :-)
Nice idea... isn' it??

Tile Painting - Fruit Basket

Dear All, Just thought of painting on a tile since a while... and thought fruit basket would be a better choice... I could place it in my kitchen...what say?? though the tile colour is dark, the painiting came out well... isn't it??

Modern Art - Peacock

Here is the Wonderful Peacock Modern Art... look at the wings which are so elegantly depicted....
This art was done by my Brother Boopathy who is an excellent artist...great at free hand drawing... i should also learn the knack of free hand drawing from him...

Glass Painting - Free Bird

Framed image and closer view of bird are below...
I feel the colour combo of blue and green background (representing the shades of sea, forest, river along with mountain) is adding beauty to the bird...
Also, the framed image looks great with crushed aluminium foil background... isn't it ??