A little late for the time of the year this usually falls in, but we came across this wonderful representation of a lady dressed up in traditional ghaghra-choli garb, dandiya in her hands, ready to …
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Straight From My Art – Workshop 12 – Dancing Lady Mandala
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Straight From My Art – Workshop 11 – Diwali Rangoli
This one was a couple of months ago around Diwali season. I found this beautiful semi-circular Rangoli design on Pinterest and wanted to try reproducing that on paper for a change. We all are adept …
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Straight From My Art – Workshop 10 – Floral Mandala
The festival of Onam in the Indian state of Kerala is celebrated with great pomp and splendour. Among the many events planned to welcome the spirit of the ancient King Maveli, floral patterns called “pookalam” …
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Straight From My Art – Workshop 9 – Fish In Madhubani Style
A couple of months back, we found a beautiful fish Madhubani artwork on Pinterest. We absolutely loved the design and enthusiastically attempt it. For the first couple of weeks, we finished the outline of the …
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Straight From My Art – Decorative Planter Base
A few weeks back we bought some additions to our sound system. The packing came with two perfectly round pieces of cardboard. Just the weekend before, we had purchased some more house plants to add …
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Straight From My Art – Mandala Patterns on Wood
This one was a complete and total labour of love. As part of furnishing our home, I was looking around for designs and inspiration. I wanted a shoe rack that was a comfortable bench with …
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Straight From My Art – My Attempts at Rock Paintings
In our travels over the years I have developed an annoying habit. Annoying for my husband, not me. Everywhere we went, I would collect small rocks at the beach or during long drives. It was …
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Straight From My Art – When One Sun Meets Another
Sun zentangles have been a personal fascination for me and I’ve always wanted to attempt one that is themed on either the sun or the sunflower. To my delight, I found an amazing idea on …
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Straight from My Art – Half and Half Mandala
I first came across this design when I wrote a poem a couple of years back titled “The Volcano on the Inside”. My neice who has her own art blog lol was working on this …
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Straight From My Art – Workshop 5 – Delft Square Zentangle
With my sisters getting more and more comfortable with zentangling and art, I knew I had to up the ante and find something that would be challenging as well as different from the kind of …