Nits Arts and Crafts

Creative Kolam

I did this for a contest at college. A creative kolam on glass. I used the beetle leaves, agarbathi, turmeric and beetle nut for designing the peacock feathers. :)

Tanjore art is one of the most traditional art form of South India. This needs a lot of dedication, time and cost.

The paintings are notable for their adornment in the form of semi-precious stones, pearls, glass pieces and gold. The rich vibrant colors, dashes of gold, semi-precious stones and fine artistic work are characteristics of these paintings. They add beauty and culture to a variety of surroundings and décor. The paintings are mostly of Gods and Goddesses.

This is Ashtabuja Ganapathi(Eight hands) that I tried.

Water color and Oil pastels Art

Water colors are the first kind of paints anyone would have used. My school introduced those tablet shaped water based paints to me when I was in 2nd grade. :) I still love to use them.. they are fun and easy to work with. :)

A Simple mud house street.

Beach view houses :)

oil pastels are one exaggerated version of our own crayons.. :) This is a little more oily and smooth to use..

A hot sunny day!

Mehandi desings

I had passion for different things and they were very seasonal ones..

This was the season when I was crazing for mehandi the art of drawing on hand with henna.. :) Here are few clicks I could find in my large collection of pics.

Thats my hand with the detailed design of traditional mehandi :)

A larger view of the same design

The do was for my sisters engagement.. Could not find the front view pic :(

Mehandi

Arabic Mehandi on my hand :)

My friend's engagement mehandi :)

A holiday time pass on my hand :)

One other friend's engagement Arabic mehandi :)

Simply a do on my cousin's hand :)

Glass Painting

Glass painting was my first time pass. :) Did these when I completed my schooling.

Modern art girl :)

Peacock. was so unfortunate with this. It broke the moment I completed it. :(

Special Occations Kolam

I have a lot of passion for drawing and so for kolam too.

I always feel nothing should limit out creativity, and the same implies for kolam for me. I generally don't prefer to draw between dots. Free hand is my style. :)

Here are few outcomes of my passion. :)