Nib Painting

Its been a long time since i came to my blog. I had gone to India and had long vacation, celebrated my daughters birthday. It was wonderful being there with all off them. My mom used to lot of art work, like embroidery, paintings and stitching. I learnt a kind of Oil painting which is done on felt cloth. It is such a lovely painting u can just play with all colors. It is called as "Nib painting". In this painting flowers are ideal sketch to be painted, because u can make use of all vibrant colors in any combination.
Materials Required:
Plywood Board - any size
Felt cloth ( For covering the board)
Oil paint colors
Design
Nibs for painting ( Can use calligraphics nibs also)

Cover the board with felt cloth. Let it dry and then draw the flower pattern. Apply a layer of paint to the each petal and then using the nib draw strokes on the painted petal. By doing this u can lines being formed. The strokes have to closer and should be started from the center of the flower. Repeat the pattern for each and every flower. For stems u get special nibs , which are rounded at the end. Those nibs can be used for stems.
It takes 10 to 15 days for drying. Keep it away from sunlight.

Art

Pencil Sketch

I was always interested in pencil sketching and wanted to learn it. I bought a kit which had diffferent shading pencils and tried to mimic the picture.

                                 

                           
   

Tanjore Painting

                                     

 

Tanjore painting is an important form of classical south Indian painting native to the town of Thanjavur in Tamilnadu, India. The art form dates back to about 1600CE, a period when Nayakas of Thanjavur encouraged art, music and dance as well as literature in Tamil and Telugu. Tanjore paintings are known for their surface richness, vivid colors and compact composition. Essentially serving as devotional icons, the themes of most these paintings are Hindu gods and goddess and saints as well.

Materials Required

Plywood Board - 12" Thickness 

White Cotton cloth

Chalk powder ( If chalk powder is not available DAP Patching Plaster can be used)

Fevicol or Elmer’s Glue All

Arabic Gum

Gold foil - 22ct pure gold

Gemstones

White conical stones

Pearls

Poster colors or Water color 

Design

Tracing Paper

Carbon Paper ( Yellow)

Sand Paper

Brushes 0,2 ( Round), 4,9 (Flat)

Scissors

Rotring Pen

Stages

Preparation of board

Take 1tbsp of fevicol and 1tsp of Arabic gum and  mix it with little water. Immerse the cloth in this mixture, stretch it and stick to plywood. Let it dry in shade. 

Mix chalk powder, fevicol and water in proportion of 2:1:2 to make Muk. 

OR

Take Patch plaster and dilute it in water.

Apply it on board vertically and let it dry, then apply horizontally. Repeat this process for 4 times.

Let it dry completely in shade.

Finish the process by sanding for a smooth finish.

Tracing the Design

Choose the design which you are going to trace. On the board leave 1” gap on each side for framing and center the design. Place the yellow carbon between the design and board and using a pen or pencil draw on the design.

Placing gemstones

Look for ornaments in the design and paste the gemstones. Paste it using fevicol. Leave uniform gap between the gemstones. 

Muk application 

Take chalk powder and Arabic gum in a ratio of 2:1 for muk. ( If using Patch plaster  dilute it using Arabic gum). Make a cone and apply it sides of the stones and places where gold foil has to placed. Muk is applied to create a embossed effect. Let it dry completely.

Gold foil application

Place the gold foil on the embossed area and on the stones and make impression with fingers and then cut. Paste the gold foil using  arabic gum.  Allow it to dry completely. The gold foil covering the stones can be removed using safety pin.

Painting

Using poster or water colors enliven the painting. To highlight the depth of the design use fine tip rotring black pen to draw lines.

Frame

Traditional chettinad frames are used for framing the art.