paper art 2

Here's some more of my paper art that I love so much...
A personalized name plate...

                                                       

And then trying it out against different backgrounds.... Which one do you think looks best?

                                             

                                          Well, I think black and white is my favourite...
                                          See you again soon, hopefully with more paper art...
                                                                        Cheers!

Paper cut art

The world of art is a rich place, and when you wander around in it, you come across many valuable treasures.  Internet has made it even easier to explore the rare and the uncommon. While surfing the net, I came across a form of art in which images/silhouettes are created without any brush or paints; rather the only tool used is a sharp blade. The image is created by cutting out shapes from the paper, and it is then displayed on another paper of a contrasting colour. This form of art is popular Polish folk art known as Wycinanki...also found in China, Japan and also in India where it is known as Devasthanakala( depicting images of Radha-Krishna). In India, it is practiced mainly in UP, in the temples dedicated to Lord Krishna. This is one more of those dying arts in our great country as very few people practice it now.

I was fascinated by the art, and decided to try my hand at it...here are a few of my early attempts.

 A Peacock in moonlit night...

Girl feeding birds...

I am so in love with this art form that I'm determined to keep practicing it further. So you people can expect to see more of this in the coming days....

I hope you enjoyed seeing these as much as I enjoyed making them. You can check out more Indian paper cutting art at www.papercuttingartprabal.com  

Doodles..

                                                     An Icy Water Pump......

                                              The Three Witches from Macbeth.....

                                             A Scene from a Fairy Village...

                                                               Naughty Pixie Boys..

                                                       A Haunted Castle..

Alice talking to the caterpillar.

Free time on your hands really lets you discover many such facets of your personality that were hitherto unknown even to you. It helps a person discover hidden potential which would never come out if we were running the rat race all the time, trying to get god knows where. Slow down and smell the flowers and get acquainted with a new you.......as I did..

cravings.......

good morning people..(even though my mornings usually start a little late).. for some weeks, I've been getting this niggling urge to create something  and it refuses to go away unless satisfied in some way..so I looked around for some inexpensive ways to do this and found some colours and brushes lying around the house...also picked up some stones from my garden and found that stones make for an unusually good canvas...particularly for someone of my calibre for painting-(that is only a wannabe artist,). anyway, these are the fruits of my labour...

this particular one is inspired by some warli paintings that i saw 

this one is a reminder of  spring in the garden..