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How To Paint Glass Tanjore Painting

Ahil — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:17:22 +0000

Framed Work

Yasoda Kannan

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How To Paint Glass Tanjore Painting

Ahil — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:45:16 +0000

Yasoda Kannan IV

Step 5

I finished by giving the background color for the picture. Let it dry.

Viewing Side (Front Side) of the Painting

Step 6

Framing

Choose traditional frame for tanjore paintings on glass. I’ll frame it after two days of drying and pasting some aluminium foil(0.2 mm thickness which used as chocolate wrappings) over the glass colors wherever I applied the glass colors, just for the glittering effect. This time I just covered wholly with foil. Apply the glue only on the sides where its given acrylic colors. Now mostly I replace glass colors with 3D colors, that wont require any foil behind them to reflect.

Next see you with Framed Work….

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How To Paint Glass Tanjore Painting

Ahil — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:44:40 +0000

Yasoda Kannan II

Now starting with oil colors. You need two or three days for drying. If you are a first timer, apply the oil coloring one by one letting each color to dry.

Step 3

Choose the skin color for Yasoda and I choose light pink for darker shades and whitish pink for light shades. However, she being a North Indian of wheatish white complex, as a divine one she is I add a pnikish tint to her skin. For this get a mix of little rose madder hue, lot of white, burnt umber a bit. For Kannan his original color of blue is to given. Get a mix of cobalt blue a little, white a lot, prussian blue a bit. Use brush to paint the edges of the design and within the design apply dabbing method.

Have Glitter Sand (3D color) scattering here and there for the floor to shine up. Then go for oil color of your choice.

Give the outer border filled with a acrylic color that matches your background color of the painting and the frame you going to choose. If you want you can give the border color first before going for oil colors.

Viewing Side (Front Side) of the Painting

One more coloring is in due – for the background…..Pack Up….Meet u Tomo’….

Dabbing :

Take a bit of sponge, dip in the mix, just dab over the design.

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How to paint Glass Tanjore Painting

Ahil — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:48:59 +0000

Yasoda Kannan II

Starting with the pearl colors for costumes, we have to decide the colors that match. Yasoda’s saree, its pallu, the veil, krishna’s angavastra colors must compliment each other. Vibrant colors can be used. The glass reflects bright colors the most.

Step 3

At first, clean up the extra gold paintings that edges out of the design by using a hairpin or such a thing.

Color the fabrics of your choice with pearl/acrylic colors. Pearl color goes well with tanjore type paintings. It shows the richness of the figurines that we paint.

When we are painting the eyes, do with extra care. Have to leave some white space in the pupil of the eye. First color the black (not pure black, mix some white) pupil and left it for dry. After dried, give pearl white for the remaining part of the eye.

For the hair also, mix some brown color with black, especially for childrens’ hair. Always check whether the colors are fully filled the design, by just lifting the glass at 45 deg to let light.

Next finish off with the pillars.For the pillars, I just go with 3D colors for the designed part and red acrylic for remaining. It blends well.

Viewing Side (Front Side) of the Painting

Tomo’ we will be coloring the skin with oil colors

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How to paint Glass Tanjore Paintings

Ahil — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:45:06 +0000

Yasoda and Kannan

Krishna(Kannan) belonged to the Vrishni clan of Yadavas from Mathura, and was the eighth son born to the princess Devaki, and her husband Vasudeva. The king Kansa, Devaki’s brother, had ascended the throne by imprisoning his father, King Ugrasena. Afraid of a prophecy that predicted his death at the hands of Devaki’s eighth son, Kansa had the couple locked into a prison cell and killed all seven.

Krishna, who was born to Devaki as the eighth child, was given to Yashoda and Nanda in Gokul, by Krishna’s father Vasudeva on the night of his birth. Thus, Yasoda was the foster-mother of Krishna.With the discovery of Krishna’s real parents as well as the public knowledge that he is the heir apparent of Mathura, Yashoda had to let go of her son in the end.

Various childhood episodes or Lilas of Krishna, growing in Yashoda’s household abound in Hindu religious texts. The stories of Krishna’s childhood and youth tell how he became a cow herder, his mischievous pranks as Makhan Chor (butter thief) and his role as a protector of the people of Vrindavana.

Glass Tanjore Painting

Tanjore Paintings of Hindu God/Goddess done on Glass is decorative, attractive and cost less than Tanjore paintings.

Step 1

Have the design with reverse side of the transparent tracing sheet on the glass.

Because we are drawing on the reverse side of the glass.

So that it’ll be perfect, when it’s viewed from the front side.

I draw the traced picture of Yasoda Kannan over the reverse side of the glass.

Keep a white sheet of paper underneath, so that the design is clearly seen.

Step 2

Apply the gold color(Pearl metallic or Gold powder mixed) for ornaments and glass colors/stone colors/3D colors for stones in jewels.

When applying, just lift the glass and see whether the color completely filled the design.

Viewing(front) side of the painting

Today, I just finished with this level. Day after tomorrow (two days time for drying) we will finish the acrylic/pearl colors for fabrics in the design.

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African Art on Glass II

Ahil — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:47:16 +0000

African Art

Completed Work

I visualize the effect of giving grey in gradient mode. Mixed black, chinese white, prussian blue and little crimson lake…got the correct shade. Prepare darker grey and lighter grey by adding some more white to it. The painting being vertically long, I prefer to give the shades alongside the figures.

3D Outliner :

Before going for shading I want to give the painting the rusty look of that land by giving some 3d outliner – Glitter Black color. Moreover its a glass, it reflects light and the painting is also an abstract-like, so I prefer to give some glitter touch to it.

Gradient :

Dabbing the oil colors on glass, I strike upon a thought of giving two columns of darker variation on each side and lighter shade in the center, not giving gradual gradient on the glass. It feels better and comes out well.

In this painting the gradient moves out from center to corners in a circular manner. Most Glass Tanjore Paintings which comprise Gods and Goddess reflects this type of gradient variation.

: Gradient

This African art doesn’t need one like this. So I worked out as separate perpendicular columns of shades.

Gradient

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African Art on Glass

Ahil — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:41:47 +0000

Nice to paint this type of art on the glass…it has no defined face, eyes, nose and lips that makes me to put so much of oil paint variations on the face…because I usually apply oil colors for the skin of the figure that I am painting.

Giving Shades :

Most glass painters, mostly beginners… use the same acrylic colors, that too not showing any variations for the cheek, chin or forehead… I wont argue you all to not using any acrylic colors for the skin texture. Show some color variations. Keep the glass upright and do the painting.

Light shaded part

Drawing outlines for the shaded part gives the picture an amateurish look .

Only Outline

Draw only the outline of the pitcher. Give the lighter shades while coloring.

First put the light shades. Then give the dark shade part and when its wet(acrylic dry quick) take some dark shade on your brush, move over the lighter shaded part. Remember you are painting on the reverse side. So keep the glass upright and view the painting’s shade, whether it comes out well or not.

Merging of lighter and darker shades

Making lighter in the center

Shades in Pitcher

Acrylic Colors are over

Front View

Painting Side - Reverse

Careful about the Large Glass :

cuts

Some cuts and wounds on the pressed part of your hand with the glass are common while putting the glass upright.

Now next I paint the background with oil colors which gives the gradient effect…Wait…

Filed under: Acrylic Paintings, African Art, Art, Ethnic Paintings, Glass, Glass designs, Glass Painting, Light Shades, Reverse Glass Paintings Tagged: acrylic colors, african art, coloring the pitcher, darker shades, Drawing shades on glass, lighter shades

Reverse Glass Painting

Ahil — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:18:53 +0000

In my house, the builder put some spaces in the Living room, that I almost filled with some of my paintings.

But I am having some idea of filling with larger ones. So I measure the space leave 4 inches for the frame and purchase the glass of size 15 x 42 inch.

I got a picture of African art traced and transferred it on the glass.

Tracing Sheet under the glass

Transferred to glass

I’ll continue…..

Filed under: African Art, Art, Ethnic Paintings, Glass, Glass designs, Glass Painting, Reverse Glass Paintings Tagged: african art, decorative glass painting, ethnic paintings, Glass Painting, reverse glass painting

Fabric Design

Ahil — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:35:21 +0000

Border Designs for Saree

Border design

This type of designed sarees cost around Rs. 1500. If you have a plain color saree, some 3D colors, some creativity and leisure time, you would have a pretty good looking saree.

Sketch the design using the orange carbon paper.
Using Fevicryl hobby ideas 3D outliner colors color it.
Dry it for an hour.
After fully dried (not touch dry), iron on reverse

Border

Designed Saree

Pallu design

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3D colors on Fabric

Ahil — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:01:31 +0000

Border Designs for Fabric Painting

Design on the pallu of a saree

3D colors

Things Needed :

Fabric of your choice

A Design

3D Colors ( Fevicryl 3D outliner or Camel Fabrica acrylic 3D Glitter)

Kundan stones

Applicator sticks or Jewel setter Stick or prongs

Fabric glue

Method

Draw the design outline using pencil.
Use 3D colors to draw over the design.
Let it dry for an hour.
Put fabric glue wherever the stones are to be pasted.
Keep the kundan stones over the glue using applicator sticks or jewel setter sticks. Press it.
Let it dry for an hour.
After its fully dried (not touch dry), Iron on the wrong side.

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