A Brush with Paper

Hello,    The depiction of trees in warli painting has always fascinated me.I absolutely love painting trees.Painting the tiny leaves one by one is really relaxing.Here are three basic trees I painted.I'll get to the intricate ones soon.These have been made with white poster paint on maroon handmade paper. Until next time, Avanti.

Hello,   I was meeting a friend from college after almost 7 years at her new home and couldn't decide what gift to buy her.So,I made these instead and fortunately it went well with the turquoise blue and white colour scheme of her drawing room.These have been made on handmade paper with markers and measure 6*6 inches each. Excuse the poor picture quality,they've been taken on an old mobile phone camera. Cheers, Avanti.

Hello    This is a set of paintings I made a couple of years ago and forgot to post about. It has been made on handmade paper with black paint. I gifted this to my cousin and his wife for their first Diwali together. These now hang on their drawing room wall. Until next time, Avanti.

Hi all,  Since I first learnt the basics of warli painting,my aunt had been asking me to paint a warli scene on the entrance wall to her home.But I took so long getting around to it that she had potted plants placed against the bare wall.This shamed me about my a-little-too-complacent approach towards my hobbies,and I got back to the painting with a zeal.    It measures 12*18 inches and has been made on handmade paper with white paint.The sketching took me about an hour and then the design gathered dust for about 6 months till I got to painting it which took about 3.5-4 hours.This is now hung on her drawing room wall. Until next time, Avanti.

Hi all,      I've been away for a really long time. But now I'm back and I promise to post as regularly as I can. I learnt to make crepe paper and sola wood flowers last year and I might post about some of those too. I also started a page on instagram @abrushwithpaper where I post pictures of all my artwork. Do have a look.       I only made this because I wanted to.No purpose and no person to gift it to.It has been made with white paint on maroon handmade paper.The first scene depicts a farm at night time.I love painting the swaying crops.The second scene is a village scene depicting activities during the day. I have made more of these sets which depict different activities during different seasons or different occupations or the type of trees. I'll continue to post those as and when I manage to take decent pictures of them. Hope you all liked this one. Cheers, Avanti

Hi everyone,     Posting pictures of a set of coasters I made using black markers on handmade paper.    Cheers,    Avanti.

Hello, Here is a bit of doodling I did on some envelopes I had.It is a set of 5. Doodling is a new found love.It is stress busting,requires just a pen and paper and looks pretty.

Hello, Here is a set of five envelopes with varied warli figures.Check out the buffaloes on the third one.....don't you just love them!! Until next time, Avanti....

Hello, My best friend's brother was getting married and was not accepting any gifts for the occassion.But I knew he would not say no if I personally made it.So, here is a set of two warli paintings that I made as a gift for him.The pictures depict a wedding.The rough sketch was a single painting but it was too large to fit into the frames I had already bought.So it is split into two. The base is a handmade paper with white poster colours.The frame was plain so I gave it a little warli touch by doing the white borders. Constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome. Until next time, Avanti.

Hello, This is a set of 6 coasters I made after learning the art of warli painting from a friend.For those of you who do not know what warli painting is,it is a form of painting used by tribals living in western region of India.It usually depicts daily activities and festivals and is principally used to decorate the walls of their homes and temples.[for more information please google warli art] The base is a crimson red handmade paper and white poster colour was used for painting over it.The coasters were laminated later. Constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome. Until next time, Avanti....