VILLAGE - MY 3-D MURAL

I have tried to capture a village in my 3-D mural...

A beautiful village...

complete with a hut with a pretty kolam at it's doorstep...

A Ganesha under a tree...flanked by Nagars  on his sides...

the scorching  sun on an Indian summer day...

and a bullock cart laden with hay

going to the nearest farm...

I have used a plywood for the base and worked with

glue and ceramic powder to give the raised effect

and finally gave the dried piece a metallic finish....

FLOWERS AND LEAVES - A 3-D RELIEF PAINTING

Here is a 3-D relief painting...

On a dark background 

I have arranged a set of 

flowers,buds and leaves

made of ceramic powder and glue...

after they dried, I painted and shaded

them with acrylic colors and 

gave the piece a final coat of clear varnish...

It is indeed a pleasure to watch these

3-d flowers pop out of the canvas!

GEETOPADESHA - A 3-D MURAL

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"YADHAA YADHAA HI DHARMASYA...

GYAANIR BHAVATHI BHAARATHA...

ABYUTHAANAM ADHARMASYA...

THADHAATHMAANAM SRIJAAMYAHAM...

PARITHRAANAAYA SAADHOONAAM...

VINAASAAYACHA DUSHKRUTHAAM...

DHARMA SAMSTHAABANAARTHAAYA...

SAMBHAVAAMI YUGHE YUGHE..."

MEANING...

"Whenever there is a fall in Dharma(Justice)

and a rise in Adharma(Injustice/The wrong)

I shall come here...

When there is a dance of destruction 

and the principles of sustenance weaken...

I ,who am omnipresent and watching everything...

shall take control of the situation

and set things in balance...

to protect the devout /good...

raze out the evil which vandalises the Earth...

and re-establish Dharma...

I shall manifest 

in every Yugha(Era/period)...."

Thus spake Lord Krishna

in the battle fields of Kurukshetra...

to Arjuna...

who was blessed to get 

the Geetopadesha...

"Do your duty...do not expect the rewards..."

says Krishna...

Doesn't it apply 

not only to the Pandavas but to you and me too?

This is the scene that I have depicted

in my Tanjore Painting

"Geetopadesham"

Where you see Lord Krishna

delivering the divine message

to Arjuna when he hesitates to 

lift his bow and arrow against 

the Kauravas...his kith and kin 

-and also his wrong doers...

The whole piece is given a metallic finish 

and figures of Sri Krishna and Arjuna 

are painted with acrylic colors...

The base of this mural is wood...

A PEACOCK ON A TREE - A 3-D MURAL

              HERE IS A GRACEFUL PEACOCK -THE NATIONAL BIRD OF OUR  COUNTRY...

PERCHED ON A FLOWER BEARING TREE...

IT IS MADE WITH CERAMIC POWDER AND GLUE 

MIXED TOGETHER TO FORM A DOUGH

AND M  SEAL TOO...

THE FLOWERS ,LEAVES ,TREE AND THE BIRD

AND THE BACKGROUND TOO

ARE FIRST PAINTED AND SHADED WITH OIL COLORS...

AND THEN THE  RAISED PORTIONS 

OF THE MURAL -ie..THE BIRD AND THE TREE

ARE COATED WITH GLUE N GLOSS TO GIVE THE PIECE A GLOSSY LOOK.