PRETTY PEACOCKS- A short slideshow

Peacocks....our national bird...

epitome of beauty, grace and class....

A short slideshow of pretty peacocks 

in various moods and hues...

For your views.....

Do click on the image to view the full slideshow....

MAYOORA-A TANJORE PAINTING

Usually, Hindu religious icons are depicted

in Tanjore Paintings- a traditional art form of India.

In this painting, I have chosen to portray 

a glorious peacock -an all time favorite 

Indian motif...In fact,

You can hardly find  an Indian art form

where a peacock is not depicted in it's unique style...

and true to the tradition of Tanjore paintings,

here is a peacock embellished 

in gold and semi precious stones...

PEACOCKS - A MADHUBANI PAINTING

After a long time ,I am sharing a simple and colorful

Madhubani Painting 

depicting the all time favorite motif

in various Indian arts and crafts - The Peacock 

or the Mayoora...

these multicolored peacocks  

capture the essence of the true original 

Madhubani artisan- the unlettered woman

from a village of the Madhuban district of Bihar...

for her these paintings were the way she 

celebrated life and every moment of it too...

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.

PEACOCK-A STAINED GLASS

                      One morning my friend walked in  with a small piece of leftover glass in her hand...

                      She said she wanted me to do something creative on it -and she wanted to
                      collect it when she was going home back after her shopping spree...and she
                      wanted something simple and cute as it was meant to be a gift to her cousin...

                      I was wondering what to churn out in such a short notice...

                      First I thought of doing a Reverse glass painting,but I knew it will
                      take more time to dry up...

                      So I thought ,a Stained glass painting will fit the bill perfectly well...

                      I bought out my glass painting paints and liners and cleaning materials...

                      And browsed through my design file...

                       Then I came up with this sleek peacock with minimal number of lines
                       and a few colors and very little shadings...

                       I slipped the design sheet under the glass and nozzled out the black
                       glass liner in a matter of minutes...

                       Now , it had to dry up...so I left it under the fan and went for a quick cup of coffee...

                       The glass liner had dried up by the time I finished the drink...

                       after some minimal cleaning,I started filling the colors one by one...

                        I just stuck to cool colors like shades of blues and greens to suit the peacock theme
                        and added a dash of orange and yellow to make the picture stand out...

                       And the coloring job was over within 10 minutes... and it looked stunning...

                       I was pleased with the outcome and happily I let it to dry...

                       And when my friend  was back,she was too thrilled to see this strikingly pretty
                       peacock....and immediately framed it up and gift wrapped it ...

                        And she thanked me profusely next day  and told me the gift -The Peacock
                        was the Star of the evening....

                        And I was glad I had clicked it before it flew away from my hands...

            

A COLORFUL PEACOCK - A TILE PAINTING

THIS IS A FUNKY TILE PAINTING THAT I DID ON A LEFTOVER ,

SPARE PLAIN CERAMIC TILE...

I JUST SKETCHED A FREE HAND OUTLINE ON THE TILE WITH A CD MARKER...

THEN OUTLINED THE SKETCH WITH A GLASS LINER AND LET IT DRY...

NEXT DAY , I FILLED UP THE PEACOCK WITH GLASS COLORS OF DIFFERENT HUES...

AND...

MY PEACOCK WAS DULY MOUNTED ON A TEXTURED CLOTH BOARD

AND FRAMED UP...

A Nib Painting- PEACOCK .....

    

A peacock -one of the prettiest birds

that graces this earth-

is always a cynosure of your eyes...

No wonder the peacock is given 

the exalted privilege and status of being

the National Bird of our country...

And this is one bird that is always

 the favorite of all artists and craft persons...

and it beautifully adapts itself to any form of art...

paintings...sculptures...embroidery...

poems...dance...and  more....

Peacock is an All Time Favorite theme 

in all these creative forms...

And definitely one of my favorite themes too...

This Nib Painting shows my pretty 

peacock perched gracefully

on a flowery tree....

This work is done on a black felt cloth

with a special set of nibs -

(the main tool for nib painting)

with oil paints...

The main ingredient for this work 

     is patience and precision...

(oil paints mess up easily and it is

 not really possible to reverse the mistakes)

And the bright green leaves,

shaded pretty pink flowers

 and the tree trunk do provide

 a perfect backdrop

 for this beautiful bird...