Sunday, January 10, 2010

Painted Birds on wood with Egg Tempera pigment paints




Here it is. The one painting which has kindled a very strong desire in me to paint more.

There was a tiny photograph of a painted cabinet in a home decor magazine, with beautiful birds painted all over it, and an antique finish to the wood. I absolutely loved it and wanted to paint the same type of birds on a piece of wood.

So my dear art teacher Mahi, encouraged me to draw the design on tracing paper & then have a go painting it. Under her direction, this is what I managed to create and I have to say I was tickled pink with the results - that is comming from me who could hardly draw or paint a thing.