Peacocks

I love Peacocks!!! If I find any time to paint ,my preference would be to paint a Peacock and I have painted quite a few of them.I will present them in a series named "Peacocks".
The first one in the series is that of a "Kalamkari" Peacock.
Kalamkari is one of the many different styles of folk painting in India ."Kalam" means "Pen" and "Kari" means "craftsmanship"...aptly named so because this art is done using a special pen and completely hand-painted with vegetable dyes.These paintings go through a series of colorings and washings to get to an end result.Very eco-friendly as they use natural dyes and cotton fabric as the medium.There are hundreds of designs in this folkart,mainly Hindu deities and mythical creatures.

My forte is glass painting and since I have been fascinated with "Kalamkari" for a long time,I incorporated this style and design on to glass.The hues and shades of colors are unique to Kalamkari.I am very proud of the outcome as the shades are very close to an actual Kalamkari Painting.Next in the Kalamkari series I would like to paint the "Hamsa" meaning Swan.I hope to be able to do it in the near future.

In the series of "Peacocks", I will present a Tiffany style peacock next......I am very eager to share it ,but will wait till tomorrow as they say "Patience is a virtue" and I would like to practise it.