Kerala Mural

My very first Kerala Mural is ready. I have uploaded the various stages for anybody interested in this art. For a brief introduction, kerala mural painting is an ancient artwork done on temple and palace walls in Kerala.Though natural pigments and vegetable colours are used i painted with poster colours


The sketch is as below:



Now i filled the colours: orange, blue, red and green:



The final stage shows the use of the colour - black that makes the painting standout :



Hope you all love it.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Downtown Gainesville FL

The Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Downtown Gainesville FL in USA is very close to my heart. You can find all the neede information on the website www.holytrinitygnv.org. The church is very active in looking after the needs of the poor and downtrodden.



Inside the church is so beautiful and mesmerising ..



I had never seen a Pipe organ live ..



Glass paintings that the sun brigthens up during the day to make the church glow inside



This church has a flower shop where i did my charity work during my stay in gainesville, FL and i am so indebted to them for giving me to do something i love.



The items i made with due regards and thanks to all my teachers i met there ..



Last but not the least "the watermelon gator" of florida..

Paintings

Lets talk about my glass painting ...its about horses and this is actually the second of a kind i made ..



My acrylic hibiscus flowers on canvas is my first work on canvas and i feel i love canvas ...

Happy Diwali 2014

Diwali this year was no different from the last year in matters of excitement and happiness.



I started celebration 2 days in advance of the main diwali day on Dhanteras day by having a til oil bath using natural scrub made of besan. The shampoo i used was a herbal powder i bought called
Meera.

My rangolis made over the few days i celebrated are as below:



The lights and oil diyas made my home so beautiful.



I have to mention that cleaning before diwali is an important ritual especially clearing clutter from our houses ..i couldn't believe i had accumulated so much...though tiring it was a very satisfying experience.

Palakkad, Kerala

We are going to kerala after 3 long years and this is my first visit to my husband’s place too. Since I got Google I have been using it for anything and everything ..be it a cure for a sneeze or see Mauritius where I don’t even dream to be able to go ..haha!
Well I have just seen some beautiful kerala sarees online …I love kerala – lush green paddy fields , lovely aromatic delicious food and soothing temple music.

I have packed my bag with sarees amongst my other clothes which I do only for a kerala trip. Each time I visit kerala I wish for long thick hair cause I am so self conscious ..rather head-conscious.
Palakkad – land of paddy ..granary of kerala ..

Palakkad is aptly called the granary of Kerala ..with vast evergreen paddy fields and tasty rice. The rice we eat in this area of the state is tastier than other regions.

We landed just when Navratri began in 2014 and the entire place and people were busy in temples where poojas and devotion was at its peak. We had vegetarian food due to Navratri and visited lovely temples.

There is a side dish called "vattal" which is famous here ..all types rice vattal, ladys finger vattal etc ..it is called "kondattam" in the northern areas of kerala. I tried making them once i came back and got it right only after few trials.