Black and White

I dont remember when I painted this. I think this was an inspiration after a program I saw in National Geographic Channel sometime back. I remember making two of this kind, I should search for the other painting.

I am TAGGED!

This is the first time I have been tagged. Deepa had put me thinking about my most unspectacular quirks. I took almost 2 days though. I asked J if he can mention some of my quirks. To be on the safer side he said “nah, you are not at all quirky”, but I am, I know that.

Here goes the rules for the game:

1. Link back to the person who tagged you

2. Mention the rules on your blog.

3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.

4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.

5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

Here goes my unspectacular quirk:

1. I check and recheck if the iron box and gas knob is switched off several times before I leave home. Many a times I have returned home to check it.

2.I have to leave all the lights on in the house before I go to bed when J is not at home. Should I say or not, say or not….. let me tell you. I am scared of darkness and imagine ghosts in there. ( I preach my son there are no such things called monsters and I have not seen one in my life and why are you scared of all those imaginative stuff and so on…….). Poor chap thinks his mother is such a brave woman but only I know the truth, now you too.

3. There no single flight of stairs which I have used that I have not fallen down. I know you are laughing. This is not a hobby. I still cannot figure out how and why it happens to me. Very prone to (falling-down) accidents.

4.I can read any kind of books, get immersed in it and be oblivious of the surrounding. I am an otherwise active person who cannot rest in one place for more than 10 minutes but with a book I can sit for hours together.

5.I am very fond of grapes(any shape, taste, size, and color). I can never get enough of it. I can eat in kgs a day.

6.Oh how can I forget about my bead lust. Oh I collect them like mad. I have a huge collection of beads. I really do not use them but I love looking at it once in a while, especially when I am feeling low.

I am tagging Shillu and lubna. (breaking rules here, sorry)

Lake Side

When I was in school I always got the first place for all the painting competitions held at school. I feel a tug of pain when I realize I do not have those paintings with me now. I did not have a camera to take a copy of it too. During those days I have reproduced many paintings from art books I found in my school and college library and also greeting cards I received. My friends used to make sure they give me a card with scenery in it. I used to gift my paintings to them and I am sure they still have them. This is one such painting I have reproduced from an art and painting book.

village

A village by the lake side.

Spring

I started this blog thinking that I will have more of my craft work to show. J insisted that I am more inclined to painting than doing crafts for which I disagreed. Now J proved to be right. I have more for Sketch Diary than for Glass Beads. Here is another of my landscape from the diary. May be I will name it spring. I love when it is spring, lot of chirpy birds and flowers all around.

Landscape

I love doing landscapes. This is imaginary. Since I am not trained at this, there may be a lot of errors about the shadows and lighting. I don't know. From my point of view, it is looking nice and I had hidden it in my diary for at least 4 years now. Now it is out here for everyone to see.

Butterflies

Flower Bunch

I have reproduced this painting from a greeting card I received many years ago. There is no artist name on it. Though the card looks very dull, a closer look at it you can see the beautiful butterflies on the flowers. This made me to paint it with some bright colors. I have used the same colors as it was on the card but brightened it up a bit.

Poppy flower

Another painting of flower from my diary.