BALLOON PRINTING

It is yet another simple and funniest painting technique for kids .

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Balloons
Colours
Paper / Cardboard / Cloth

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :


1) Blow balloons and tie with a thread .

2) Dip it in colours .

3) Block it 2 times in bottom / top portion of the paper one in each corner.

4) Fold the paper in the centre/fold it 2 halves . Press it gently and open the paper .

5) Wow,what a lovely one !!! Cute painting , isn't it?

Linking it with Show and Tell #61 , Made by little hands , monday , For kids friday #16 and Play Academy .

SIMPLE KALAMKARI DESIGNS

Kalamkari is an art of hand painting in Fabrics . Famous art of Andra Pradesh .
Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art

KOLAM

FOLKSY FACES FROM MY DAUGHTER

Some folksy faces from my daughter .I helped her to draw eyes and nose.



Traced out my daughter's hand and then drew the face.








Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

SAURA PAINTING

Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

TAMILNADU FOLKS - WARLI PAINTING

Warli Painting showing Tamilnadu folks : 1) Kavadi attam 2) Karakattam 3) Jallikattu (Bull fight) 4) Silambattam and 5) Cock fight .

Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

EGG SHELL ART - TRIBAL FACE

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Egg shell - 1
Colours

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1 )Clean the shell and allow it to dry .
2) Colour and dry it.
3) Draw face with pencil.


4) Mark it with marker and again colour it.



Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

PUPPETS - MAYILATTAM / POI KAL KUTHIRAI(MADHUBANI STYLE)

Mayilattam (Peacock dance ) and Poikal kuthirai(False leg horse dance ) are very famous folk dances in TamilNadu . These are now a days performed in village festivals or in government functions representing TamilNadu . Linking this to Shruti's Folk Art Challenge .



MATERIALS REQUIRED :

OHP Sheets
Glass painting colours
Pencil
Erasers
Popsicles
Glue
Thread
OHP Markers

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Pencil Sketch the figures in plain paper .



2) Trace the figures to OHP using markers .
3) Colour it using glass painting colours and allow it to dry.



4) Glue the OHP sheet to a plain paper . Cut out the pictures .
5) Glue popsicles to the painitng one in the top and other in the bottom
6) Tie a thick thread to both the top sticks of both the paintings.
7) Hold the middle of the thread to show puppets dancing to your kids.

COMB PAINTING

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Mix colours of your choice .
2) Dip a old comb in it .
3) Hold the comb over a plain paper . Block and brush it . Colourful banner is ready .



Linking it with Artsy Craftsy - April 

JUST LIKE THAT ------ PAINTING

Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

MY FIRST EMBOSS PAINTING - VINAYAKAR

This was my first painting done in April 2005 .