Giveaway 4 and Small Talk

 

"Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow, Live Today"

Thank you for the lovely response to the giveaways dear friends. Welcome to Hues n Shades my dear new followers. Hope you enjoy your stay here :) Thanks for boosting my morale each and everyone especially my loyal followers who have always been by my side...My journey is incomplete without you all and without your wonderful comments and feedback.

On this cherishing note, Let's get to the Giveaway part:

GIVEAWAY 4

Art Print is 6x4 inches

The paper quilling is book is by Zainab and has some Gorgeous designs. 

To enter the giveaway:

1. Need to be my blog follower. (Come on guys, it would be unfair for my followers if not!!! ;) )

2. Hop over to my FB page - Hues n Shades - and Like it.

3. You can even bring your friends over/invite them to like my blog/page and leave the names of your friends to earn extra credits.

4. Blog/post about the Giveaway and remember to leave the link to the post.

5. Finally leave a comment mentioning all or any of these :)

Follow these steps and you earn extra credits for each thus brightening your chance to win the art print :D

And now for the winner of Giveaway 3....drumroll:

Disha Mishra Dubey!!!

Congratulations Disha :D

On a personal note:

I have started my two-wheeler driving lessons - to make an 8 is supposed to gain you a license and it's not as easy as it appears! (For me!) My instructor anyways isn't much bothered, she just hands me a scooter and signs "Off you go"..."do whatever"!I do dream of a day when I don't have to depend on anyone else to reach somewhere!!! 

Today as I was having breakfast our neighbour, Aunty P dropped by to hand over the keys of her place as she was on her way to Bangalore for a few days. 
I need to mention that since last month a stray puppy and a few kitties have occupied/found shelter in "our place" which includes Aunty P, my home and Aunty A's which forms almost a sort of triangle. They keep moving and shifting from one place to another demanding things, playing, whiling away their time and so on. The best of it is when the puppy starts his game with the kitties. She is so affectionate and friendly with them that she can not stay away from them for long but each time she frantically 'plays' with the kitties one of bold ones just slaps her across the face. The puppy just whines and after you can see her after them without any grudge!
Now when Aunty P left, you had to look at the kitties...they just stood there with their "we-are-so-lost" look! I ran in, clicked a few pics and as soon as they saw me they headed towards me and started their "not-so-modest" plea.

The puppy will be featured some other time as she wasn't there when I was clicking these cuties :)

A friend of mine wanted to learn acrylic painting and I have started teaching her this week. It's really nice to share what one knows...and then it also helps us buy "our provisions" :)


Linking it to Paint Party Friday

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Twisted

 

 17x24.5 cm, Drawing book (Camlin Kokuyo)

Twisted, it is!!!

Rangoli - It's a traditional folk art of India known by various names in various parts of the country. It is considered auspicious and sacred by the Hindus. It's a sort of welcome to the dieties. It is considered to bring good luck.  It's drawn with dry rice flour or rice batter and sometimes filled with natural colours from vermillion and turmeric too. Now, there are loads of chemical colours available.

It reminds me of Celtic knots. Don't you think? It hasn't come out perfectly well here, was trying it after several years. It was a kind of ritual to draw kolam (rangoli)  as a child when I was in Bangalore on Tuesdays and esp Fridays. Back then it was a huge process as I remember it and the toughest part for me was to apply the dung on the ground which everyone else applied so easily and effortlessly, before drawing the kolam. Later I got the hang of it though. I was unwittingly reminding of rangolis as soon as I saw IF's  topic for this week, 'Twisted'.

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Happy Valentine's Day and GiveAway 3

 "We love life not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving" - Friedrich Nietzsche

I think that's so true...everyone...each one of us is in some way or the other trying to be in love with someone or something all the time. So here's to the Universal appeal of Love.

Now onto the winner of GiveAway 2 - Ganesha Print

My daughter, Anoushka (Krishna) was all set for school when I asked to pick a winner - the traditional way...She was all so delighted :)

PRITI SINGH!!!!

Congratulations Priti :D

Moving onto the third GiveAway....

(Come on guys, be a sport :D)

To enter the giveaway:

1. Need to be my blog follower. (Come on guys, it would be unfair for my followers if not!!! ;) )

2. Hop over to my FB page - Hues n Shades - and Like it.

3. You can even bring your friends over/invite them to like my blog/page and leave the names of your friends to earn extra credits.

4. Blog/post about the Giveaway and leave a link.

5. Finally leave a comment mentioning all or any of these :)

Follow these steps and you earn extra credits for each thus brightening your chance to win the art print :D

What you are going to win...

6x4 inches

This is just one print, different angles.This is a fine quality print on acid free paper.

Open to all, until Thrusday (20 Feb, 2014) until 12 am IST.

Adieu dear friends for now.

Spreading Luv :)

For those who wish to accept that Love can download for free my special Valentine pattern papers. Print and use (for personal use only!)

Colours of Love 
Eternal Love

Linking the post to PPF(Paint Party Friday)...Visit to meet some awesome artists and get a glimpse of their art.


ps: Radhakrishna image is from google.

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Prehistoric - IF

This is an unexpected post...I wanted to play IF...after a really long time!!!
This week's topic is Prehistoric and I was reminded of our folk arts...

Prehistoric, A4, Pen and Ink, 

Gond Painting*

“A painted landscape is always more beautiful than a real one, because there's more there. Everything is more sensual, and one takes refuge in its beauty. And man needs spiritual expression and nourishing. It's why even in the prehistoric era, people would scrawl pictures of bison on the walls of caves. Man needs music, literature, and painting-all those oases of perfection that make up art-to compensate for the rudeness and materialism of life.”  - Fernando Botero.

*Gond Painting - It is the tribal art of Madhya Pradesh and has it's origins from the Gonds, the largest Adivasi (tribal) community of Dravidian origin. The term comes from Kond which means Green Mountains in the Dravidian idiom. They inhabited the Vindhyas, Satpura and Mandla region. As most tribal culture would have it, they were closely bonded with nature as is every form of their art. They believe in supernatural forces and Gods and Goddesses as their protectors, their supreme lord being Badadev. They are an agricultural community.

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GiveAway 2 - Art Print

It's time to announce the winner of my first giveaway....
And it is....

Nicole Beadwright!!!!

Congrats Dear Nicole :D
Thanks for participating friends...

Will mail it to you once I receive your snail mail address.

Now onto the next one. 

Ganesha Art Print - 6x4 inches

What you have to do is :

1. You need to be my blog follower.

2. Like my FB page - Hues n Shades

3. Blog, post about it and leave a link in the comment.

4. Leave a comment here anyways. (The earlier ones are just to motivate me... ;) )
By following all the steps, you just brighten up your chance to win :D

The Giveaway is open to all and ends on Thursday 12 am, IST.

It's been a good week. There's a lot happening here in my small hometown. The prime one to mention is the Dharmasooya Yaga under Thathanana Swami in Kinassery. Around 1500 delegates from various countries have arrived, even the Nagababas from the Himalayas. I need to visit there...just feel the positive vibes that would definitely surround the place...but need company :P

There's been a cousin's engagement and it went really well. Accompanied her to the beauty parlour and I was left wondering at the changes the beauty industry has accomplished from my time. A few years and a great leap. I am not a regular parlour-goer but I enjoyed all the sights and I felt sticky in this Palakkad heat just by watching it! My cousin, the bride-to-be was like a heroine from a movie. She was BEAUTIFUL! May both of them have an Amazing life ahead :)

Not to mention a Musical find whom I came across during my DW visits...Avi Avital, the Grammy nominee, the Mandolin player. His music is soothing while being vigorously energetic. I got into creative mode with Avi playing in the background.

Linking to PPF
Thanks Eva and Kristin for hosting it.

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I am Celebrating and A GiveAway

Some days pass without much commotion and some days flash by with not a minute to wink!!!

That's exactly what's happening here...I have so much at hand that sometimes I am at lost to make out what I should handle first. Anyways I am grateful to God that I am the least bit bored!

For those who read my previous post, two weeks before Hues n Shades has been nominated by BlogAdda for their prestigious On Ground Awards which is to take place on 9th of Feb in Mumbai. I am thankful to each and every one of you who voted for me and left some uplifting comments...

A HUGE THANK YOU! LOVE YOU GUYS <3 nbsp="" p="">

Next, there is a business proposal at hand but let me see how it goes...

I have been working on a miniature painting the last few days and I have completed it. It is a Rajput Miniature painting and is done with acrylics. For enquiries you can mail me at deepagopal.pkd@gmail.com. The snap hasn't come out that clearly as my camera has suffered some damage at my hands. It fell down during one of our travel expeditions!!! Now I need to get a new one...I believe ;)

  10x7 inches

Now onto some news...I AM CELEBRATING...my blog anniversary is in March and from this post onwards I am holding a Giveaway with every post. Anyone interested in sponsoring can contact me in the mail address provided above. The first Giveaway is a fun Art and Craft book by Jyothi Prakashan; IDEAL for kids. I have a personal copy which I find is suitable for my daughter who loves it. Her favourite projects are the Icecream stick one, the finger puppets & potato stamps.

What you have to do is:

1. Of course you need to be my blog follower and

2. Like my FB page, Hues n Shades

3. The chances of winning is brighter when you follow the above steps and Leave a comment saying so.

This is open to all. You have a week's time until next Friday Midnight IST.

Linking it to PPF...for more wonderful art and artists...pls visit the link.

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