Paper Portrait

This is a simple rainy day project which is fun to make also. Things you'll need: 1. A photograph (with clear face view for portrait) 2. Different colored paper 3. Pencil, glue, scissors, x-acto knife (optional) 4. Heavy cardstock paper for backing 5. Crayons(optional) 6. Acrylic paints (optional) Step 1 Step 1: Start with the...

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Negative Space watercolor painting

Completed!! I recently took a skillshare class  on watercolor painting techniques and learned a lot from the class. (https://www.skillshare.com/classes/crafts/Watercolor-and-Mixed-Media/6243591/classroom/discussions?via=user-profile&enrolledRedirect=1). This is wet on wet watercolor technique where you add different colors...

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Photos in words

I saw a photo made from words in Google search few days back and I wanted to make similar kind of pic for my photo also. Though there is one site youareyourwords.com that do the similar kind of thing but somehow I was not getting my photo converted :( Most of the tutorials for the same on net is in Photoshop which I don't own...

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Ganpati

This Ganpati I made from 9 different grains. According to Hindu tradition you should pray to Lord Ganesh/Ganpati before start of new venture. I am not that religious but I like Ganpati so thought of him as a first post. Materials used: 1. Heavy paper for base 2. 9 different grains (wheat, rice, sesame, black gram (urad), green gram (moong),...

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