Last night was magical.
I had slept for two hours in the morning after sending Tanay off to school. I don't know why, but I was feeling very heavy and tired. So, I just dozed off and I was sure that in the night, I would count the stars or count the numbers backward from 1000 to 1. But when I turned off the lights and took my blanket to sleep, I started thinking about the different paintings which I did over the past 5 days. I realized there were so many things I could depict on that white canvas. Landscapes, still life, birds, animals and what not? Different hues and colors and combinations, the sky is really the limit. And I didn't realize when I dozed off and went to sleep. It was really magical for me because in all these years I hadn't slept so easily at night after sleeping during the day for so long.
What magic can painting, coloring really do? This is just the beginning, I think!
Today, while going through my stock of stationery like color pencils, crayons, etc., I realized that I had oil pastel colors also, bought some years ago for Tanay at school in Bangalore and I had brought them to Karlsruhe. I had never used them. And then my quest started for easy paintings with oil pastels and found many interesting ones. T was also interested in seeing a few of them on YouTube. He offered to help me in making one painting with oil pastels and he really did a good job. He wanted to paint the sun in green, it will look cool, he said, but then he settled on red.
Check out our joint efforts here
It surely is going to be a nice journey ahead with T by my side. I hope he develops interest in this wonderful form of art and finds joy in it!
I had slept for two hours in the morning after sending Tanay off to school. I don't know why, but I was feeling very heavy and tired. So, I just dozed off and I was sure that in the night, I would count the stars or count the numbers backward from 1000 to 1. But when I turned off the lights and took my blanket to sleep, I started thinking about the different paintings which I did over the past 5 days. I realized there were so many things I could depict on that white canvas. Landscapes, still life, birds, animals and what not? Different hues and colors and combinations, the sky is really the limit. And I didn't realize when I dozed off and went to sleep. It was really magical for me because in all these years I hadn't slept so easily at night after sleeping during the day for so long.
What magic can painting, coloring really do? This is just the beginning, I think!
Today, while going through my stock of stationery like color pencils, crayons, etc., I realized that I had oil pastel colors also, bought some years ago for Tanay at school in Bangalore and I had brought them to Karlsruhe. I had never used them. And then my quest started for easy paintings with oil pastels and found many interesting ones. T was also interested in seeing a few of them on YouTube. He offered to help me in making one painting with oil pastels and he really did a good job. He wanted to paint the sun in green, it will look cool, he said, but then he settled on red.
Check out our joint efforts here
It surely is going to be a nice journey ahead with T by my side. I hope he develops interest in this wonderful form of art and finds joy in it!
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