Art Journal - Painting Poems

A Haathi Chaap scrapbook for an art journal, Potli wooden blocks from Kadam, multi-hued watercolors, a black pigment liner, and a few words waiting to be strung together - were my tools of the trade.

I'm sure most of you know of Haathi Chaap, the folks who celebrate Elephant Dung paper. With that they create organic stationery, which sport the coolest of logos, and I like the post script on their homepage ... "No, it doesn't smell of poo. Really!" :-)

Incidentally, here's a fun picture I caught at the Singapore zoo.

And so,
my Haathi Chaap scrapbook flaunting the mammal's behind, and tied together with a ribbon, was waiting for the right inspiration. So were the hugely popular wooden blocks from Kadam.

I penned down two small poems.

One, of a tree calling out to his feathered friends. 

And another of a parrot's song 

And did I have fun splashing color on these beautifully textured pages!

Am linking on to the weekly story @Colours Dekor.

Three Delightful Stories

Two weeks ago, I got hold of a sketch poem book by Bangalore based artist Prabha Narayanan who blogs here. Delightful to say the least, the book is on and is called Nature and comes alive with easy watercolor strokes and poetry in the artist's own handwriting, and fits snugly in my palm. 
I first read about it in Priya Sebastian's The Plum Tree, and knew instantly that I had to buy it. A few email exchanges with Prabha and a copy of the book was mine. I have it up on my ledge like a fresh piece of art.

I also logged into Twitter after ages, never really understood the fun in it. But now I'm sort of hooked! I see several folks who write wittily, gives me interesting links, travellers, illustrators, and those who just write creatively about what they see around them. I really don't mind spending some time during my 1.5 hour bus journey to work, reading observant people who can play with words.
Tell me you are there too! You can find me @PopOfBright.

Let me leave you with this today...
                                                                  I opened an old book, 

Smelt the old pages.

As I flipped through the story, 

Which climaxes in Spring,

I found pressed 'ol flowers 

Between the pages.

Good day fellow bloggers!

Caught my fancy!

Now,
I have this thing,

A special, sudden craving ...

Not for pretty shoes,

Clothes or bling ...

Not for a money-truck,
Or for making a quick buck.
Tis rising in me like a hot-spring
(*guffaws, then laughs*)

Oh,
Tis a Watering-Can fling! :)
I Got to get hold of a peppy looking one,
The brightest, cheeriest under the sun!

Bangalore-based folks, if you have any ideas as to where to get hold of one like these, pls do drop me a note!!

Must mention, I came across the work of two wonderful artists - Annabelle's Fine Artworks and Naturally Mosaics - in the process of looking up these!

And I've joined A La Carte this Friday!
(PS: All pictures above are completely drool-worthy to me, but are sole copyrights of Amazon, istockphoto, Aldeahome, Naturally Mosaics, Annabelle, Select2Gether, 67pics, and HenandHammock. )