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Step By step preparing a Canvas at home with photographs/ Beginning 31 December 2013 Painting One Stroke Patience Healing Painting Embrace the Chaos Till 31 December 2014

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Beginning 31 December  2013 Painting  One Stroke Patience Healing Painting "Embrace the Chaos" Till 31 December 2014 This moment the end of the year 31st December 2013 I begin with a fresh canvas one stroke in red! Each day or in every few days I  will make one stroke, a symbol, a shape or just about anything that comes to my mind. I promise to be patient and this is a healing painting in patience. Bombarded with so many ideas the mind that never stands still, as I continue to paint with passion, ... Step by Step preparing for the canvas, frame. The working frame on the wall , a lesson in patience, healing and pure love for colors, painting. My Favorite Orange Scissors for Cutting Canvas From Canvas Roll Cutting the Canvas from the Canvas Roll Staple Gun for Fixing Canvas on Working Frame Stapled Canvas on Working Frame Folded Edges of Canvas over Working Frame Each stroke will be made with lots of love patience and dedication, lets see what...

How to Make Fancy Artistic Paper Weights at Home Step by Step Making of eco friendly paper weights

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Colorful Hand made  paper Weights Paper weights are one thing which we all require, in office at our table to hold the papers in place as well as in our home office or near the telephone desk, paper weights are available in the usual glass round globes and the creative urge (of the red pilgrim), in the year 2000 with painting creatively furniture, trees and then came making of fancy paper weights. Here  I share a few cherished ones that remain , antique pieces, I have packed and stored carefully,  beautiful,  colorful fancy eco friendly paper weights. The traditional shapes in paper  weights, crystal colored glass  heavy round balls, look the same everywhere and there is often risk of the glass falling and breaking or chipping and also some one may accidentally get hurt , a child or a pet thinking of using this as a ball!  making creative colored and different shaped paper weights also makes them look attractive and unique but also serves  ...

New Year Wishes from razarts

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While we are just coming to the end of this beautiful year 2013, so many great news, some  losses,some new experiencing and some not so good, we  all have lived this, and I wish from my heart good luck to everyone who have been a part of this spiritual journey and walked along, maybe directly or indirectly influenced my life and my art. I also take this opportunity to THANK YOU ABSOLUTE ARTS, for being such a wonderful soul friend not just to me but to so many artists around the globe. With so many years with absolute arts, this is HOME. I also thank all the people in my life, especially my critics, who have brought out the fire in me and made me continue painting with passion.  My family for being so supportive and understanding.  Thanking all other galleries, especially Saatchi Online,  who have encouraged me,in my early  years of art and helped me to put forthe my art to the world. In this journey of understanding myself and my art you have always bee...

Color Therapy Abstract oil painting Understanding of Color Symbolism

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Color therapy as the name suggests is using colors as healing symbols. Colors have their own meanings and symbolism since olden times and artists have very effectively used colors in paintings to express emotions, environments and beliefs. Different colors represent emotions and objects with universal meanings and this is also influenced by the experiences of the individual and their cultural beliefs. Color Therapy Oil painting on Oil Sketch paper While  artists may look upon white as the most purest color representing peace and harmony, in many religions and cultures, in India,  it is considered the color of mourning where in widows wear white clothes. So also in other culture, Christianity, the bridal wear is a flowy satin lace gown of white color. Thus color has its own interpretation and as for someone red may indicate danger another individual may call it a color of passion and love. Green with envy was such predominant in early ages and this color was almost...

First ebook on Newbie Gardeners Many more to Come

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My first ever written published ebook, this is on gardening for newbie  gardeners. Hope to share many more... My first ebook on Amazon, Thank You Allah. Terrace Gardening Tips for Newbie Gardeners http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GQPNPUK Magical Gardens http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GUJP6CC THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! So while on this spiritual journey of The Red Pilgrim, as I continue to paint healing art...I wish to make  simple colorful understandable art, art that heals. The Red Pilgrim  Oil Painting on Oil Sketch Paper

Inspired by Pablo Picasso Collection Honored to be Selected in Saatchi online Inspired by Picasso Collection.

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Pure Luck by Rizwana Mundewadi  Inspired by Picasso Collection,Pablo Picasso, I am so honored to be a part of this prestigious online art collection compiled by Rebecca Wilson Director at Saatchi Art Gallery London for choosing my work, " Pure Luck White Chrysanthemums". http://www.saatchionline.com/art-collection/Painting-Drawing-Mixed-Media/Inspired-by-Picasso/153961/23235/view Pablo Picasso the father  of cubism, the first abstract art in form of cubism style. A visual language of squares representing an image. It is a fact that Picasso depicted three dimensional objects into a two dimensional but he never progressed to make total abstract works, so strong was his upbringing and thought processes ingrained in his psyche about figurative art. He had brought a tremendous change into art after the impressionists and the fauvists . Born October 25, 1881 Malaga Spain Died April 8, 1973 Lougins France Since childhood Pablo was fascinated with drawing ge...

The Red Pilgrim symbolic abstract self portrait Selected for Next Showdown at saatchionline

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The Red Pilgrim Mrs Rizwana A.Mundewadi Online Blogging began with a simple way to express my works, share my paintings, but this has made my life  magical. Thank you Google for this opportunity to all Bloggers. The Red Pilgrim has been still continuing to inspire me, from different points of view, while I see this as a simple image of the  lady in red, there is such strong symbolism attached with this artwork. I am awestruck with her beauty and innocence, simplicity and spiritual appeal. The best part is I painted the work first and then after years started to find explanations for this ! While this beautiful day has come up with a chance to project my work among great artists, its an honor to be selected by The Saatchi Online Art Gallery , as a part of The Picasso Collection. http://www.saatchionline.com/art/Painting-Pure-Luck-White-Chrysanthemums/85884/1451314/view The next showdown at Saatchionline gallery , Painted Faces was what made me think, I do not do portr...