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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Since all the riches....
Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for worldly things. ~William Blake, Gnomic Verses
Missed you of late and love your Indian Bride drawing. So well done. Wishing you, too, a very Happy New Year and hoping that the new year brings us more wonderful artwork from you.
She's beautiful, Aarti - the lace work too. I grew up close to an English Town with a heavy immigrant population, people from all over the world, and have fond memories of bejeweled women in Saree's. There is very little diversity of dress here in Arkansas. Shame.
Yes, dressing styles are different here in India..especially the culture is preserved by the rural population, older generations of people living in cities etc..mostly the urban crowd dresses up in formal clothes and their hectic schedules leave very less time for tradtional clothes like saree which takes some time to be tied...but when it comes to Hindu weddings,the bride usually is dressed in her best and prefers to wear grand sarees/lehenga cholis /salwar kameez and heavy jewellery.
12 comments:
what a beauty!
Aarti: Your work is very good. Portraits are difficult and you handle the challenge very well!
Beautiful Aarti.
Very nice Aarti. Of course, seeing any of your drawings of women in traditional dress are extra nice for me since seeing that is a rarity.
Thanks Tina...!!
@An evolving artist..I love creating portraits...although I am still in the learning phase...trying to improve.
YOu are welcome freebird..Im planning to create a few more women in Indian traditional wear..will post them...
Well done Aarti. I like the way you've used negative space to bring out her earring. Form shading has such nice soft edges!
Hi Aarti,
Missed you of late and love your Indian Bride drawing. So well done. Wishing you, too, a very Happy New Year and hoping that the new year brings us more wonderful artwork from you.
Dave
She's beautiful, Aarti - the lace work too. I grew up close to an English
Town with a heavy immigrant population, people from all over the world, and
have fond memories of bejeweled women in Saree's. There is very little
diversity of dress here in Arkansas. Shame.
regards,
Barbara
Hi Barbara,
Yes, dressing styles are different here in India..especially the culture is preserved by the rural population, older generations of people living in cities etc..mostly the urban crowd dresses up in formal clothes and their hectic schedules leave very less time for tradtional clothes like saree which takes some time to be tied...but when it comes to Hindu weddings,the bride usually is dressed in her best and prefers to wear grand sarees/lehenga cholis /salwar kameez and heavy jewellery.
Thanks Dave and Phyllis. I am planning to create more Indian women in colour and charcoal this year. Hope to publish them soon.
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