Terracotta Souvenirs

Myself was surprised that  I actually had the ability to turn earthy brown articles to such colourful souvenirs :) ...I had a very keen interest in painting pots from a very young age but then it was like I didnt have a clear idea about what materials I got to use nor I had the proper skill to apply !

It all happened recently when I was with a friend of mine who got me a set of acrylic colours,even then I had absolutely no idea of what I would be doing with them...When I came home I found some old objects made of terracotta ! Just dusted them and washed thoroughly ...I spontaneously transformed a red brown elephant into a royal one !

Then I was inspired by the aquarium wall paper in my mobile and I came up with an another one !

By this time I was completely bored of drawing something based on a particular theme so I came up with really abstract stuff where there is absolutely no reason behing choosing a particular colour and I used outliners which were actually meant to be used on cloth and ironed later to give an embossed effect ! Here goes my chain of works :) I actually planned to keep myself occupied for a week but couldnt resist myself from completing them in just three hours ... was not even patient to allow the paints to dry :) so that I could design using the outliner ...

Looks amazing when stacked one above the other and kept in the corner of a living room !

All that was needed to make such colourful souvenirs were outliners, metallic acrylic colours and last but not the least an urge to be creatively original :) !