Started on the details of devotees listening to Abhinavagupta. I wasn’t sure if women and men should be sitting separately, as it is the custom now in most of the ashrams, so I decided to mix it a little. Continued on the layers in the background and some more distinguished brushwork on land, and I […]
Here it is with the lotus ponds in place, was easy work to dig them out and plant some… Next thing will be more difficult, adding people on the left and right. Right now they are only “balloon-heads”.
Continued with painting the clouds, the mountains and the water and some of the grass, with blue and then again with white and acrylic gloss. I wanted to get the same clouded feeling that I get from the pictures and from my memory, foggy sort of and disappearing in the distance into a beautiful blue […]
Continued with painting the clouds, the mountains and the water and some of the grass, with blue and then again with white and acrylic gloss. I wanted to get the same clouded feeling that I get from the pictures and from my memory, foggy sort of and disappearing in the distance into a beautiful blue […]
Yep, thats me, as a friend of mine pointed out. The song reminds her of our spiritual Teacher and the way we can never get enough of him. “You’r in my blood like holy wine….” Kind of all very much fits except for the part of being in the bar which we were changing into […]
Swami Ram, Swami Lakshmanjoo, Swami Mahatabkak
Traditionally in Kashmir there is always a rug or a cloth with a traditional pattern for people to sit on.
On the top is the finished transferred carpet in place already, on the bottom the print was just glued down ready to be washed off with water and sponge. You can see the spray bottle in the picture but because I took it all upside down it is upside down. And Voila! New Carpets… Traditionally […]
CIMG1624 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. inkjet print transfer didn’t quite work
CIMG1634 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. laser printer transfer was better, this one got rubbed too much and the print came off
CIMG1620 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. After the first mishap with heat transfer I “practiced” a little on the back to see what would work and how. You can see the sponges in action.
CIMG1619 Originally uploaded by claudia dose.
Working on the underground/carpets in Abhinavaguptas painting I wanted one of those traditional carpets laid out and couldn’t imagine doing a good job painting the whole thing so thought of other ways to do it professional looking when I remembered doing decoupage and ink transfer might work. CIMG1624 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. I tried […]
CIMG1620 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. After the first mishap with heat transfer I “practiced” a little on the back to see what would work and how. You can see the sponges in action.
What a mess. That didn’t work. Trying to iron down the heat transfer melted parts of the acrylic and stuck it to the paper I had used to avoid it sticking to the iron because I had been warned. And there was no way that it would stick evenly to the surface. I had to […]
Designing the carpets in the the painting in Photoshop was easy. My idea was to use heat transfer, that way it would look detailed and neat.
Etsujin. Covered with the flowers,Instantly I’d like to dieIn this dream of ours! http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#etsujin
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Some more details in the dutties (female consorts) hands (holding a lemon and a lotus flower). I did a few photographs (not easy to hold those two things) then I pasted them into a photo of the painting in Photoshop and painted from the printout. Lately I have worked more this way. I works […]
I had been busy preparing for the annual membership screening at G25, Los Angeles Art Association. I was thinking about doing it for a while before I got the guts to do it. I really like their opportunities for “emerging Artist”, to get to know other artist and learn more about the “art world’ out […]
Really got into details now with those. I had taken some photos in Kashmir in the last years of different people that came handy now. I pasted them into the photo of the painting at the present stage. Worked on it in Photoshop and changed dresses etc. until I liked it and then printed it […]
Continued on the big Abhinavagupta painting. Here I worked on his hand gesture after I found a picture of Jesus and liked his hand gesture. It seems to fit within the description. I still need to add the Rudraksha rosary around his hand and perhaps a bit of jewelry. I changed the duties (spiritual consorts). […]
“I find one vast garden spread out all over the universe.All plants, all human beings, all higher mind bodiesare about in this garden in various ways ,each has his own uniqueness and beauty.Their presence and variety give me great delight.Every one of you adds with his special feature to the glory of the garden.” “My […]
Very beautiful! Have you seen this yet?
Reading “woman of power and grace”, nine astonishing, inspiring luminaries of our time, by Timothy Conway. All of them from different religions. The first one was an Italian nun who at the age of seven has a near-death experience as she nearly drowns and mysteriously was thrown back out of the water. After that, she […]
worship Originally uploaded by claudia dose. The retreat was great. We watched videos of the Bhagavad Gita, my favorite text and also listened to Shivastotravali, which is beautifully devotional. The discussions that followed were very practical and interesting. I had a great time doing the dishes and keeping everything tidy. The food we prepared was […]
