Tanjore painting

There are different types and styles of painting exists in this world. In which we are going to see one of the popular painting called "Tanjore painting".

Requirements :

1. Plywood above 6mm thickness

2. White cotton cloth

3. Chalk powder

4. Fevicol

5. Flat Brush

6. Arabic gum

7. Poster colors

8. Gold foil paper

9. Black pilot pen

10. Multi color transparent ink

11. Rounded brushes

12. Cutter, ruler, carbon paper, pencil

13. Reference art

14. Emery sheet

15. Jaipur gems

Steps to make Tanjore Painting :

1. Board Preparation :

Take a cotton cloth which size is above the width of the ply wood as it should cover all the portion of the ply wood. Make a thin paste of water with white glue with the ratio of 4:1 and soak the cloth in the mixture. Squeeze the cloth to remove excessive glue and then stretch the cloth on the plywood. Gently smoothen the cloth from center towards the edges of the plywood to make sure that there are no wrinkles. Paste the excessive cloth at the back side of the plywood with white glue.

Mix chalk powder, white glue and water in the ratio of 2:1:1.5 and apply the coating on the board for 3 times. If we apply first coat on vertical direction then, apply second coat on horizontal direction. After final coating allow the board to dry for one day. Smoothen the board with emery paper.

Now board is ready for Tanjore painting. If you want glassy look then apply Arabic gum along with the mixture that we applied on the board which will give shining effect on your board.

2. Tracing design :

This step is very important as it will give you the overview of your painting.Draw outline border of 1cm on your board as this portion will be covered on framing. Take a design and trace the design on your board using yellow carbon paper or red carbon paper.

3. Pasting stones :

Once trace work completed, paste Jaipur stones on your image wherever stone work is required.

4. Muck preparation :

There are three types of muck.

• Liquid muck
• Semi Liquid muck
• Paste type of muck

Muck is the paste which is used to create embossed effect in tanjore painting. Take crystal stones of arabic gum and sock with water for 2 to 3 days. Once crystals are immersed get a clear gum and add with 1 portion of  french chalk powder for 3 portion of muck. 

First use liquid muck to fill over the stones and make it dry for some time. Then use semi liquid muck to apply over the design to make emboss effect. Then use paste type of muck to make more thicker effect.

5. Fxing gold foil work :

After muck work is completed, fix gold foil paper over the muck design. Make it dry for some time.

6.Apply coloring :

Once gold foil work finished, apply colors over the design to complete the final design of tanjore painting. Make it dry for 2 to 3 days and frame it for sales.

These are all the steps to make Tanjore painting and earn money in painting during your free time.

How to make Glass Painting !!!

For those who are searching for home based job or who wants to do any work during free time or week ends, they can do this glass painting which will give good earnings. Earnings may differ based on your thoughts that you are applying on the design. In this post, we can see some simple steps to make glass painting and the way to earn money via glass paintings.

Before proceeding with the steps, first we need to know what are all the prerequisites are needed to make a glass painting.

PREREQUISITES :

1. Design model (which is to be applied on the glass)

2. Glass piece

3. Glass paints (Water based)

4. Glass out liner

5. Black color marker

6. Decorative materials and gum/glue

Steps to make glass painting :

1. Think about the design which you want to make and to which type of glass the design has to be applied. Based on these factors you can conclude with your design and draw the design on white sheet with black color ink or marker which will give you good clarity for the image. For example i have given the sample design. Place this design under bottom of the glass and draw the same design on top of the glass using black color marker as shown below.

2.  Once design has been drawn, use black color paint to draw the out liner for the design. Initially you can draw the design with black marker first and then apply black out liner to avoid any mistakes in the design. Once you are comfortable with the design you can directly draw with black color out liner paint. Lets wait for 10 to 15 mins, so that paint will get dry and it will stick on the glass. After that, apply your own colors (either glass color paints or normal paints) based on your design as shown below. This is fully depends on your imagination and it will decide the quality of your painting and will give good rewards on completion.

3. Now you can see the complete design which has drawn on the glass which gives beautiful look for your glass. You can frame this glass and hang it in your hall or reception.

4. As of now, you have seen steps to do glass paintings. Now you are going to see what are all the different type of designs that we can apply for glass painting. It will give you some good idea about glass painting.

Below images will give you some different style and colors that you can apply on your glass. At first, peacock design has been drawn using glass colors. Then the lady drawing has been done using normal paints, but be careful if you use multi colors by mixing it in single place. If you use normal paint then you have to mix the colors first, then you can apply. If you use glass paints then, you can use apply and mix colors on glass itself. Last two images are showing as you can draw your design on any type of glasses. Everything depends on your creativity and imagination.

Earn from glass painting :

Once you are comfortable with glass painting, create a design which can be like by everyone and sell it which will give you good money. As you can do painting when your free time and you can do this in home itself. Hence, you can sell this painting in market or Online stores like Ebay, Amazon etc.,

Lets start earning money from glass painting and enjoy your work with your creativity !!!