Freebies

Desigg.com has offered many freebies on their site, like textures, backgrounds etc as EPS files, fonts, brushes and also some colourful illustrations for children among many others.

Please visit the site and browse through. I am not into these things so I don't know much.

http://desigg.com/category/articles/freebies/

Kalamkari-The Art of Painting fabric with a Pen-3

So far I have posted a brief sketch on Kalamkari, what it means, its origin and history and the process in brief. As they say a picture is worth thousand words and if it a video it is even more better. I am posting some videos here from YouTube.

The process of Kalamkari is very tedious time consuming and as I have posted earlier, it involves many stages. Just have a look here.

You can see how tedious and difficult this process is. In fact all hand looms involve a very careful and dedicated work. That is why I love and try my best to encourage them. The artisans work so hard and create master pieces, yet their lives are spent in misery, as they don't get paid enough.

Here Have a look at the design being constructed by a Master Craftsman. He is so skilled and deft. 

Here is a link to a brief info on the art

http://www.wiki.indianfolklore.org/images/1/18/Kalamkari.pdf

Hope you like them...Watch out for more

Freebies

Hi all there. I am too tired today as I had to go out with my family to celebrate my niece's holidays. It is really hot now here. I have not yet fully recovered form my illness and feel too tired to do anything or even sit for long periods.

Any way I did browse for some time as I was too bored, sitting idle. There are some free down loads from Sharon Rowan at her blog http://sharonrowanphotodesign.blogspot.com. She is offering free downloads of cards, book marks tags and many more. All are so beautiful. I love the fox book marks and her berries and branch cards amongst others.

Please visit her blog and see for yourself how creative she is and for her Free Downloads. Keep a watch on her blog for more in future.