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Materials: Ceramic paint-Black Brush-0 size Pencil Note: Choose a plain color mug other than white if you decide on doing free-strokes with a single color. Decide on the design first by selecting a sketch or by drawing it on a paper before actually doing it on the mug directly.

If we decide on having small samples for the summer classes for the kids these are the perfect projects for them. Preparation: Samples had been made from kulfi(ice cream) pots. Soak pots in water and scrape well using emery sheet.Leave it to dry. Coat the surface with white all surface acrylic paint. Method: On top of the white coat paint your desired colours and leave it to dry.Match the instructions and pictures from top left to the sequence as follows. Type 1: Paint a color in abstract shapes and while its wet, drop few paint strokes and use a tooth pick to give a camouflage effect. Use 3d glitter to finish the outline. Type 2: Draw outlines of flowers with colour pencil and just fill i with bright shades. Type 3: Apply crackle medium and a coat of paint over it. Leave it to dry and the medium will do its wonders.Outline with 3d liner. Type 4: Use any craft clay available, sprinkle enough talcum powder and roll the dough on a polythene sheet or any non greasy s...

This is one of the most frequently made piece for the beginner level mural art.A bold move with the children level too. I would suggest any 3 or 4 techniques of shapes to be incorporate. The center piece could be a readily available object or a mirror. This was shared by an interior design graduate to a dear friend. Shapes used: Leaf, Flower, Cord Background texturing Chips-To fill the area of your desire Acrylic colors for beginners and Oil for the experts. Varnish Board- Decide the size according to the center piece. Fevicol Ceramic powder Colours-Burnt Sienna,Metallic shades of red and green and gold

Ingredients: Butter-115 gm Sugar-200 gm Egg Yolks-2 Fresh Orange juice-1tbsp Grated Rind of 1 large Orange Plain flour-200gm Cornflour-1 tbsp Salt- ⅟2  tsp BP-1tsp Method: With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.Add the yolks, orange juice and rind,and continue beating to blend. Set aside. In another bowl, sift together the flour, cornflour, salt and baking powder.Add to the butter mixture and stir until it forms a dough. Wrap the dough in grease proof paper and refrigerate for 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 190  C. Grease 2 baking sheets. Roll spoonfuls of the dough into the balls and place 1"-2" (2.5-5 cm) apart on the prepared sheets. Press down with a fork to  flatten. Bake  util golden brown ,8- 10 mins. With  a metal palette knife transfer to a rack to cool. Note: Recipe source written by Carole Clements. Makes 30 if the dough is in the size of a big Amla.

Although I started with daisies, Alstroemeria  is the first flower in which an image was used as a reference to understand the flower's composition.  Reference:  Google image

Ingredients: Mango-Scrapped 11/2 cups Green chilli-4 sliced Small onion-1/4 cup Sesame seeds-1tsp Urad Dhal-2tsp Bengal Gram-1tbsp Curry Leaves-hand full Cooked rice -2 cups Sesame Oil Salt to taste Method: Fry sesame seeds,urad dhal,begal gram in oil and wait till the seeds pop. Now saute onions, green chilli, curry leaves . Add mango,saute in medium flame and add salt. Finally add the cooked rice and mix well.

7-1 Kolam:4 7-1 Kolam: 3 7-4(Vertical) Kolam:2 7-3 Dots Kolam:1