Since 2008, I have been making Diwali Cards to send to friends and relatives. This year, it was first attempt to try water color. I could make 4 cards in 10 days
I started with the simplest one. Ganeshji in form on AUM has been my all time favorite. I just used thick border of green and red. The colored circles did not come out as I had thought, because green background became too bright.
After I gained little confidence, I tried these flowers. Three different colored flowers:
1. The smallest one has shades of Red, Pink and White
2. Purple, Red and White
3. Yellow, Orange and White
Stems and leaves are done directly with brush in black color
It indeed looks good, but not well suited for Diwali wishes
I used Kandil colors from one design and Diya from another one. Diya and Kandil has been hit Diwali design :) I painted Lotus with shades of Pink, White and little Red as a base for Diya. I should have been more careful while choosing Green for Diya since now I believe there is something wrong with this color. After it dries out, it always leaves patches. I outlined whole Diya design with white color and then with black pen. This one has been our favorite in the bunch so will go to my parents.
Another form of Ganeshji. Putting Ganehsji on two angled square offers completely different look. I also like the combination of Orange and (Brown + Orange). Simple, but elegant.
Finally the day had arrived, Oct 2, 2010. I had thought, actually taking out all the stuff and loading it and then seeing empty home would be very difficult. But by that time, I was so tired and frustrated with amount of work that I was like; let me get out of here ASAP!!! Kunal had reached NJ previous night and he was feeling very low since then. He told me, he had felt like this just once in his life, when he stepped in home after I left for India. It was good that we were never alone since his friends were there to help us with moving.
I could not say proper good bye to our neighbor/super, Charlotte and her husband, Junior. They are the people whom I want to remember for the rest of my life. They were always there whenever we needed any kind of help. I have all my doubts, if they would be Indian, would they be this good to us?
It was difficult to say good bye to our FIRST HOME, since this was the place we had started building our dreams. We hugged each other and said final good bye!
P.S. – Just a small thought, I have been referring to these posts as LEAVING NJ. But I could have referred to it as MOVING TO MD as well. Why are we always stuck with the past?
