Being a psychologist, I know the role of stress and how important it is to cope. Lucky are those who love art. They have numerous ways to De-stress themselves. When we are stressed, more chances of our thoughts and energy being focused in the wrong way. drawing/Coloring is one such technique which helps us positively channelize the energy. At the end we have a beautiful piece of art and during the process we mindfully focus our thoughts on one thing which is equal to meditation.
So these days since I am jobless at home resting all day, I wanted to get back to my most favorite hobby “painting”. I looked out for some colors but they were all dried up due to my careful packing and storing it in the safest place *sarcasm*. Next option: open amazon, since I have a 1000rs unused voucher, I thought I can use it this way. 😀 While I checked out for the paintings I found this beautiful book with amazing reviews hence booked it immediately and was delivered within 3 days.
The book by Ms.Deepika Mahalakshmi contains completely hand drawn 20 madhubani patterns that can be colored using pencils, pens, crayons, paints.
Each pattern can be colored and has an option of tearing out the work and framing it. On the left side of the sheet there is description of the art and space to write our thoughts while working on it.
This is the first picture in the book, Egyptian sky goddess of love. (Sorry for the colored portion, I was in such a hurry to color that I even forgot to click the picture). 😦
I used Faber-castell 24 triangular color pencil set which has even golden and silver shade. The design on the left wing top part was incomplete. I justified myself saying that the artist wanted us to focus, find out and complete the art form with utmost dedication. 😛
So here is the output. 😀 hope you guys like it. There are 20 similar amazing patterns (I don’t want to post the others and spoil the surprise)
Price: 499+shipping charges
Buy it from: Amazon/flipkart/snapdeal
colors used: Faber-castell colour pencils
Paper quality: Amazing thick paper so you can even use paints without the fear of spreading it to other pages.
Final verdict : This is one of the affordable madhubani themed books. Go for it. Bring out your inner child and have fun coloring within the lines. After a stressful day at work try this out to relax yourself. 😀
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