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ARTS and CRAFTS

Art and craft work by Sumathi
www.sumarts.biz - Tanjore paintings, Folk paintings, and many other craft pieces


Sketches / Illustrations by Sumathi

A digital painting using SketchBook app (4 Mar 2021)




A digital sketch to go with a write up on Arunajadeswarar, Thirupananthal (1 Mar 2021)




Pencil Sketch of Dancing Ganesha, Shamlaji temple, Gujarat (Oct 2020)






Pencil Sketch of Dodda Ganapati, Basavangudi Nandi temple, Karnataka





Pencil Sketch of a dancing Ganesha sculpture





Outline sketch - Ganesha





Pencil sketch of a sculpture in Patadakal





Sketch of Mahishasuramardini, Durga temple, Aihole, Karnataka





Kotikal Mandapam, Mahabalipuram - Mahendra type pillars





Illustrations for Books / Stories / articles

Cover illustration for 'Rasanishyandhini'
by Paruthiyur Sri Krishna Sastri
Paruthiyur Publications, Rasanishyandhini
ISBN: 978-81-910073-3-6





Illustration for 'Divya Darshana' for 'Paruthiyur Periyava'
Paruthiyur Publications, Sarvam Rama Mayam
ISBN: 978-81-926298-0-3





Illustration for  ''Seetha Kalyanam'
by Paruthiyur Sri Krishna Sastri
Paruthiyur Publications, 'Sarvam Rama Mayam'
ISBN. 978-81-926298-2-7





Illustration for 'Hindu Religious Discourses'
by Paruthiyur Sri Krishna Sastri
Paruthiyur Publications, 'Sarvam Rama Mayam'
ISBN: 978-81-926298-0-3





Waxing and waning of the moon
As Ganesha is traveling through a forest in the night on his vahanam (mount) minjur, a snake scares the minjur and Ganesha falls off his mount.  He has just had his meals & his full tummy breaks open and all the sweets fall out.  The moon laughs at this sight.  The angry Ganesha curses the moon to lose his beauty.  When the moon begs forgiveness, Ganesha grants that he will wax & wane and appear in all his glory on the full moon day.







Birth of Ganesha with his elephant head - basic outline sketch
There are several versions on how Lord Ganesha got his elephant head.  The illustrations are for one version.
Siva & Parvati live happily on mount Kailasa.  Parvati is blessed with a beautiful son.  When all the Gods & Devas bless the new born on the cradle ceremony, Lord Saniswara avoids looking at the baby.  Parvati considers this an insult and asks Saniswara to bless the child.  Saniswaran is afraid that his glance will harm the baby, but on Parvati's insistence looks and blesses the baby.  The baby's head bursts into flames.  Lord Siva provides an elephant head to the baby and hence Lord Ganesha with his elephant head was born (head in the shape of the Tamil letter OM).  Thus Lord Saniswara's glance turned out to be favourable to Lord Ganesha.














Illustration for a booklet distributed on the occasion of
the India tour of 'UTPALA... a thousand petals... a thousand lives',
a dance theatre performance by Anita Ratinam and Arangham Dance Theatre in 2004



Thiruvalluvar





Avvaiyar, Thriuvallauvar, king and the sangam poets
at the potramarai kulam