[CR] Zen art for the meditation room
Hi Everyone ❤
As you have known, sometime life has its ups and downs. From our personal life to our career, our life can become very busy and take us away from the many joys which are always there. But it’s not easy to keep balance especially when we have so many responsibilities and burdens.
I have a friend who I met at a meditation course in Thai Plum Village. After finding out about the challenges he faces in his life and career, I encouraged him to create a meditation area looking out onto his garden. My way to support him was to offer to paint the Buddha for him, I thought painting on a wood panel would be the most suitable for his meditation room.
I took the idea for the painting from one of my drawings of the Buddha. I made the painting simpler by painting a half portrait of the Buddha.
First I put the gesso on the surface to get the wood canvas ready for acrylic painting. Then I drew the shape of Buddha’s face by charcoal.
I used black color to paint the shape of the portrait.
I added more colors on many layers. You can see some pictures of the coloring process here.
For this painting I used these 8 colors. As the meditation room is cosy, I wanted to put a colorful painting there as a reminder of how colorful life can be. Life is the objective of meditation right? I still kept the painting semi transparent, allowing some places where you can see through to the beautiful grain of the wood panel.
Here is the final result of the painting. A colorful and transparent portrait of Buddha on the wood.
My friend was happy and thought the style of the painting worked well with his meditation room. That was great to hear and a meaningful reward for me. I hope the meditation room will support him to have a more balanced and joyful life.
Thank you all for taking time to read this post, I hope you enjoyed it. It gives me great joy to be able to share my experiences with you all, exclusively here on the Steem blockchain.
Thank you for your upvotes, comments, and resteeming this post. It is much appreciated and means a lot ❤
Oh! dear Liv <3 <3 <3, this has enchanted me! the result you have had is beautiful and I like where you have done it, the wood is perfect for the drawing, what I liked most about your publication is the great story behind your cute drawing.
It's true what you said! It is very difficult when one goes through difficult situations, being able to be well and balancing is a bit difficult, You have done a great act of friendship, have helped your friend so that he feels better that difficult moment of his life, I see that You are a great person, this makes you a great friend that everyone wants to have!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful work!
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The nTopaz Curation Team recognizes your work as being of outstanding quality and an enrichment to our community. We encourage you to use nTopaz again for your artistic creations, and are looking forward to your future posts.Oh @yanes94 thank you so much for your kindness. Your lovely words have brought me a thrill of joy. Thank you for being a lovely friend with great empathy and compassion ❤❤❤
You're welcome @livvu, it's a pleasure to see your art. ;)
Thank you for sharing the detailed description of your wonderful art.
Is there a special reason or meaning for painting only half the Buddha's face? You don't have to answer if the question is too personal.
I find the sketch - the girl in the Buddha's palm very meaningful. Was it charcoal ?
Thank you @quotes-haven for your support as always. I painted half of Buddha's face to make the portrait bigger and more impressive I think. The sketch was drawn by pencil
I See. Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated. :-)
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Wow! the result is fabulous and I love on the surface what you did is great!
Thank you so much @akarantain Your encouragement is also a great reward for me
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That is a really great idea, you used the nature to make your Art on. wood itself is one of the oldest favorite surfaces that Artists loved to use. I can imagine that your friend was happy for this present :)
Thank you very much @stef1 Wish you a wonderful weekend ❤
So beautiful, and so overflowing with peaceful energy ! What a lovely piece of artwork, @livvu <3 It seems to really bring a positive vibe into the room !
And yes, life has ups and downs, that's where friendships come in to help and support each other and you're a wonderful friend to your friend! Very lovely post <3
Thank you so much @veryspider for your lovely words as always. I appreciate your great encouragement !
Love it.
Thank you @sleepingcowboy ❤