Baby Ganesha

Here is a pen sketch of baby Ganesha, a Hindu god with the head of an elephant.  I have copied the image several times and experimented with different colour combinations.  I used pages of an old book which I tea-stained as a background.  I then tea-stained over the Ganesha images to give it an aged appearance.

                                                                                                                                 

 

Above: placing of the images before I glued them to the paper and added a final tea-stain wash.

Above: A vintage print I found in an antique market in Bath a few weekends ago.  This was my source of inspiration for my Hindu Gods illustrations.

Below: Before sticking down the images I turned the paper around and realised that the ink which had seeped through the paper looked very effective, So I took a few photos..

Below: I like the way the light shines through the thin paper when I held it up to the window (picture doesn't show this very well).  It almost reminds me of stained glass.  Unfortunately when the images were stuck down to the paper they lost this quality. I thought I would take a picture  to document this and it also gave me an idea to further my project.  I am especially interested in the religious imagery on stained glass found in historical church architecture.