Nib Painting

Its been a long time since i came to my blog. I had gone to India and had long vacation, celebrated my daughters birthday. It was wonderful being there with all off them. My mom used to lot of art work, like embroidery, paintings and stitching. I learnt a kind of Oil painting which is done on felt cloth. It is such a lovely painting u can just play with all colors. It is called as "Nib painting". In this painting flowers are ideal sketch to be painted, because u can make use of all vibrant colors in any combination.
Materials Required:
Plywood Board - any size
Felt cloth ( For covering the board)
Oil paint colors
Design
Nibs for painting ( Can use calligraphics nibs also)

Cover the board with felt cloth. Let it dry and then draw the flower pattern. Apply a layer of paint to the each petal and then using the nib draw strokes on the painted petal. By doing this u can lines being formed. The strokes have to closer and should be started from the center of the flower. Repeat the pattern for each and every flower. For stems u get special nibs , which are rounded at the end. Those nibs can be used for stems.
It takes 10 to 15 days for drying. Keep it away from sunlight.