A Ganesh for each guest
We were married a week ago tomorrow. For the wedding Terri's sister suggested we give each guest a gift, maybe a small painting? We thought it was a great idea.
Initially when she made this suggestion I envisioned one of those 2x2 pre-made canvasses with him doing a small landscape design. He could accomplished that in one sitting, two at most.
In the end the project took about five sittings and was a lot more fun then either of us could of known. We both had a lot of fun working on it. Is it any wonder I married this man, our world is so much fun.
We were going to be married at City Hall, we had it booked, even paid for it. But, in the end we had a Hindu ceremony surrounded by 50 of the people we share our world with.
A good friend of Terri's father married us. We did not know much about the customs and rituals involved in a Hindu ceremony, so we began to do some research and Terri began to sketch Ganesha's. And he thought it would be fun to make the paintings for the guests a Ganesh.
So we went and got 30 boards, and he made three different Ganesh sketches, that he then made into stencils.
I did what I could and helped with the stenciling of each board for him. Some of them I painted the background, some we left white.
They were now ready for him to begin painting them.
This was a fun project, 30 Ganesh's. We had them everywhere, they were either in the studio being worked on, or on the dining room table, drying.
I put a label on the back of each painting to tell the guests who Ganesh was, and why he is such a beloved Deity in the Hindu religion.
They were finished.
And they were beautiful, the guests loved them too.
I was so proud to give everyone I cared about, a little piece of the man I love.
Diana
Initially when she made this suggestion I envisioned one of those 2x2 pre-made canvasses with him doing a small landscape design. He could accomplished that in one sitting, two at most.
In the end the project took about five sittings and was a lot more fun then either of us could of known. We both had a lot of fun working on it. Is it any wonder I married this man, our world is so much fun.
We were going to be married at City Hall, we had it booked, even paid for it. But, in the end we had a Hindu ceremony surrounded by 50 of the people we share our world with.
A good friend of Terri's father married us. We did not know much about the customs and rituals involved in a Hindu ceremony, so we began to do some research and Terri began to sketch Ganesha's. And he thought it would be fun to make the paintings for the guests a Ganesh.
So we went and got 30 boards, and he made three different Ganesh sketches, that he then made into stencils.
I did what I could and helped with the stenciling of each board for him. Some of them I painted the background, some we left white.
They were now ready for him to begin painting them.
This was a fun project, 30 Ganesh's. We had them everywhere, they were either in the studio being worked on, or on the dining room table, drying.
I put a label on the back of each painting to tell the guests who Ganesh was, and why he is such a beloved Deity in the Hindu religion.
They were finished.
And they were beautiful, the guests loved them too.
I was so proud to give everyone I cared about, a little piece of the man I love.
Diana
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