Watercolors of Nature

Free hand Design (Berries and flowers motif)

Neelima — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:24:24 +0000

Colored pencil on paper drawing

Drawing Size: A4

Filed under: Decorative Designs

Free hand Design (Grape vine motif)

Neelima — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:22:28 +0000

Colored pencil on paper drawing

Drawing Size: A4

Filed under: Decorative Designs

Free hand Design

Neelima — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:19:41 +0000

Pen on Paper drawing

Drawing Size: A5

Filed under: Decorative Designs

Study of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Leda

Neelima — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:01:31 +0000

Study of Leonardo Da Vinci's Leda

Size: 18 into 19 cm

Graphite on paper

Filed under: Portraits/Face and Figure

Still Life with birdhouse and potted plant

Neelima — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:04:52 +0000

Still Life with birdhouse and potted plant

Drawing size: A4

Graphite on paper

Filed under: Still Lifes

Joy of Nature

Neelima — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:41:54 +0000

Joy of Nature

Watercolor on 22 into 15 inches Arches HP paper

Poppy flowers, pansies and sulphur butterfly

Common Name: Poppy, corn poppy, field poppy

Scientific Name: Papaver rhoeas

Spiritual Significance: Spontaneous Joy of Nature (It is man who has made Nature sorrowful)

Common Name: Pansy, Ladies’ delight

Scientific Name: Viola X Wittrockiana

Spiritual Significance: Thoughts turned towards the Divine (A certitude of Beauty)

: Integrally Pure Thoughts (An effect of the Divine Grace)

Filed under: Birds and Butterflies, Flowers, Landscape

Spring Song

Neelima — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:15:33 +0000

Apple Blossoms and Prairie Warbler

Watercolor on half sheet of Arches 300 gsm paper.

Hawthorn or thornapple – Spring Purity (the charm and freshness of youth)

Filed under: Birds and Butterflies, Flowers

Hyacinthus orientalis

Neelima — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:26:43 +0000

Watercolor on Arches 300 gsm paper

Painting Size: 26 * 35 cm

Common Name: Dutch Hyacinth, Common Hyacinth

Scientific Name: Hyacinthus orientalis

Spiritual meaning: Pride of Beauty (likes to show itself and be admired)

Filed under: Botanical Paintings, Flowers

Inner Sanctuary

Neelima — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:15:35 +0000

Blue Passion Flower and Brazilian Tanagar

Watercolor on half sheet of Arches 300 gsm paper.

Passiflora foetida (small, delicate white flower) – Integral Silence (the source of true force)

Passiflora Incarnata X cincinnata ‘Incense’ (medium sized, purple flower with curly filaments) – Silence (the ideal condition for true progress)

Passiflora vitifolia (large, red flower with pointed petals and sepals) – Power aspiring to be the instrument for the Divine Work (Power, aspiring to a higher consciousness, awakens to the need of being at the service of the Divine)

Filed under: Birds and Butterflies, Flowers, Fruits

2010 in review

Neelima — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:19:15 +0000

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

We think you did great!

Crunchy numbers

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 3 fully loaded ships.

In 2010, there were 15 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 56 posts. There were 18 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 58mb. That’s about 2 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was November 29th with 212 views. The most popular post that day was Pink Roses.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were watercolorjournal.wordpress.com, stumbleupon.com, fcembranelli.blogspot.com, digg.com, and facebook.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for paradise, flower paintings, himalayas, lord shiva, and manasa sarovar.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

Pink Roses June 2009
6 comments

Parvathi offering flowers to Lord Shiva March 2009

ACEO size flower paintings November 2008

Earthly Paradise February 2009
1 comment

Bouquet of lilacs February 2009

Some of your most popular posts were written before 2010. Your writing has staying power!

Filed under: Wordpress Review