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  Cherry blossoms  are a symbolic flower of the spring, a time of renewal, and the fleeting nature of life. Their life is very short. After their beauty peaks around two weeks, the  blossoms  start to fall. ... A  cherry blossom  makes people merry. Cherry blossoms are flowers of the cherry blossom tree known in Japan as the “sakura.” Although not entirely indigenous to Japan, it is the country where cherry blossoms are revered with ceremonial receptions called Hanami and symbolized as an omen of good fortune, an emblem of love and affection, as well as an enduring metaphor for the fleeting nature of mortality. The overall symbolism of the cherry blossom has interestingly transcended into other deeply rooted meanings as well.

The  Madhubani painting  is said to be one of the most famous  art  forms that originated from India. ... These  paintings  often have characteristics like complex geometrical patterns. They are also well known for the representation of ritual content on  special  occasions like festivals and religious rituals. Madhubani is made in 3 ways with pen drawing, paints, and also filled with colorful sand. Madhubani painting ( Mithila  painting) was traditionally created by the women of various communities in the  Mithila region  of the Indian subcontinent. It originated from the Madhubani district of the  Mithila region  of  Bihar . Madhubani is also a major export center of these paintings.    

  A  still life  (plural:  still  life’s) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.).I have here made a still life with a jar, fruits and leaves. Usually, it is done with pencil shading or oil pastels. The preferable company for the oil pastels is 'camel' because it gets smudged very nicely.  

  Pencil Shading Scenery is basically drawing scenery with pencil strokes or shading. It means when we do scrubbing with the pencil and then blending with the help of fingers or cotton. It looks very beautiful after it’s complete. The Drawing is done with graphite pencils and normal pencils. It is preferable to use dark pencils like doms pencils.

  Abstract  art uses a visual language of shape, form, color, and line to create a  composition  which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.   Abstraction  indicates a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art.   What is an abstract image?   Abstract  photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental or conceptual photography is a means of depicting a visual  image  that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes, or materials.    

Pencil shading Featured snippet from the web Circulism pencil shading is a technique where shading is done with circles, small circles close to each other defining darker shades and large circles apart to depict lighter shades. Contour shading is a technique which involves following the contour of a line or the lines of a shape of your particular subject. Pencil Shading is done with Graphite pencils for doing darker shade to a drawing. Graphite pencils get in a small box and have 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6b and 8b.   usually  these pencils are used by artists for pencils shading drawings or landscapes.