Friendship Day

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Thank you Pratim, well worth celebrating!

Mean't to say, the patterns are great on this painting.

Lovely patterns created here, Pratim. This would make a beautiful friendship card

Love the expression on the birds' faces: ; you must get through gel pens by the box-load - incredible piece of work, I don't know how you have the time, the patience ... and the unbelievable degree of skill.

Thanks Carole Swingler ...<br />Thanks Pat Thompson ...<br />Thanks Robert Jones Sir for the kind words... I have a temptation ...live 18 hours of everyday with art .... Bless me ...

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY TO ALL MY FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD ... COLOURED GEL PENS ON PAPER...11 INCH * 9 INCH ....2015 .... International Friendship Day is a day for celebrating friendship. The day has been celebrated in several southern South American countries for many years, particularly in Paraguay, where the first World Friendship Day was proposed in 1958. Initially created by the greeting card industry, evidence from social networking sites shows a revival of interest in the holiday that may have grown with the spread of the Internet, particularly in India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. Digital communication modes such as the Internet and mobile phones may be helping to popularize the custom, since greeting friends en masse is now easier than before. Those who promote the holiday in South Asia attribute the tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends to have originated in the U.S. in 1935, but it actually dates from 1919. The exchange of Friendship Day gifts like flowers, cards a