Nātyānjali-12: A Tribute to Indian Classical Dance...

Indian Classical Dance - Watercolors on Paper

My tribute to Indian Classical Dance continues with one of the classic bhangimas (poses) of Bharathanatyam, in this 12th painting of this series.

The only satisfaction in Arts is practice. Keep Practicing for more and more satisfaction!
Happy Painting!

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Title: Nātyānjali-12

Mediums: Watercolors
Category: Portraits
Inspiration: Passion for Indian Arts...

Size: 14" x 11" (35 cm x 28 cm)
Surface: Canson Watercolor Paper, 140 lb Cold Press

Nātyānjali-11: A Tribute to Indian Classical Dance...

Indian Classical Dance - Watercolors on Paper

My tribute to Indian Classical Dance continues with this 11th painting in this series. Tried little different in dark colors.

When you stop, you stop to progress, continue painting!
Happy Painting!

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Title: Nātyānjali-11

Mediums: Watercolors
Category: Portraits
Inspiration: Passion for Indian Arts...

Size: 14" x 11" (35 cm x 28 cm)
Surface: Canson Watercolor Paper, 140 lb Cold Press

నిదురించే తోటలోకి...

నిదురించే తోటలోకి...

Never give up anything you started!
Happy Painting!!

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Title: నిదురించే తోటలోకి...

Mediums: Ink & Watercolors
Category: Portraits
Inspiration: Morning thoughts

Size: 14" x 11" (35 cm x 28 cm)
Surface: Canson Watercolor Paper, 140 lb Cold Press

Tribute to one of the great souls of India...

Portrait of Jayalalitha

My tribute to one of the great souls of India.

When touching just one heart in life isn't possible for many souls, people who touch millions of hearts and sadden their day when they leave the world are truly great souls.

I pay my tribute to this great soul of India: Puratchi Thlaivi Jayalalitha.

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Mediums: Watercolors
Surface: Canson Artist Series 140LB 300G Coldpress watercolor paper
Title: Portrait of Puratchi Thalaiva Jayalalitha
Inspiration: Respect to a great should on her demise

Size: 11" x 14" (28 cm x 36 cm)

Day-7 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Poster colors on Paper

Poster colors on Paper

Day-7 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

I conclude this week-long #painting #challenge with the following 2 watercolor paintings done during my college days at #VRSEC Engineering college, #Vijayawada.

Both the paintings were done during my initial learnjng days by studying published paintings of Artist Uttam Kumar, an illustrator then in #AndhraBhoomi #Telugu weekly magazine. One thing common in both of these paintings is #woman with(in) the #nature. Each takes viewers into it's own story. They both depict different shades of a woman alongside of different changes of nature. Both nature and woman are portrayed beautifully showing the beautiful side of human-nature.

It's been a pleasure sharing my college days paintings and recollecting some of my memories with those.

Painting-1 signed and dated: Jan 14, 1988
Painting-2 signed and dated: Dec 3, 1988

Thanks to all those who took time to comment and a moment to click 'like' ;)
Special thanks to Indira Meka who followed this closely and eagerly, also saved and shared one of my paintings of those days that she got from me.

Day-6 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Poster colors on Paper

Poster colors on Paper

Day-6 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Painting-1
This #painting is based on a photograph published in "The Illustrated weekly of India" in an article about the Indian epic #Mahabharata played by Russian Artists on the stage. The original photo was of a Russian Artist who played the role of #Draupadi. The actual published photo was in color but I did it in #BlackAndWhite.
Signed and Dated: Feb 9, 1989

Painting-2
This #painting is based on a photograph published in "The Illustrated weekly of India" in an article about #BSarojaDevi, a south indian movie actress. This shows how Indian movies portrayed the same role #Draupadi. The original published photo was in #BlackAndWhite, but I did this in colors. I used Red color for the saree with white jewelry. It had some finest details put in with brush.

This is a photocopy of my original painting taken at that time as I did not preserve the original with me.
Signed and Dated: Dec 13, 1988

Day-5 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Ballpoint Pen on Paper

Day-5 of Painting Challenge

#Ballpointpen has been one of my strongest media. There are quite a few I did straight with ballpoint pen with no prior pencil outline. This is one among those.

The little #girl in this #painting like #drawing is trying to catch the #ocean into her small bucket. This is based on a very impressive printed-photograph I saw with my batchmate, one of my best friends and a good admirer of my art Srinivas Nilagiri.

Needless to say that I was quite happy with the outcome and it still remains as one of my favorite ballpoint works even after this many years!

Signed and Dated: Aug 30, 1987

Day-4 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Day-4 of Painting Challenge on Facebook

This is one of my early explorations of #watercolor #painting during my college days at #VRSEC, #Vijayawada. This is based on a painting by Thomas Moran, an American Artist, published in SPAN magazine I bought on the footpaths at Alankar theatre, #Vijayawada. I didn't know any techniques, didn't even know the basics of #colortheory. All I had was a limited set of poster colors and a strong desire to learn from #masters printed art works.

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Mediums: Camel Poster Colors on Paper

Inspiration: A Painting published in SPAN magazine

Size: 11" x 14" (28 cm x 36 cm)
Signed and Dated: Oct 21, 1987

Day-3 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Day-3 of Painting Challenge on Facebook

Another #painting based on an illustration by #Telugu Artist "Uttam Kumar" in Telugu weekly magazine #Andhrabhoomi. This is one of many I did in just #BlackAndWhite.

Most of my paintings that I did during my engineering college days at #VRSECnever went out of my hostel room. But, this is the only painting that got onto the "Literary Club News Board" and was displayed there for a week or so. One of my batch mates and a good friend of mine, Kiran Kakarlamudi made this happen with a caption of the following lines taken from a song:

"నీ నును పైటను తాకిన చాలు
గాలికి గిలిగింత కలుగునులే

నీ కనుచూపే సోకిన చాలు
సూర్యుడు వెన్నెల కాయునులే

నీ పాదాలూ తాకిన చాలు
శిలలైనా విరబూయాలిలే...."

Even as on today, if I happen to listen that Telugu song, this painting comes in and remains in the background.

Details

Mediums: Camel Poster Colors on Paper
Inspiration: A illustration by Uttam Kumar in Andhrabhoomi Telugu magazine

Size: 8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)
Signed and Dated: Nov 26, 1988

Day-2 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Day-2 of painting challenge on Facebook

This is also one of the early milestones of my journey with #watercolors that boosted my confidence. I was so happy with this outcome and was so proud of it for many days at my home in #Kavali where I did this one.

This is based on a photograph from a Calendar of beautiful pictures that I got from my uncle Sudhakar Jaladanki. The original picture was a lake in beautiful #Kashmir in #India.

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Mediums: Camel Poster Colors on Paper
Inspiration: A calendar picture of a lake in Kashmir, India

Size: 8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)
Signed and Dated: Aug 4, 1987

Day-1 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Day-1 of Painting Challenge on Facebook

Accepting the nomination for a 7-day Painting Challenge from one of my good Art Friends Mridula Satyamurti, I will be posting one painting each day starting from today for next 7 days. I chose to post my college days Paintings rather than recent ones in this challenge. These are the Paintings that I did when I was in my #EngineeringCollege #vrsec in #Vijayawada.

This very first #Painting is a mere copy of "Uttam Kumar"- a fantastic #TeluguArtist of those years who worked as an Illustrator for #Telugu weekly magazine #Andhrabhoomi, the one and only one Artist from India who later worked with thousands of other Artists for Hollywood animation movies. As I always say, his Paintings inspired me in my college days to hold a brush and start painting.

This is based on one of his paintings he did as part of his series in #Andhrabhoomi magazine under the title "Uttama Naayikalu". This one is one of my early watercolor paintings done with #CamelPosterColors. Needless to say that one of my best came out at the very beginning of my journey with #Watercolor Painting.

"Imitating Masters always gives an Artist a jump start with learning". Hope my Facebook friends enjoy this series. Thanks to Mridula Satyamurti for nominating me to take part in this 7-day challenge.

Details

Mediums: Camel Poster Colors on Paper
Inspiration: One of Uttam Kumar's Paintings published in Andhrabhoomi Telugu magazine

Size: 8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)
Signed and Dated: Dec 11, 1988

Keep doing like a kid...

Sketch with Ink Pen

There is no end to learning. But, it only comes to an end when you stop learning. Life gives many chances and opportunities to learn, learn from mistakes and improve upon. Each new day is nothing but another chance to learn in life. Just keep going, you don't to need impress anybody, other than yourself!

"A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude" - Willa Cather

Keep doing like a Kid. Happy sketching!

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Mediums: Ink Pen on Paper
Inspiration: Morning silence

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5 cm x 28 cm)