My Dad from my (He)Art...

My Dad from my (He)Art
Watercolors on Paper

The only question God can never answer for me: Why did you take my Dad from us that early?

You could only take my Dad from my life but not from my Heart. Just those couple of years that you had let me observe my Dad closely in my childhood are enough for me to follow him and carry with me, some of his very fine-skills that the world couldn't see. As long as I live, he lives with me in my Heart and in my Art.

Remembering my Dad, who is the first person I admire most in my life, ever and forever!
Happy Father's Day!

Details
Title: My Dad from my Heart
Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 01, Watercolors from my Palette
Inspiration: Father's Day, Passion for Arts...

Size: 9" x 12" (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Bienfang Watercolor Paper

Make your own kingdom...

Radha and Krishna

ABANDONED - Gessoed to start a new painting

My Series on Krishna goes on with this new oil painting just started with an underpainting.

Keep doing what you enjoy most and make your own Kingdom of Bliss...after all life is once and is short!

Not what I have, but what I do, is my kingdom.

- Thomas Carlyle, historian and essayist (4 Dec 1795-1881)

Details
Title: Radha and Krishna
Mediums: Oil on Canvas
Inspiration: Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 24" x 36" (60.9 cm x 91.4 cm)

Surface: Back Stapled Traditional Canvas

Getting the hang of it...

Dancing Pair - Radha and Krishna - Oil on Canvas

Nearly after 2 years I resumed my Oil Painting this summer with this Dancing Pair - Radha and Krishna. I still have a long way to go before I finish it. I am happy that I am getting the hang of my dream media- Oil Painting!

Keep the passion alive and keep your soul happy!
Happy Painting!!

Details
Title: Dancing Pair - Radha and Krishna
Mediums: Oil on Canvas
Inspiration: Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 24" x 36" (60.9 cm x 91.4 cm)

Surface: Back Stapled Traditional Canvas

Happy Mother's Day...

Self with Mom - Watercolors on Paper

ఎంత మహా ఘనుడైనా

అమ్మ ఒడీ పసివాడే...

Being away from my Mom almost all through my life, what else can be a better way for me to celebrate Mother's day than doing a portrait of "Self with Mom". This is based on a picture taken with my family when I was 1 year old. I just took out my-self and my Mom from it into this painting.

If at all there is anything I owe to anybody in this life, it's to my Mom & my Baamma. They are the two people who sacrificed everything that they could, without both of them I wouldn't be what I am today. Mom's Love is the only love that's pure!

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." - Abraham Lincoln

Happy Mother's Day! Happy Painting!!

Details
Title: Self with Mom
Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 01, Watercolors from my Palette
Inspiration: Mother's Day, Self Motivation and Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 9" x 12" (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Bienfang Watercolor Paper

Seize the moment...

The Duo with Arrows - My Tribute to Excellence
Based on a still from the 
Telugu movie Bahubali-2 The Conclusion

To live life to full potential, one has to Seize, most, if not all moments that the life offers. The moments could be of pride, joy, achievement, any such which when recalled would only enhance it by making us feel better.

I seize one such moment that I experienced on the Silver Screen last weekend in the form of a Telugu Movie: Bahubali-2 The Conclusion in my Painting as my tribute to the excellence by the Team of this Movie. This is a movie very well narrated in all aspects on the Silver Screen. My favorite scene in this movie of all is an amazingly executed fight with Arrows. It's not just the fight, but the way it was done to establish the characters of the Hero and the Heroine. Excellent performance by Prabhas and Anushka. It was just Brilliant. Kudos to Director Rajamouli Garu, all Actors and the whole unit!

This Painting started as a quick ink sketch but ended up as a Painting by itself on basic watercolor paper only of size 9" x 12". But to fully seize it into my Art, a bigger Painting on a professional quality paper is due from me for this "Perfect Duo with Three Arrows" ;)

Get inspiration from anything around you & just give your best in life and seize as many moments as you can!
Happy painting!

Details
Title: The Duo with Three Arrows
Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 005, Watercolors from my Palette
Inspiration: Bahubali-2 Telugu Movie, Self Motivation and Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 9" x 12" (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Bienfang Watercolor Paper

Happiness is a state of mind...

Radha Krishna - A sketch with Ink and watercolors

With an intention to come back to Oil Painting, I chose "Dancing Krishna" as a theme for a series of Paintings. I did a painting of Lord Krishna about two years ago which was my second Oil Painting. It's just a coincidence that Krishna was dancing in that Painting too, but he was dancing alone.

This is a quick sketch of exploration and experimentation on Paper with the composition. Sketching is a way to experiment with the composition for a Painting.

I am happy with the outcome and now it will go onto the canvas to become my third Oil Painting.

I always sign on right-bottom-side of the Painting. This is probably the only Painting I signed on the "Left-side" instead. Yes, it left the right side!

"Happiness is a state of mind and has

nothing to do with the external world."

- Lord Krishna

Keep Painting and Keep your soul Happy ;)

Details
Title: Dancing Radha and Krishna
Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 005, Watercolors from my Palette
Inspiration: Self Motivation and Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5 cm x 28 cm)

Surface: Acid free Paper

No words to express my joy...

A sketch with Ink Pen and Watercolors

After a good weekend of an Art exhibition, and having so much of Art energy flowing inside my heart, what should I do when I come home and nobody is there to share my joy? I pick up my brush and just Paint.

In joy, do more Painting...that's the way to celebrate with Art.
Keep Painting and keep the inner energy flowing, don't let it dry or die!

"If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint"

- Edward Hopper, painter (1882 - 1967)

Details
Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 005 & 03, Watercolors from my Palette
Inspiration: Self Motivation and Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5 cm x 28 cm)

Surface: Acid free Paper

Unless you fall in Love...

Watercolors on Paper

Hobby is not something that you can do just for the sake of doing it. You need to really fall in Love before you develop a passion for it. Once developed as a hobby, it doesn't go away, only stays with you forever. Anything that stays with you forever is the only one that you truly are in Love with. Hobby is one such thing in life.

Keep doing, keep creating and keep inspiring yourself!
Happy Painting ;)

Details
Mediums: Watercolors

Category: Portrait
Reference: A photograph of Telugu Actress Anushka

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

The Joy of doing...

Cute Baby Boy - Watercolors on Paper

The Joy of doing anything that you love lies in just doing it. You do not know how you can do it until you make a sincere attempt.

"The soul's joy lies in doing." - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Just keep doing and keep going. Be your own viewer, reviewer, critic, mentor, complementary, competitor and judge. After all nobody can judge you better than yourself!

Happy Painting!

LESSON LEARNED
As I was asked to do so, I mailed it to their Parents. Sad thing they didn't even acknowledge they've received by dropping a word to me. In addition to my efforts and time, it also costed me some money, whatever small amount that could be :( I would have been better off keeping it to myself.

Details
Title: Cute Baby Boy

Mediums: Watercolors
Category: Portrait
Reference: A photograph of a Baby boy found on Facebook

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

Happy Telugu New Year...Ugadi - 2017...

ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు!
Ink and Watercolors on Paper

ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు!

Nothing can beat Passion in life!
Keep going with your passion!
Happy Painting!!!

Details

Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 005 & 03, Watercolors from my Palette
Reference: Imagination
Inspiration: Self Motivation and Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5 cm x 28 cm)

Surface: Acid free Paper

Your Passion is your Best Companion...

Indian Classical Dance - A Sketch

Life always takes turns. Just because it took a turn, don't lose your focus and direction. Turn every life-turn into an opportunity and keep going. After all, nobody travels with you in your life-journey. Your passion is your best companion!

Keep Painting and Happy Painting!!

Details

Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 005 & 03, Watercolors from my Palette
Reference: Random Pictures from my Collection
Inspiration: Self Motivation and Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5 cm x 28 cm)

Surface: Acid free Paper

Nothing disqualifies for Art...

Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper

Nothing disqualifies for drawing/painting in Art. An Artist can see Art in everything.
Keep Sketching and keep enhancing your skills. A skill unpracticed is like a tool unused.
Happy Sketching!

Details

Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 005 & 03, Watercolors from my Palette
Reference: Random Pictures from my Paper Cuttings
Inspiration: Self Motivation and Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5 cm x 28 cm)

Surface: Acid free Paper