Going bigger....

A feedback that I got lately from many of my friends and viewers was- "You will have try bigger paintings". I attempted a portrait on a bigger paper 16" x 20". This is probably the biggest portrait and watercolor painting I have ever tried so far.

This is based on Telugu playback Singer and multi-talented artist Sunitha's portrait posted on her Facebook page. Though I lost her exact facial features along the way, I enjoyed doing a portrait of this big in size. It is easier to flow and blend colors.

Happy Painting ;)

Materials 

Mediums: Watercolors
Surface: Arches Watercolor Paper, 140 lb, Cold press
Size: 16" x 20" (40 cm x 50 cm)

Paints: Winsor & Newton - Raw Sienna, Cadmium Orange hue, Olive gren, Hooker's green, Rowney Georgian - Burnt Sienna, Grumbacher Academy - Cadmium yellow pale hue, Ivory black

Brushes: 8 round Sable, and 2 round Sable

New world of learning possibilities...

Learning is the only process that has no end in life. There are many possible ways of learning anything. When we try a new way, suddenly a new world opens up for new possibilities.

I started sketching on my train commute to work almost two years ago and I had quickly finished a couple of sketchbooks. When I look back, I could clearly notice the progressive-difference from page to page. After all, one can only improve by practicing - the best way of learning and sharpening skills.

With my enjoyable daily-sketching experience, I felt like doing continuous painting for improving my study of color on paper- watercolor painting. I am taking my daily-sketching to a new level- frequent painting studies by opening a watercolor sketch pad. Hope this opens up a new world of possibilities and bring in some rewarding experiences.

Happy Painting ;)

Materials 

Mediums: Watercolors
Surface: Artist's Loft Watercolor Paper, 140 lb/300 g/m2
Size: 9" x 12" (23 cm x 30 cm)

Paints: Grumbacher- Violet, Winsor & Newton - Raw Sienna, Cobalt blue

Brushes: 10 round sable, 00 synthetic Winsor & Newton

Himalayas...

Himalayas - Mountain Nanda Devi

Happy Painting ;)

Materials 

Mediums: Watercolors
Surface: Artist's Loft Watercolor Paper, 140 lb/300 g/m2
Size: 9" x 12" (23 cm x 30 cm)

Paints: Winsor & Newton - Raw Sienna, Cobalt blue, Cadmium Orange hueRowney Georgian - Burnt Sienna, Ultra Marine Blue

Brushes: 1 1/2" Flat Wash, 10 round sable, 00 synthetic Winsor & Newton, and 000 Sable synthetic blend

Art Inspires Art...

Indian Classical Dance

One form of Art always inspires another form of Art, there is no doubt about it! Indian classical dance is a very fine subject for any Artist to do a series of Drawings and Paintings. The gestures and facial expressions found in this form of dance are endless.

I happened to go to an Arangetram (the debut on-stage performance of a classical dance student ) of one of my neighbor's daughter. She was such a wonderful dancer and her performance was so inspiring and I took pictures of many postures for my series of future paintings. This painting is based on one of those pictures.

This is another painting that I started more than an year ago, but only finished it last week to call it "done". For many days I was just looking at it thinking about what to put in the background. Finally decided to just go with a bright color in watercolor way. I am happy with the color that I had put for the background and it helped elevate all other colors in this painting and made this painting more appealing to me.

Happy Painting ;)

Materials 

Mediums: Watercolors
Surface: Beinfang Watercolor Paper, 140 lb. 207 GSM
Size: 9" x 12" (23 cm x 30 cm)

Paints: Grumbacher - Violet, Cadmium Yellow pale hue, Winsor & Newton - Raw Sienna, Cobalt blue, Cadmium Orange hue, Hooker's Green, Rowney Georgian - Burnt Sienna, Ultra Marine Blue

Brushes: 10 round sable, 00 synthetic Winsor & Newton, and 000 Sable synthetic blend