Sunday, April 27, 2014

A painting can change the mood...

Bharatanatyam
Certain days have a gloomy start; we don't know what to do, but we feel like doing something close to our heart. Yesterday, on such a day, I opened my college-days collection of paper cuttings. Most of those were mainly appealing to me and a source of inspiration for me to start a drawing or painting during my college-days. A small black and white picture which I believe I did a pen sketch for our college magazine made me to start this painting. Guess what, rest of my day took me out from this world for few hours.

I tried to get that very pleasant face into my painting. At the end, I felt like I should have started even on a bigger size paper. I gave my best to turn my gloomy day into a bright one.

Art is always inspiring, refreshing and can change bad mood into good mood.

Happy Painting ;)

Materials 

Mediums: Watercolors
Surface: Canson Artist Series Watercolor Paper, 140 lb/300 G, Cold press
Size: 11" x 13 1/2" (28 cm x 34 cm)
Paints: Winsor & Newton - Opera Rose, Raw Sienna, Olive green, Grumbacher Academy Violet and Rowney Georgian Ultramarine Blue
Brushes: 8, 6, 2 and 000 round Sable

Stages 
Stage-2: Initial Painting


Stage-1: Pencil sketch


Friday, April 18, 2014

Telugu Girl...


Telugu Girl
Enjoyed doing this portrait along my journey of exploring watercolor painting.

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