Be Stylish...

"Be Stylish" - Portrait of Karronya Katrynn
Ballpoint Pen on Paper 8.5" x 11"

Be traditional, and stylish. Add your own style to everything you do. You are unique in the universe, and your style is also unique. Add a bit of it to everything you do and create your own signature.

"Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light."

~ Tori Amos

Happy Painting!

Add your style to anything you do!!

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Title: Be Stylish...
Inspiration: Talented Dancer, Multi-talented Artist & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Ballpoint Pen on Paper
Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook 75 LB

Beautiful...

"Beautiful" - Portrait of Karronya Katrynn

Ballpoint Pen on paper 8.5" x 11"

You are the Artist of your life. Paint it beautiful.

I have been trying to be more accurate lately with portraits I do. Portraits are challenging to do. In order to get it right, every minute detail needs to be done so accurately. A small inaccurate detail changes it to look very different than the actual person. Doing a portrait of a beautiful girl challenges even further. To get it as beautiful as the girl, every detail needs to be not just accurate but also beautiful.

This is again the portrait of multi-talented Telugu upcoming actress, the beautiful Karronya Katrynn. I picked Ballpoint Pen this time for doing this. I truly believe that to be a well-rounded artist one should not stick to one media.

"Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art."

~ Don Miguel Ruiz

Happy Painting!

You are the Artist of your life!

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Title: Beautiful...
Inspiration: Talented Dancer, Multi-talented Artist & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Ballpoint Pen on Paper
Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook 75 LB

బుట్టబొమ్మ...

"బుట్టబొమ్మ" - Portrait of Karronya Katrynn

Watercolors on Paper 16" x 20"

Excellence is nothing but qualities of a person. It's not one quality that can be attained by practice. It's a quality of many qualities. Possessing attitude, gratitude, giving, learning, hard-work, smile, values, forgiveness, appreciation and many such good qualities put together is "Excellence".

"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it." ~ William Makepeace Thackeray

Happy Painting!

Appreciate Excellence!

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Title: బుట్టబొమ్మ...
Inspiration: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 16" x 20" (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm)

Surface: Arches Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140 LB

"అందానికె అందని అందం"...

"అందానికె అందని అందం" 
Portrait of multi-talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Watercolors on Paper (12" x 16")

"మంచి మనసుకి రూపం...

కళ్లల్లో చల్లని వెలుగైతే

పెదవులపై తెల్లని నవ్వైతే

అందానికె అందని అందం..."

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Title: అందానికె అందని అందం...
Inspiration: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 12" x 16" (30.5 cm x 40.5 cm)

Surface: Saunders extra-white rough Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140 LB

ఆ నటరాజు నర్తించనీ...

"ఆ నటరాజు నర్తించనీ"

Multi-talented Dancer and Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn 

Watercolors on Paper (9.5" x 12")

Give your best efforts when you want to see the best result.
లీనమై సాధన చేస్తే ఏ కళ అయినా ఖచ్చితంగా పరిణతితో రాణిస్తుంది.

Happy Painting!

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Title: ఆ నటరాజు నర్తించనీ...
Inspiration: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 9.5" x 12" (24 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Arches Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140 LB

అటు తిరిగిన అందమా...

"అటు తిరిగిన అందమా"    
Watercolors on Paper (11" x 14")

బొమ్మతో పెనవేసుకునే ఆలోచనలల్నీ, భావాల్నీ అక్షరాలుగ మార్చి జతచేసి తోడు చేయందే నా బొమ్మేదీ పూర్తి కాదు. ఈసారెందుకో తోడుగ వచ్చిన అక్షరాలన్నిటినీ పట్టి అందంగా పేర్చాలని ప్రయత్నించాను. భావాల్ని అక్షరాల్లో పొదగడమే "కవిత" అయితే, నా ఈ ప్రయత్నమూ కవితే. కుంచె అంచు చిలికిన రంగుల అందాలూ, కలం నుంచి ఒలికిన పదాల భావాలూ రెండూ నావే, నాలో స్ఫూర్తిని నింపుతూ నాకు తోడయ్యేవే...

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రంగులొలికిన  హరివిల్లా
సొంపులొదిగిన విరిజల్లా

జాబిలి అద్దిన వెన్నెల వెలుగా
సొగసు దిద్దిన వన్నెల జిలుగా

మెరుపై విరిసిన మేఘమాలికా
చినుకై కురిసిన నాట్యకదలికా

వంపుల వయ్యారి వాలు కురులా
కులుకుల మయూరి అందెల సడులా

కిలకిల కోయిల చైత్రపు పాటలా
గలగల పరుగుల సెలయేరులా

విరబూసిన లేత గులాబి ఎరుపా
ముత్యమైన స్వాతి చినుకు మెరుపా

చుట్టిన ఎర్రటి అంచున పచ్చని చిలుకా
దట్టని తెల్లటి మంచున వెచ్చని పలుకా

చిత్రమై అటు తిరిగి నిలిచిన అందమా
నిజమై ఇటు పిలుపుని విని కనుమా...

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Happy Painting! Happy Writing!!

"I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering."

~ Robert Frost

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Title: అటు తిరిగిన అందమా...
Inspiration: A random picture I came across
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 11" x 14" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Fabriano Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140 LB

Make your own time...

Natyanjali - my tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Ballpoint Pen on Paper 8.5" x 11"  

Don't let your time go blank without collecting some memories. Time becomes memory when you travel into it carrying your passion with it. Make your own time, turn it into your own memories!

"I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me."

- Kevin Hart

Details
Mediums: Ballpoint pen on Paper
Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

Talent inspires Talent...

నుదుట దిద్దిన "జాబిలి"

Multi-talented Dancer and Telugu Actress

Karronya Katrynn

The secret of happiness is using your Talent and creating something that you get inspired from. Talent never runs out of creativity. Inspiration exists in Talent, and Talent always inspires talent. Put your Talent to work and create happiness.

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." - Pablo Picasso

Happy painting!
Do something and keep yourself happy at pandemic times like this!

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Title: నుదుట దిద్దిన "జాబిలి"
Inspiration: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Fabriano Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140 LB

The Language of Soul...

Multi-talented Dancer and Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn 

Watercolors on Paper (8.5" x 11") 

You soul is your true self. Know the language of your soul, speak to it, feel it and be with it.
Just be you, be with you and refresh your soul!

Every Painting is a challenge to the Artist. Apart from the usual challenges, the main challenge I had in this painting was to show true age of the girl most probably entering her teens.

"Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body." ~ Martha Graham

Happy Painting!

Happy being you!!

Details
Title: Natyanjali - my tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Face Reference: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

Nothing is easy...

Nátyánjali - My tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Watercolors on Paper (11" x 14")    

Nothing is easy and nothing comes free either. The more the efforts, the better the result. Any work that requires skill is always challenging. Ones own skill levels vary depending on the mood and surroundings.

Arches watercolor paper is not my preferred surface, but have been trying on this lately to keep challenging myself on surfaces that I think are harder for me. To make it even harder, I tried it on the reverse side of the paper which is usually not recommended. After all, if everything is so easy, what's the point of doing it again and again. Easy ones are the ones that are routine. Harder ones are the ones that make us learn and grow.

“If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. That’s why they call it artWORK!” 

~Lee Hammond

Happy Painting!
Enjoy hard-work!!

Details
Title: Nátyánjali - my tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Size: 11" x 14" (28 cm x 35.5 cm)

Surface: Arches Watercolor paper 140 lb/300 gsm2

Presence in Absence...

"Presence in Absence"   
Watercolors on Paper (13" x 4.5")

Darkness disappears when light appears. Presence of light is the absence of darkness and vice versa. Have your presence even in your absence through your works and through your soul.

Make your Soul grow and glow in what you do!

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

~ Francis Bacon

Happy Painting!
Happy Soul!!

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Title: Presence in Absence...
Reference: A picture of Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 13" x 4.5" (33 cm x 12.5 cm)

Surface: Saunders Extra-white Watercolor paper 140 lb/300 gsm2

Let your Talent blossom..

"The Portrait of Talent"

Portrait of Karronya Katrynn - Young talented Dancer and Telugu Actress

Watercolors on Paper (10" x 8") 

Having talent is only one thing. Putting it to work is everything. Let your talent be working, and working hard for your success. If talent is a flower, success is its fragrance. Blossom your talent like a flower with the fragrance of success.

"If you have talent, then success will come to you." ~ Kartik Aaryan

Happy Painting!
Happy working with your Talent!!

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Title: "The Talent with Flower"
Reference: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 10" x 8" (25 cm x 20 cm)

Surface: Arches Bright White140LB Cold Press Watercolor Paper 

Champion your Talent...

"The Portrait of Talent"

Portrait of Karronya Katrynn - Young talented Dancer and Telugu Actress

Watercolors on Paper (16" x 20")

Talent is a built-in and unique ability. Knowing that built-in ability, recognizing it, turning it into a quality, and letting it out is more than talent. It requires constant practice with no boundaries and limitations.

This portrait of talent is done in a unique way by mixing both slow and fast paced watercolor painting styles. Each style comes with its own challenges. With fast-paced style, dealing with color-flow and water control on the surface (paper) is a challenge. With slow-paced style, dealing with mixing colors as they sink in and dry fast into the surface is a challenge. After all, dealing with all those challenges, fixing any mistakes is another big challenge. Every watercolor painting is a new challenge.

Practice is the way, and in fact, the only way to overcome challenges and champion anything. Your talent is your friend, and is also your rival.

"Be a champion of your own talent, champion it with patience and practice."

~ Giridhar Pottepalem

Happy Painting!
Champion your own Talent!!

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Title: "The Portrait of Talent"
Reference: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 16" x 20" (41 cm x 51 cm)

Surface: Arches Bright White140LB Cold Press Watercolor Paper 

With Loyal Friend...

"With Loyal Friend..."
Watercolors on paper (12" x 16")   

There is no best friend than a book. Reading is good for mind, body and soul.  A good book leaves a long lasting impact on us. When we read a book, we travel with the writer in our own way.

Reading a  painting is no different than reading a book. One who looks at a painting travels into it with the Artist. A painting is nothing but an Artist's colorful journey with the subject. A colorful journey that viewer can experience as well. At the end, experience is what we carry with us. Be Loyal when you travel with somebody or something. Loyalty is what leaves us with a good experience!

"There is no friend as loyal as a book." ~ Ernest Hemingway

Happy Painting!
Be Loyal to good friends!!

Details
Title: With Loyal Friend...
Mediums: Watercolor Paper
Size: 12" x 16" (31 cm x 41 cm)

Surface: Fabriano Watercolor paper 140 lb/300 gsm2

Challenges...

Nátyánjali - my tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Watercolors on Paper (11" x 14")   

Challenges make you better and grow. If everything is so easy, then everyone does everything so well. If everyone can do everything, there is no fun and no frustration.

“Painting is a never-ending process of challenges and learning.”

~Daniel Greene

Happy Painting!
Enjoy challenges, never give up!!

Details
Title: Nátyánjali - my tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Mediums: Saunders Extra White Watercolor Paper
Size: 11" x 14" (28 cm x 35.5 cm)

Surface: Saunders Extra-white Watercolor paper 140 lb/300 gsm2

Creativity has no absence...

Nátyánjali - My tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Watercolors on Paper (12" x 16")   

There is no absence if you have presence of your creativity. Artists never get bored and creativity never gets tired, I keep saying that to everyone. When there is no presence of oneself in time, one gets bored and be absent from it. So, just have a presence in your time and you live in it, not others.

Happy Painting!
Happy Presence of Yourself!!

“There is never a lack of subject matter; just absence of creativity.” ~Lee Hammond

Details
Title: Nátyánjali - my tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Mediums: Saunders Extra White Watercolor Paper
Size: 12" x 16" (31 cm x 41 cm)

Surface: Saunders Extra-white Watercolor paper 140 lb/300 gsm2

Be what you are...

Nátyánjali - My tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Watercolors on Paper (8.5" x 11") 

It's not easy to be what you are. Being what you are, you meet your best friend in the world- yourself. The same applies to Art. The most self-enjoyed art-work by an Artist is the Art that one makes for oneself, one's self enjoyment and experiment with paints and brushes. The result will be a soul-satisfying experience and memory!

This year, my Art-resolution is: "Not to compromise on the quality of output". If it is bit hard to get there, I should be doing bit more hard work. After all, I am a strong believer of hard-work, and if I don't challenge myself, there is no fun and enjoyment in doing Art for myself ;)

“Be the artist you are.” ~Cherie Haas

Happy Painting!

Happy being yourself!!

Details
Title: Natyanjali - my tribute to Indian Classical Dance
Face Reference: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors
Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

మగువ ముగ్గుల (సం)క్రాంతి...

మగువ ముగ్గుల (సం)క్రాంతి
Watercolors on Paper (8.5" x 11")

"ముంగిట ముగ్గుల క్రాంతి
ఊరంతా రంగుల సంక్రాంతి"

సంక్రాంతి పండుగ శుభాకాంక్షలు!

Line drawing is a specialized Art. Illustrators are good at it. Painters do line drawings to study the subject. The great Telugu artist Sri. Bapu garu was a master and true perfectionist of this style. This is my attempt of his style. It's not easy ;)

Happy Painting!
Happy Sankranthi Festival Season!!

Details
Title: మగువ ముగ్గుల (సం)క్రాంతి
Reference: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

Face (of) the Future...

"తెలుగమ్మాయి"
Watercolors on Paper (9" x 12")    

Today is tomorrow's yesterday. But, that yesterday can meet tomorrow again today by our actions. What we do today impacts and influences tomorrow. So, live today fully. When today becomes yesterday, don't leave yourself in there. Meet yourself again in your future with your past!

As I always learn from my own works and mistakes, this painting taught me many things. The initial pencil sketch came out so good with no eraser used. But it looked odd and bit small on the size of the paper I chose. With no other thought, I had to erase and redo a bigger sketch. I wasn't happy with this sketch as I was with the one I erased, but decided to start painting and fix it along the way.

The reference picture I chose looked just cute. But, an Artist eyes see something that ordinary eyes don't. My eyes saw the charming smile and innocent looks. I just wanted to capture those two beautiful features as my eyes saw. I was quite happy with my efforts. With my never-give-up efforts, this goes into the list of my favorite paintings.

Now, when I look at this painting on any day, I meet myself in the past. When a very satisfied past meets the future, it makes it happy. My past not only meets my future, but makes it happy!

"One faces the future with one's past." - Pearl S. Buck

Happy Painting!
Influence your tomorrow, today!!

Details
Title: తెలుగమ్మాయి
Reference: Niharika - Telugu Actress
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Size: 9" x 12" (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Canson Cold Press Watercolor Paper, 140 lb/300 gm2

తేట తేట తెలుగులా....

తేట తేట తెలుగులా...
Portrait of Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Watercolors on Paper 9" x 12" (22.9cm x 30.5cm)

"ఈ తెలుగు టాలెంట్

వెండితెరపై ఎదగాలి

తెలుగంత ఉన్నతంగా"

శుభాకాంక్షలతో...

Details
Title: తేట తేట తెలుగులా....
Reference: Talented Dancer & Telugu Actress Karronya Katrynn
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Size: 9" x 12" (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Canson Cold Press Watercolor Paper, 140 lb/300 gm2