Kids and Pets

You can see this on James Parker's blog 'Windows to the Words Art', too. Its a submission for the current month's theme- 'Kids and their pets- matching sets'! It was tough painting the dog in watercolors , as it had very rich and dark chocolate hue...so I used dry brush technique on him...dry on wet, dry on dry, whatever worked!Little girl had a clean, fair skin so I didn't put too many washes on her.In fact she now looks a bit pale in comparison to her pet!
James liked it :) and I hope you do the same!
Thank you for you good wishes, I am still sore but hope to be alright soon. ( I did this painting in bed!)

The fall...

You will have to wait a bit more for my next art work...I slipped on stairs in my home yesterday, ( slippery slippers!) and bruised my rear a bit . I went down on my side, so no broken bones, but some swelling and bruises.... I guess I will take some rest..lets see if I can do some pencil work while I am in bed:/
See you all soon.

Just Colors

I am painting the flute player in oils now, started it today only. It will be a bit different from the watercolor one I presume. Meanwhile, posting this small work. I was testing the fluidity of various pigments and their merging pattern, and this image took shape. I added hookers green to create some negative shapes and it looks like a flower bush now:)

The Flute Player

One thing or another has been keeping me away from my art since last week...Did this painting today, determined to set the ball rolling again! Took me about one and half hour. I have used a little amount of white oil pastel color in his hair and beard to create texture.
Watercolor /mixed media on cold pressed 140 lb paper.

Praying

As everone of you is of opinion that I shouldn't meddle with this anymore, I respect your wishes and posting it again after just adding some darker shades to her!

Praying-Work In Progress

Presently I am working on this sketch of an elderly lady I photographed in Rishikesh, while she was in deep meditation at the banks of the Ganges. Lower half of the sketch is half finished; hope to complete it soon.The expressions of her face are a bit intense ... usually people lead a tough life in this part of the world, so it shows on their faces.

In the Meadow

As it happens so often, I had not been painting for last whole week and when I wanted to paint this morning, I drew a blank! ...After two hours of searches and a lot of self-motivation, I zeroed in on an animal painting this time.
Surely it feels good when you complete a painting after a gap!A heady feeling. I hope I will be back on track with this one.Enjoy!
watercolors on 9''x12" cold pressed paper

Happy Days!

Watercolor study of a nine year old- my niece, actually- but I changed the color of hair and eyes to make her look..well; .global! She could be any child from any place on this planet. Just a happy child!
I am trying to minimise the use of pencil in my watercolors.This one had no drawing at all.
I just started with a brush.And my usual palette!
watercolor, 7"x 5"

DSDF Update- my portrait

This is my portrait painted by a fellow artist Linda Edwards , for the face off on Karin Jurick's blog 'Different Strokes from Different Folks'.That means, she is the bubbly lady I had painted earlier.I found it only yesterday on Karin's blog.I tried to contact Linda to thank her for this beautiful portrait, but couldn't do that as she hasn't updated her blog since 12 months ;neither was there any email address. But I want to say that she is an amazing artist and she has captured me so well , even without knowing me at all! I hope I find a way to reach her.

Melody

I hope all of you had a great Christmas..as I send out my heartiest wishes for the coming new year to all my blogger friends,I couldn't resist adding a bit of color to it! I did it some days ago--not planned, I just let the colors flow on the paper.I could see many imperfections in this and wasn't sure I wanted to post this but it always gives me a warm feeling when I share an artwork with you and on this new year , I certainly want to feel all warm and fuzzy!
Lets usher in this new year with the sweetest thoughts, lots of love and happiness for all.

In Black & White

I started this sketch because I wanted to draw someone beautiful...but soon realized my mistake of not choosing the 'right' subject! ( She is Alicia Silverstone, but I did not work on the likeness factor very much, here-- so you may not recognise her!) The problem was that her face did not have any shades..no gradients to work upon - so it got a little boring and I decided to speed up things and get over with it!
I hate leaving something unfinished, so I did complete this sketch, but honestly, not much time was spent on this one. About 2 hours.I think I need to find better paper...this cartridge paper shows through so much that dark tones are spoiled. I can't achieve the desired smoothness...
Any suggestions?

DSDF swaping portraits challenge

Here is the portrait that I submitted to DSDF challenge this year.I don't know the name of this elegant lady, but she is a fellow artist and blogger, and she will paint my portrait in turn; which you can see at Karin's blog Different Strokes from Different Folks.

There are many, many of them to come! Have a nice Day!

Lily for the weekend

I won't be painting much in next 2-3 days so this lily will be with you till I come back!
Happy weekend...
watercolor on paper

Finished version

Spent another two hours on this one as I was not satisfied with the first take. Background needed darker finish and face also needed some tweaking...I feel its better now.What's your take?

Happy Birthday Sis

A watercolor of my sister Deepti, who celebrates her birthday today. Its tough to capture people in lines and colors if you know them closely , but I have given it a try...Just hope she likes it!
The tilt of head is her 'trademark' trait:) so is her smile.
Happy Birthday, Sis!