Wednesday, July 14, 2010

From my Balcony

'The world looks beautiful from here'--This painting is based on my son's photo while he looked down happily at something from the balcony -though I cropped it too close, and lost a portion of the railing in the process! Still, the mood is happy and I love painting happy faces :)
Watercolors on paper 14"x10"

23 comments:

  1. Arti - it's a very nice painting; sweet and serene.

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  2. Beautiful Arti. You're portraits are getting better and better. I love your use of color. I love the expression on his face, you have captured nice emotion.

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  3. Super! Lovely expression and I like the colors too!

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  4. Hi Artie! How sweet... This portrait is beautiful!

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  5. You capture expressions so well. He is beautiful. I love the colors.

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  6. This is one of your best Arti! The gentle washes on this hair, the smile, the curious look, every aspect is perfect here. I believe that When you paint your loved one,the vibrations come straight from the heart to give out our best!

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  7. This is such a fabulous portrait, Arti! Love the folds/colors in your son's right sleeve too! Great job with foreshortening in the arms as well. What a family treasure this is!

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  8. Arti, this is super portrait! You have captured the lovely expression of your son! Bravissima!! Ciao!

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  9. the happiness is beautifully captured in your painting. the hair is so lively and expression on the eyes is pleasing.

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  10. this portrait, his eyes, his smile, his hair, all is just gorgeous !

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  11. I like your portraits and the colors that you use, am so happy and beautiful.

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  12. I am so glad that you all liked this one.Thank you, very much.

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  13. lovely portrait arti! i like the way u have painted his hair....very gentle strokes....beautiful smiling face!!!!

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  14. I like your son's expression... and you have rendered it perfectly! I think that also the composition is right, there is no need of the railing, all that count is here!

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  15. I love the smile on your son's face, you have captured his happy seren look so well. Beautiful job Arti!

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  16. Thanks Veda,Cristina and Crystal, for your encouraging words.

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  17. Arti, your work is beautiful. I especially like your portraits.

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  18. It's really beautiful Arti - he looks so happy.

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  19. Thank you Christaine, Liz and Edward.Nice to see you folks here again:)

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  20. Your son is lucky to have these wonderful paintings as he grows up. Great job.

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  21. very clean colors and the light is perfect.

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  22. I followed your comment on my blog to find your beautiful paintings.

    This is very beautiful. The light and shadow on his face are perfect, and his expression is very serene. You have a beautiful son!

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