Sketch in Charcoal

12x16

Picked up charcoal after a long time and did this sketch in the morning session.I have missed doing portraits and would love to do some more..This sketch reminded me how much I loved drawing- without the pressure of thinking of converting it into a painting!May be I should keep them separate.

Half Truth

13x18

Hi everyone..couldn't resist sharing this work which I did this afternoon.Its a kind of painting that emerges on its own. I had started with a thought that 'it could be a face'.Then my hands took over. Initially I used charcoal on gray paper.Pastels were added later.I kind of like this effect.Gives the face two dimensions.What do you think?

It is one of the paintings that left me with a happy feeling :)

Out of Shadows

Another painting in my favorite colors..I was just pushing paint on paper when the face started to emerge.I followed it and the result is now for you all to see.'Wet in wet' technique used here.

She

A watercolor study of female face..12"x9"