Girl in Blue Coat

16" x 12"

A watercolor portrait in bigger size, that's something I am happy about this morning.

I have been painting small for weeks..it felt good to use a bigger brush! The subject was nice,too.A girl I saw on a London trip.The picture was taken from a distance and I had to blow it up.Not very detailed, but as I did not intend to copy faithfully, it was fine.I just took the basic face structure and build my painting around it.Painted fast and loose, not going in too many details. This paper does not let me fiddle too much and  I have to get everything right in one go.Just some touches of shadows on the face ,jacket and hair were applied in second layer but I was really worried about it getting muddied so I left it there.

Let me know what do you think of this , and have a great weekend!

Exhibition Time!

I have not mentioned it so far, but I am going to have a little exhibition of my pencil portraits in September, in Fairfields Art Centre, Basingstoke.The director of the centre is an FB friend ( whom I found when I moved here) and he invited me to have this exhibition. Isn't that great!........
There will be about a dozen portraits -this is another one which will be added to the show.
The woman in this portrait is the mom of a friend.She also taught him and my husband in high school where they went together. She is a strong willed and self assured woman- the traits which I have tried to capture in this portrait.She is also a warm and lovely person to be with.
P.S. I have been really busy in last few weeks.. have been ignoring my blogger friends, I know! Please bear with me for some time :)
Pencil on paper 16"x12"

Buoyant

 A portrait of a happy looking village woman from India, in her traditional attire- saree; covering her head.This beautiful image was captured by a friend Vikram, who is a very talented photographer.
Watercolor 9"x 12"