"Gossip" - Water colors

I am on my own now. Can I take the seeds I have received at the art school and nurture it into a healthy bloom? Only time will tell.

This painting is titled "Gossip".

Watercolors - Kovalam

Recently during a trip to Kanyakumari and Trivandrum, I found time to sketch sitting on the promenade at Kovalam. This painting came out of it. My dad said its too bare and I have to agree. But it was good fun esp. the sea.

Outdoors

This is an outdoor painting I did, The view of my mother's garden from the Porch. The second attempt is so much better then the first. I am getting better at doing plants and landscaping. Its satisfying to see improvement.

Abstract

At home, I tried to create an abstract work. Its a splash of colors, not necessarily meaning anything. I did try to do some thing like " a face in the crowd". What do you think it is?
I experimented with stamping ( use different objects dipped or coated in color and stamp on the paper), I ran objects on the wet paint, used a baloon to apply colors.. Like I said, it is an experiment. I think acrylic or oil is better to do abstract.

Reproduction - "Flautist"

I don't know who did this. Perhaps somebody can help. It was printed on a card and I loved the subject a great deal. I think I did this sometime in1995. I am not sure. It isn't entirely flawless. Notice that his feet is a little disproportionately small? And I used black directly. A cardinal sin for a painter... I now know better.

Reproduction - Milkmaid by Raja Ravi Varma

Taking time out to post two old paintings. This one here is a reproduction of "milkmaid" by Ravi Varma. I did that as part of a visual arts project in college. That was in 1995. Considering my knowledge of painting those days was elementary at best, it isnt bad! I was bad at backgrounds. And since the subject came out well, I didn't want to screw it up with a shoddy background. SO i left it plain with the lightest of washes in a safe color- yellow. Visually, it spreads easily.

Children with a deer

This is a painting of a photograph as was published in Reader's Digest. The photograph was so beautiful, shot in artificial light in a very interesting way, that I just had to paint it.

Brass and steel - Charcoal sketch

This is by far my best effort in charcoal. The metal sheen of the brass vessel has come out well. The composition is not the greatest though. Originally it was only the brass vessel and I added the steel plate with grapes later.

Window and curtains - indoors in charcoal

This was done at home. I had just rediscovered my old charcoal pencil and couldn't wait to put it to use. If you get the lines and the proportions right, Charcoal is a great medium to work with.

Grandpa and grand child - Water colors, indoors

In between, at home I caught sight of a beautiful moment with my daughter sitting on my father's lap as she does quite often. I was looking for a theme to paint and this was perfect. Of Course i only got seconds to sketch my daughter before she moved on to other plans. It was a very helpful study of light and shadow. Light is coming from two sources, the window behind and the open door at the side. I liked it when I painted but at the end of it I thought it was too static like an oil painting and the liveliness of watercolor has not been expressed.

Girl, You need to work harder.

Still Life - Watercolors, Jug mango and Glass

I tried this still life at home. I have to grow in confidence when it comes to mixing and applying colors. This is a little too pale.

But its encouraging considering I didn't have much time to finish this.