Licorice Stack

Heres what I painted a few days ago..I still have a little bit if work to do but this is what I have for the time being...I found the reference image on Wetcanvas and thought it looked yummy enough to paint...Now all I need is to get myself a bag of licorice...A gud friend of mine on wetcanvas told me that this particular type of licorice comes for U.K and is called Bassett Licorice Allsorts...I need tio get my hands on some of them before I eat up the painting itself...Until then this is for you sylvia...

December VSD

Here's a pic of my first ever VSD...This only took about 20 mins to sketch so not much details...Here's a link to the ref pic http://virtualsketchdate.blogspot.com/

Vintage Reads

Heres what I painted today..Was going through a lovely watercolor instruction book called 'Watercolor:Fundamentals for beginners' and they have an exercise where you are supposed to use only 2 dominating colors(sienna and blue) to paint a still life...This is what I ended up with by following the instructions.The pencil and the letter is my addition to the original painting..

Butterfly

Heres a painting I did a couple of days back..I've just started to experiment with watercolors and this is my second painting....I think it came out fine for a beginner though I'm pushing for some realism in my paintings..I'd love for my paintings to look more like a photograph rahter than a painting in itself....I've always believed that a good painter is identifed by how relaistic his paintings look...

EDM challenges 1,2,3 & 4

I've been busy drawing and reading so havent posted much...Here are the first 4 challanges from the EDM list...I'm working on the other challnges and some are done but I guess as of now the first 4 should be good...

Mummy!!

Here's a drawing I did when I first started to draw....I loved doing this piece...The reference for this drawing came from a pic in WC...I believe this pic was taken when one of the WC members made a trip to egypt.The picture is that of King Thutmosis..I've always loved the whole idea of visitng egypt..maybe someday I'll get to vist egypt..

10.30.08 drawing

Here's a colored pencil drawing I completed recently..bout a few days back around Halloween..I love the vibrant colors of the fall/autumn and I think it came out prefectly in this drawing.
Courtesy Kristy Kutch and her book drawing and painting with colored pencil.

First drawing

I come from a family of artists.Though none of them have pursued an art career almost everyone from my mom and dads family is into some form of art.My dad is my teacher when it comes to drawing and painting.I've always enjoyed sketching and drawing however,I've had issues with my patience level and so I stopped drawing for over 10 yrs.A few months back I picked up a sketch book and registered with Wetcanvas and this drawing was the first drawing I did after a 10 yr break.

Indian lady

A quick sketch of a lady in a sari(Traditional indian dress).The drawing was a part of a weekly draiwng challenge on Wetcanvas.The challenge was to incorporate and artichoke into a drawing and this was what I came up with.Many Indian women adorn flowers in their hair and here I thought an artichoke fit the chignon perfectly...

Orchid

This was the first colored pencil drawing I did after I got my box of prismacolors .It was done on a cheap quality drawing paper which wouldnt take much color.I am happy with how the drawing turned out cos it was my first attempt at a colored pencil drawing

Pastel Sketch

A quick oil pastel sketch of a bunch of daisies.It took me about 5 mins I guess.The sketch was done directly with oil pastels free hand.

Sketches!

I have been trying to maintain a sketch book for the last week or so and this is what I have sketched so far.I try to limit my time to about 3-5 mins per sketch and then when I have time I give a few finishing touches to the sketch.I try not to put too much detail cos it is supposed to be a sketch and not a drawing.

My prismas

For all those who are wondering what the box of Prismacolor Premier contains,lemme tell you its a box of colored pencils in 132 colors.A CP artists dream come true..I am gonna give you a glimpse of what the pencils look like when taken out of the box..

Prismacolor is a favourite among a lot of CP artists since they are easy to find and have an amazing color selection.Also they are available in open stock in almost all art supply stores which allows artists to buy only the colors they have extinguished without being obliged to buy the whole set.

Art materials

I thought it would be appropriate to start the blog with a glimpse of all the art materials I have collected and am working with in the last six months.I do intend to increase my collection in due course.Until then this is what I am working with..