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