When I started painting initially, I was too overwhelmed by the insecurities and instabilities of the outer world. Hope and optimism were the two factors that kept me going and helped me focus on possibilities and not the distractions. Hope Read more…
Have you ever wondered what a tiny dot can do? Well, for starters, it can create an exotic background in a pen and ink painting. Using dots is one of my favourite pen and ink drawing technique. As seen in Read more…
If you are looking for a book on creativity, I urge you to read “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s one of those book that you would like to keep and go back to again and again. Why this book Read more…
Before I share some pen and ink drawing tips, let me take you back to my childhood. While studying in schools and colleges, whenever the classes seemed boring, I had one favourite time pass. This time pass was to doodle Read more…
While I was making my painting “The Goodness”, there was a need to create a point of interest in the middle portion of the painting. So, to make the middle portion interesting, I was thinking of a 3D effect. This Read more…
While thinking of an idea for a painting, one can get lost and try to imbibe way too many ideas in a single painting. It’s crucial however to remember that there should be one main idea called focal point of Read more…
I came up with the idea of “The transformation” on similar lines as those of the paintings discussed in previous blogs. I titled it so because I wanted to show light and soft forms as one views this painting from Read more…
I had absolutely no idea that when I’ll transform a painting made in pen and ink to a painting in oil, where will I land up. Still, I was quite excited as usual and ready to take on all the Read more…
As human beings, we tend to plan everything. We feel a sense of being organized when things are planned. Sometimes, however, being too planned and organized and letting no flexibility enter your life is not such a good idea. Changing Read more…
Thinking of ideas for painting is something more or less like the graphs of stock markets for me. Sometimes I am at an all time high with so many ideas that I have to narrow them down to focus on Read more…