How a certain thing comes to you naturally is a strange thing. For me, making random layouts using blocks comes naturally. I don’t know why I admire making blocks. Maybe, it’s because of the technical education or because of the mindset that everything starts with a building block. Is it Read more…
After learning art and experimenting and painting for quite a while, I had a collection of few oil paintings. That is when I fortunately got a chance for my first group show too. It was from 23rd to 27th May, 2012. Other artists who participated in this show were Nanda Read more…
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 abstract painting is dedicated to these emotions. This painting is 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 the painting. A lot of ideas could distract the viewer 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 top to bottom. The increments in light and soft forms 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 a painting in some way can be beneficial at times. 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 one. On the other hand, there are days when I Read more…
Let’s play with water colors: This is yet another abstract water color painting that I tried. What I enjoyed the most about this painting was giving lots of tones in a single color. I took it as a challenge to include as many tones of each color as possible. As Read more…
In this blog, I will share yet another belief that I wanted to paint through water color techniques. This was on the power of enthusiasm. I firmly believe that if we are enthusiastic about something, reaching goals become so much easier and fun. Enthusiasm makes us learn and grab things Read more…
In my early days of learning art, I had to attempt an interesting exercise on abstract art. The exercise required me to depict a negative feeling of loneliness in my art. I used all the dark colours and tried to capture the negativity associated with the feeling of loneliness. When Read more…