I enjoyed playing with water colors and creating abstract art to depict random human emotions. So, when my inner emotions were finally out. I was ready to try myriad other feelings. Painting a negative feeling was difficult. All I knew was that I have to use dark, dull colors but 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
When I was exploring water colors, I made several paintings. There are few works though that I admire the most. I don’t know the reason for admiration. May be it’s because I like the subject, may be because I like the final outcome. Painting these two works gave me some Read more
Have you ever tried painting with water colors? Water colors are just so much fun. Let’s go back to the time when I was learning about various aspects of painting. After doing numerous sketches with pencils and oil pencils, I finally began my journey with water colors. Working with brushes Read more
Using oil pencils to make sketches After making numerous sketches in pencils, I needed to try some other medium. As I was still discovering myself, trying my hands at different mediums was the best approach. I was introduced to the oil pencils. These oil pencils, if used appropriately could give Read more
Making a composition with still life can be tricky. One cannot just place some random objects and hope to create an eye-catching composition. If we have a look at all the still life made by all the masters of art history, they always had something unique about it. This uniqueness Read more
I always wanted to draw and longed to have skills so good so that whatever I could see, I could draw. When I started to learn drawing, I had this feeling that, “oh, it will come to me naturally”. If I can copy from books so well, I can draw Read more
Life was going just fine but I always had a craving for taking my art to another level. This is when I switched from taking weekend art classes in Chennai to weekdays private art classes in Delhi. I was determined to learn painting up to a professional level. I had Read more