I have always been fascinated by the little wonders of nature: the butterflies. Painting a butterfly using oil paints was on my bucket list for quite a long time. When I finally made this painting, it was a pleasure and a challenge to make these delicate little wonders called butterflies. Read more…
There are times when an artist just wants to paint without thinking much. You just want to go with the flow. I guess artists go through a lot of phases while painting. Painting without thinking is a very interesting thing to me. Sometimes, you just paint with the flow and Read more…
Different artists have different techniques of painting in oils. However, painting in layers has been a time tested technique for most of the artists. The magic of layering in oil painting cannot be stressed enough. The old masters used to put great amount of layers in their oil painting. I Read more…
If you are wondering how to make a painting more interesting, I have a trick for you. A little bit of exaggeration in a painting is like adding spices while cooking in a dish. If everything is too symmetric, balanced and mundane; what’s missing sometimes is the required drama. Exaggeration Read more…
A question that arises in one’s mind while painting is that when is a painting finished? The finishing stage of a painting is as crucial as the beginning or the middle stage. In fact, the finishing stage can take your painting from ordinary to wow level. It’s common to get Read more…
We all know the basic necessities for painting right? We need the colors, canvas, liquin (or linseed oil), brushes. These are the most essential and then come the other necessities like a colour palette, an easel and perhaps a chair. But what about the other items which are often not Read more…
Festivals and celebrations are like icing on the cake. They add the much required joy and excitement to our lives. There are some colors that are quite vibrant and are synonymous with celebrations. Let me take you through the memory lane of a time related to such festive colors that Read more…
While I was ruminating on the next idea for my painting, I was actively looking for inspiration around. Witnessing peacocks in the nearby locations made me wonder at their beautiful feathers and vibrant colors. Hence, a peacock abstract painting was my next creative venture. To look at peacocks dancing and Read more…
My painting checklist had abstract painting of a woman’s face from a long time. One of my painting, “Inscrutable” has a female face but this time my desire was to paint a bigger canvas. “Longing” is a painting that finally fulfilled this desire. I am always amazed by the different Read more…
My painting “Blossoming” is an example of painting abstract flowers. However, the story behind the idea of this painting takes me back to my hometown – Aligarh in India. As artists, we look for inspiration all around consciously or sub-consciously. Once, I attended a flower show with my mother in Read more…