Painting finally

Hi friends. Thank you so much for your good wishes. My eye is good now and I finally I painted yesterday aftera gap of about 2-3 weeks. And it was outdoors. Was feeling a bit rusty and a little tight. So just tried to loosen up a bit on the painting. Probably went a bit too far in some places. I also did a quick sketch of two of my fellow artists. Hope you like them.

p.s. There was an article about the sketching group I belong to in newspaper yesterday. One of my paintings was also published. I dont have a physical copy as I dont get that newspaper, but since they are online its good. :). It is the second last painting in the article. To have a look click here.

Plein air @ NGMA 22nd April 2012

Size - 11 x 15 inch

Medium - Watercolor on paper

Outdoor works

I have not been painting since last two weeks and it is starting to get to me now. Firstly I was away and now when I am back there is loads of work piled up and it is getting difficult to manage some painting time. Till I paint my next piece I thought I'll post some of the plein air works I have done recently. Hope you enjoy them.

 At NGMA, Bangalore

 At Museum Canteen, Cubbon Park, Bangalore

At Berhampur island in Chilika lake, Odisha

Hadagarh, NGMA and a sketch

Title - Dusk at Hadagarh
Size - 11 x 15 inch
Medium - Watercolor on paper

Title - Plein air at NGMA
Size - 14 x 10 inch
Medium - Watercolor on paper

Watercolor sketch of a tribal village

When a painting has a lot of area unpainted it is always a temptation to fill in something. I got tempted too but I think I did not go. Somehow I managed to stop and let it be. So I was actually quiet happy about that.

This photo was taken from my friend's blogpost on the dying Hadagarh sanctuary in Odisha. In my painting I wanted to see the river touching the horizon and hence I increased the height of my viewing point for the painting.

Last Sunday I had gone out to NGMA with my weekend drawing club friends to do some plein air work. The biggest difficulty was to get a place where you could sit in the shade of trees and paint a nice view that had enough light.

And lastly I am posting a sketch in preparation for a painting.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.