Tractor, the final

I thought I was done with the tractor series till I came across this photo taken by a artist friend of mine a few days back. It was an abandoned tractors, but not very old. I was immediately drawn to it and thus tractor the VIth was born. 

I really wanted to just have fun with this. By the time I finished this my floor was filled with color, but I loved the outcome. Hope you like it too.

Tractor - VI

15 x 22 inch

The workshop

Firstly apologies for this late post. The workshop was more than a week back and I guess I should have posted earlier. But such is life. I really could not do the needful. But as they say better late than never.

The workshop with Prosenjit was very educational and informative. Sometimes to move ahead one needs to take two steps back and that was what the workshop was all about. Had to really start from the basics again and went on to draw human figure finally. Learnt about proportions, gesture etc. There was not enough time to go into anatomy though it was planned. learnt a little about soft pastels and acrylics. Over all the workshop was fantastic and Prosenjit was a great teacher. I hope he will come down to Bangalore sometime again in future so that we can continue from where we left.

I am posting a few of the plates from the workshop. Hope you enjoy it.

Prosenjit's quick demo of study of David

My labored study of David. You can see I have made him a little fat. :)

Some half minute gesture studies on which Prosenjit quickly developed human figures.

Tractor - V

So this is a kind of culmination of all the paintings in the tractor series till now. This does tend to be a little misty than hazy, but still it does capture the mood well enough I think. By the way I changed the placement of the big tree as I thought it brings better balance and more focus on the focal point.

Starting from tomorrow I'll be attending a figure drawing workshop by Prosenjit Roy and I am really looking fwd to it. I'll share my experiences of the workshop in the next post.  So do stay tuned.

The news on my back is that its quiet good now. I am able to do my day to day activities. Hoping to do my first outdoor painting session of the year soon.

Take care guys and happy painting.

Tractor - V

20 x 26 inch

WC sketch

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Tractor - IV

Okay for a change I like this one. :).  I think I got the tired evening mood with just enough feel of haze. I know some of you may feel that the tractor has three wheels. But I can argue that the fourth one is hidden behind the dust. Not really. I realized that I have not painted the fourth wheel when I completed the painting. I was just going to paint it, when I thought that the shape there looks nice and if I paint the fourth wheel it may crowd that space. What do you think???

Have a great weekend..

Tractor - IV

15 x 22

WC sketch

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Tractor - III

After painting this I had put it in my reject drawer. Today morning for some reason I opened the drawer and saw this again. And felt well its not that bad. So I took a pic of it and posting it now. As promised I am posting all the sketches I made before doing this painting.

Have a great weekend and a great week ahead.

Tractor - III

15 x 22 inch

WC sketch

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Tractor - II

Here is Tractor - II. Trying to capture that haze again. But this time its just not there. Was too conscious of everything when I went ahead with the painting and was not really painting from heart. I was painting from my mind. But anyway I thought I'll share the entire series with you all, even if I dont like it. And also the sketches that preceded it. Hope you enjoy the process at least. :)

Tractor - II

11 x 15 inch

WC sketch

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Tractor - I

Last December when I was in Odisha it was very chilly. There was a haze in the air throughout the day. Sun rays were finding it difficult to pass through the haze. The light would be kind of a diffused light even at noon time. It was neither sunny nor misty. It was a kind of a confused mood with the mixture of two opposing characteristics of nature. My attempt in this is to catch that haze (but not mist). Its going to take some trials. And at the end only I'll know whether I was able to get that confused mood clearly on paper. So lets see how it turns out. This is the first painting in that journey. Have a great week ahead.

Tractor - I

15 x 22 inch