Thursday 27 November 2008

Venice

Two paintings of the same subject, Venice, only slightly different from each other, ie, the horizontal boat replaced by three vertical ones to balance the composition. The mood and atmosphere I tried to convey are sunset/moonlight, everything subdued. Only 4 colours used for harmony. Here they are:



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Tuesday 11 November 2008

Hyde Park once again

I made a painting of the sketch I posted recently, on half imperial sheet. The sky is a bit different, the sky in watercolor, if you are using wet in wet, is always a happy accident or sad disaster. This time it is OK. The rest was easy and the finished painting is here:

Wednesday 5 November 2008

Hyde Park Again

Hey up, you need to tell me if the composition sketch here makes a good painting? Need to know before attempting it bigger. Thanks.Firstly the reference photo:


Here is the sketch:



Thanks.

Tuesday 4 November 2008

Back to Painting


Have not done a thing since Deepavali, ie after returning from Brussels and Leiden. Too many other things, the internet was not working for a week, very irritating. Finished another painting of the Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple. Here it is: