Charcoal Sketches.

Charcoal sticks on cartridge paper. 

My new obsession.  Charcoal sticks...
I am in love with this medium.
Though I have used charcoal pencils before... was reluctant to use charcoal in any other form (chunky, vine, willow or compressed charcoal.).

Now that I have tried it,... am not going to stop.

Fruit Anybody??

Acrylic on Panel, 8" * 11"

I have had a couple of hardboard panels that I bought ages ago when I was starting to teach my self Acrylic paintings. I wanted to experiment with different surfaces and hence the purchase. I don't exactly remember what was on these panels, but a few years ago I painted white gesso over them. I sanded them to a smooth finish using fine grit sandpaper before starting with this piece.
I think I like the smooth panel better than the canvas texture.  

Fluffy Clouds



Acrylic on 8"* 11" Hardboard panel.

New book.

Watercolor on Brustro watercolor paper 5"*7"

I bought a new book ' The water-colourist's essential notebook - landscapes' by Gordon Mackenzie. Its a good book for anybody interested in watercolour and watercolour landscapes in particular. My first practice attempt from the book.

Sketches

Hurray,...We finally have a broadband connection at our place. Its been more than 10 months, since our shift to this house but were not able to find a broadband provider. We moved to a relatively new locality of our city. Just a couple of days before the shift, we realized that BSNL is not providing any phone or internet connection to our new apartment.  More cables required, overload etc etc were the reasons given.... one year since and still no cables.
Hopefully now this neglected blog of mine will see more action.

Violet .... or is it purple

Colour theory says blue mixed with red gives violet. Not so simple... two weeks of mixing and tweaking and more mixing and this is what I have.

Acrylic on canvas panel 4"*6"

Browns

An exercise in browns.

Acrylics on canvas panel. 4"*6".

Sketching

The last few months have been very, very busy here.... too many things going on ..... leaving no time for painting or blogging.

watercolours, acrylics and micron pens on hand made paper.

But my little sketch book has kept me company all through and so have my new Sakura micron pens.  Sharing a few sketches here.

watercolours, microns on hand made paper



micron pens on hand made paper.

 

Monarch butterfly

8"*10" Acrylic on Canvas Panel

More butterflies. Had a lot of fun mixing different blacks for this painting. Instead of using the color black right out of the tube I try mixing my own, every time I paint. This exercise in mixing colors has been a rewarding one, am getting better..

Back with butterflies.




8"*10".Acrylics on Canvas panel.

Have been away for a long time now. My son who is nine months old has been keeping me busy. Hope fully should be able to paint more often now.

The photo does not show the background colours accurately. Will try and post a more accurate picture soon.