Pears of a kind

A lovely sunny photo I found on Morgue files here. Painted in 'bold triad' of winsor yellow, alizarin crimson and winsor blue (red shade). Fun little painting! :)

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Loved these two elephants on Morgue file and couldn't wait to paint them :)

The dog walker

The dog walker reference photo PMP.

Lazy Panda's

Panda's lazily munching on leaves. Ref photo Morgue file. 

MFA watercolor class paintings

Recently I took a watercolor class at MFA and met some amazing artists. Here are a few paintings done during the class. Our teacher, Linda Hoetink an amazing artist, really made us improve our techniques giving us different challenges.

This beautiful painting is done by Edith, I don't remember the artist whom she copied.

This amazing painting is done by Kelly Slater who is recognized by her bold and vibrant use of colors, which I think is very inspiring.

This is my copy of James McNeill Whistler 'Flower Market' which was really not so easy and helped me improve my technique.

A floral still-life from 'life' done in the class. Lot of happy accidents happened during the painting and I really enjoyed myself spattering paint all over the paper. 

Snow day

Unfortunately its still cold and snowing in Boston, so did a little 10-min sketch from my balcony :)

Done in the medium/sun triad (New gamboge, permanent rose and french ultramarine blue). 

Color test

Medium/ Sun triad with New Gamboge, Permanent rose and French ultramarine.
Bold/ Strong with Winsor yellow, Alizarin crimson  and Winsor blue (red shade).

A small sketch testing the triads-- Sun triad really gives a sunny feel where as the bold triad brings intense and strong colors.

Four ATC's

These are miniature paintings (2.5 x 3.5")

Spoons still-life

Spoons in the drain (ref photo PMP). in watercolor.

and a small value study on moleskine cahier (started as simple value sketch and got caught up so made it a full sketch).
Which one did you like?

Nevada Landscape

Landscape ref photo PMP.

Primula flowers

Based on the watercolor style Julie Pollard. Reference photo PMP

Cherries

Reference photo PMP.

Girl with an accordion

Done in General's watercolor pencils. A very easy way to become an artist is to use watercolor pencils and its so much fun.

I also made a home-made paint brush out of my hair!!!

Super easy to make with a lock of hair, chopsticks, thread and some super glue. The fun part is I painted the 'girl with an accordion' with this incredible brush. It takes time to get used to working with human hair, but it really works and its environment friendly :) 

Waterlilies

Waterlilies (reference photo PMP), on ATC size card.

Sketch-a-day

Lighthouse-using 4 hues Yellow, yellow-orange,  orange and red.

Sketch of an Australian sheep dog.