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NGMA Bangalore-plein air

Plein air painting of National Gallery of Modern Arts building at Bangalore last Sunday.. water colour on hand made paper 14 x 10 inch

Ajay Rathnam-Portrait

Portrait of my class mate from school Ajay Rathnam, on his request.  Water colour on canson 300gsm paper 12 x 16.5 inch

Dawn

Painted from a reference picture sent by a friend. It was interesting to try out a few new colour combinations.  turned out to be a...

Rain tree / 5 o’clock tree

En Plein Air, from the comfort of my balcony last Sunday! the huge tree is called Rain tree or 5 o’clock tree as the leaves close in the...

Art Gallery!

Visited Venkatappa Art Gallery next to museum in Bangalore a couple of times, but never painted it.  Painted from my photograph taken...

First Train!

This is a painting from a scene in my memory of my school days.  Come April when the yellow flame trees are in full bloom, my school...

Nostalgia!

Chennai Central railway station, though the portals of this station stream in and out thousands everyday and is the abode for many...

Weekend Art Mania!

Had the opportunity to attend a weekend watercolour demonstration by Bijay Biswal organised by Color-in .  I am posting two...

Pleasant Smile!

This is an attempt of portrait of my niece.  Water colour on handmade paper 11.5 x16 inch.

Mild Smile!

After my attempt at my daughter’s portrait, i thought of attempting to paint my wife’s portrait :-).  Watercolour on Cartridge paper 20...

Smile

Its been ages since i tried portraits!  It’s never too late to start again :-).  portrait of my daughter,, watercolour on paper 20X30 cm.

bougainvillea beauty!

Painted from a reference photograph clicked on a golf course!  I was mesmerised by the glowing pink in the sun, and hope i have been able...

Beach Walk

A different colour combination for a sunset!  Water colour on Canson paper 300gsm, A3 size.  Had to use multiple washes to get the tonal...

Tropical Sunset!

Painted from a reference picture from TV of Srilanka.  Water colour on paper 11 X 8.5 inches.

Dream Pond!

Painting made from a reference TV grab.  I liked the cool colours and the contrasting green and pink! Learnt how to do minimalistic...

Transplanting Time!

It is fascinating to see the transplanting of the paddy and  I remember my childhood days that were spent in the fields on vacation....

Insights into water colours!

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you! It was fun learning some insights to painting techniques and composition.  Thoroughly enjoyed myself along...

Rudra

Rudra-Weaponised ALH helicopter of HAL. Water colour on Fabriano 300gsm 16 x 12 inch.

After Rain!

Water colour on A3 cartridge paper.   A week end effort inspired by the damp wet weather at Bangalore and a post from well known artist...

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