First watercolour painting of 2022

Snowflakes and lantern watercolour painting Close up of lantern I began this new year with a new watercolour painting depicting the winter and reminding me of Christmas. I painted this in layers, the first layer showing blurred branches then crisp branches and finally branches overlapping the vertical branches onto which the lantern is hanging. TheContinue

Some of my favourite watercolor works

I really enjoyed painting these artworks. The landscape art in 2020 and the other one with the boats just some weeks back. Both evoke a certain kind of scenery. The landscape painting transports me into a calm, serene world and the boats remind me of the setting sun and the shadows dazzling in the water.Continue

Why does watercolor seem hard

When I first started watercolours, it seemed a tough nut to crack. The water dried too quickly, colour bleeds, paper curled up, etc. The baffling thing in watercolor is that you can’t assess how much water will lead to how much opaqueness and transparency. That is something which only comes with practice and swift movementContinue

Some of my new watercolor paintings

Reflections Somewhere magical Skies Boats Qiant scene I painted these on 300 GSM cold pressed paper by the brand Brustro. I try to hone my painting skills by experimenting with different scenery, values and techniques. I feel that you can watch a lot of watercolour tutorials but unless you pick up a brush and startContinue

Another oil painting completed.

I completed my oil painting which was going on for some time now. I painted it step by step in layers, taking pictures along the way. Click here to see the initial sketch,underpainting,the step by step process and now I proudly present to you the complete oil painting. Oil on canvas It took me aroundContinue