My Impressions in Pastels

Tulip – WIP

I paint in spurts and bounds, one teeny weeny painting, and then a long break.
Just need to shake off the laziness and get down to some serious pastelling. I kind of promise myself each time I paint, that this time it is going to stay…I mean the painter in me Well, here’s another [...]

On the way to Palampur – WIP

Just came back from a lovely little vacation in the hills. On the way to Palampur, clicked several hundred pictures…couldn’t resist as everything seemed so divine and beautiful. But sometimes what your mind can capture the camera fails to. This is a work in progress, this time I painted a small one (as suggested by [...]

Orange!

Pure pigment, pure bliss…Pastels are simply irresistible! So finally after almost a zillion days I am back at my easel, pastelling! It is therapeutic, I must say.
Clicked a picture of these in a garden, don’t know what these are called. Let me know if someone figures it out!

My son is now 2 years and 2 [...]

Flower Power

Lately I have been thinking of experimenting a little…been wanting to paint a simple/abstract like painting. This one is a small approx 10″x10″ of a bouganvillea, done on neutral gray canson paper. Before I started off, I was quite unsure about what it would it look like. Well, I can say, I am quite happy [...]

Blossom

Another one from a picture on Wetcanvas Reference Library.
I really enjoyed working on the background haze…

Lemony

A bowl of lemons…lemon has always inspired me.
I like the smell, the texture and ofcourse the taste!

Hibiscus

Yet another Floral Portrait!
This time though, the color palette is very intense.
Nature is so AMAZING! It’s a pleasure to see these wonders of nature come alive under my fingers

An Apple a Day

I painted this one from a picture posted in the Reference Library of WC (Wetcanvas.com).
It was simply irresistable! Loved the play of light and shade.

Bromilliad

This one was done with pastel pencils on a catridge sheet.

Trinity – Water Lilies Re-visited

This is one of my favourite subjects.Painted a closeup of the same, sometime last year. This time I just wanted to re-visit the ‘pond” painting. The leaves are very loosely done, with bold strokes of greens and yellows. The same technique follows on in the stems, rather more loose so to speak. As always, it [...]