Untitled ,,,an abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

Untitled, 

acrylic on canvas, 32"X32"

 Available. For information please visit :

www.manishavedpathak.com

Would appreciate if the readers could suggest a title for this painting.

A water colour painting of a palm tree at the beach, by Manju Panchal

"Master water first and then paint." Josh Goldberg

Of late I have been working a lot with

the water colour medium. It is a

challenging medium yet very

satisfying.

Given below is a water colour painting of a 

scene that I came across while I was

at Benaulim beach, Goa.

A Palm tree at the beach

Water colour painting on Campap paper

Size 5.5" X 8"

To browse through my artworks visit my blog

www.charcoalspastelsandmore.blogspot.com

OR  INSTAGRAM page.

Thanks for browsing through my works.

A new portrait....by Manisha Vedpathak

"Naughty mood"

Acrylic on canvas, 14"x14"

www.manishavedpathak.com

Step by Step - drawing and painting a seashore. By Manju Panchal

"When you start a painting, it is somewhat outside you. 

At the conclusion, you seem to move inside the painting." 

Fernando Botero

The scene below is from Bamboo island, five kilometers off the 

northern  tip of Koh Phi Phi Don, in the Krabi province of Thailand. 

The island has stunning beaches with beautiful rocks, white sand

 and limestone cliffs behind. In the painting below the beach

 is covered by the shadows cast by the tall cliffs behind. 

The source of light ie the sun is behind the cliffs and

 the beach is on the west side of the island.

Reaching the destination

Soft pastel painting on Canson MT paper

Size 6" X 8"

I titled the painting as "Reaching the destination" with reference

 to the beautiful waves which travel a long distance 

and finally reach the shore. It is a beautiful feeling

 to be at a place like this and to hear the sound of the waves 

splashing against the rocks, and then gently kissing 

the white sand and merging with the land.

The soft pastel painting on twilight Canson MT progressed 

in stages and the step by step images can be seen below.

Step 1. Creating the basic outline

using Camlin charcoal pencil.

Step 2. Blocking in the major shapes with respective colours

 keeping in mind the values. Using the soft pastels

from mixed brands.

Step 3. Adding details and final touch up.

At this stage I use pastel pencils at several places.


My paintings can be viewed on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK too.

How to Organize your Art Exhibition Part 1 : Preparation

Hi All. I am sure many of you have been planning to do your art exhibition, but just don't know where to start. I have written a blog post on How to Organize your Art Exhibition Part 1 - Preparation. I hope it will help. I'll be publishing the second part soon which will focus on the opening day and rest of the exhibition days.

Salma Hayek

New works-DPS Bose

New work Acrilic-DPS Bose

Few works from 2016

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore - Portrait study work by Manju Panchal

"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark."

Rabindranath Tagore 

Some time back I did a Portrait study work of 

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

on Black Strathmore Artagain paper 

using a white pastel pencil.

The black colour of the paper acted as the 

darkest tone. Using a white pastel pencil

 I had to create the other values. 

Portrait Study

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

To view my other works visit INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK 

and DEVIANTART gallery.

A morning at Matheran - A soft pastel painting by Manju Panchal

The soft pastel painting below has been inspired by an early

  morning scene from Matheran, a beautiful hill station 

 close to Mumbai. The sun rays  lit up the foliage as it perforated

 through the space  between the wild growth on either sides. 

A morning at Matheran

Soft pastel painting on Canson MT

Size 5"X 7"

To browse through my artworks visit my blog

www.charcoalspastelsandmore.blogspot.com

OR  INSTAGRAM page.

Discount coupon for Artists

I wanted to share some useful information with all my artist friends here. Below is a discount coupon code that can be used while purchasing from http://creativehands.in/ online store or their physical store in Kolkata. For purchases above Rs 1,000/- you get a discount of 10% above the existing discounts if any. There is no discount if your total purchase amount is less than Rs 1,000/-. This code is going to be valid for a long time I guess. I hope this will help you all save some money on art materials.

COUPON CODE - PMA5080

Soft pastel painting of a landscape by Manju Panchal

" If I create from the heart; nearly everything works, if from head

almost nothing." Marc Chagall

The soft pastel painting below has been inspired

by my early morning visit to Karnala Bird Sanctuary.

The sunlit pathway and the surrounding thick

vegetation growth made for a good composition.

The light and contrast in the scene appealed 

a lot to me.

The Morning Rays

Soft pastel painting on Canson Mi Teintes paper

Size 7" X 9"

To view my works you can visit my

Instagram OR BLOG

Mahogany - Kasturi Borkotoki

 Oil on wood with palette knives

.20 x16 inches.

My serendipitous foray into wood has spoilt me. After the two pieces of wood which came my way I attacked this piece stashed away from an AC repair job two years back and happily gave vent to my wood withdrawal. My knives have finally met their match on wood. I can slash and flourish without worrying about cutting! Unlike canvas!
The new year has started with a new promise.Some new alliances and new avenues. Am excited and hoping to paint a lot this year!
Meanwhile if anyone wants to give me a gift you can pass any discarded pieces of wood my way.I'd be delighted!:)

New Generation-Acrylic-DPS Bose

Sela Pass , Tawang , Arunachal

Watercolor -Ajay Patil

Portrait sketching of a woman on toned paper by Manju Panchal

Portrait of a woman from Kutch, Gujarat

with a beautiful nose ring.

The portrait has been created using Camlin charcoal

pencil and Cretacolour white pastel pencil.

The Glow

Charcoal and white pastel pencil sketching on grey hand made paper

Size 6"X 8"

To read more about this work you can visit my BLOG

or FACEBOOK PAGE

My works can also be seen on DEVIANTART.

ONE OF MY OLD WORK, THE STYLE OF PAINTING WAS DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER COMPARED TO NOW

Watercolor's on catridge paper

Wash and wet in wet technique

Hi Friends. Its been really really long since I posted here. But it feels great to be posting some useful content that I developed recently.

I have made two blog posts on my blog on watercolor techniques. I have included instruction videos also in them. Please do visit my blog and if you find the content useful do not forget to share it with your friends.

Click here for Watercolor wash technique post.
Click here for Watercolor wet in wet technique post

Have a great day.

A short Watercolor Demo.

A soft pastel painting of a seashore by Manju Panchal

The soft pastel painting as below has been

created using my reference photograph

taken at Bamboo island, ( Thailand ).

It has been created on an orange coloured

Canson Mi Teintes paper.

Reaching the shore

A soft pastel painting

Size 5.25" X 7.25"

To read more about creating this work

visit my BLOG

You can also browse through my works at

Deviantart or Facebook

Charcoal sketching of a sparrow on toned paper by Manju Panchal

Portrait of a sparrow

Created the sketch of this beautiful elegant bird,

using charcoal pencil and white pastel

pencil on Canson paper.

Hanging on

Charcoal and white pastel pencil sketching on toned paper

Size 6" X 8"

To browse through my artworks visit my blog

www.charcoalspastelsandmore.blogspot.com

OR  INSTAGRAM page.

Flamenco Frenzy

Watercolors on handmade paper. Dance is my favourite theme!
An Artist at Bangalore