Optimism

This painting stayed on my easel for quite sometime now.Started working on it just after my previous post.The start is always a critical step in a painting I feel.I have experienced it a lot of time that, if I start off well,I come up with a good result and if not,no matter how hard I try,the painting fails to acquire that place in my heart.Same goes with this work.At the initial step itself, I felt things not working out the way I wanted to and so,like I always do,kept it aside for a couple of days.Started working again but things did not change much.Still I finished it somehow but not very happy with the result.Surprisingly,I received a wonderful response on my Facebook when I posted it last night.Would love if my artist friends critiqued my work.:)

P.S:I am sorry for the glare on the photo as I still have trouble getting a dark background photographed.:(

Sparkle

At the start of this painting,I thought this was going to be one quick piece of work.But,can my prediction ever be right? No! It took me two long days to come up with a finished piece.It could be because I worked with very thin layers of paint this time.But I still feel,I need to improve on my timing.

Open Up

Worked with watercolors after a fairly long time and so thought of painting this small piece, but like always, I loved using them.After finishing this piece I realized that this new year I worked on three paintings and all three of  them with different medium.Well,it wasn't intentional but I was happy to do so.Would like to continue that way, as working with a medium after a very long time makes me feel completely new to it.

For this painting I tried using minimum colors and thats three primary colors and a touch of burnt sienna .I am not very satisfied with the way the way I handled the bud.I tried keeping the blurred look but then overdid it.

Fragrance of Togetherness

This is my first painting in 2011.This was actually supposed to be my December submission to Studio Atelier but I missed the deadline for this one.Initially,I hurried up to get it submitted but once I missed it,I took my own sweet time to finish the painting.
I had two crops in mind,one where I thought of painting only the flowers and this is the second one.I liked the ribbon tied to the neck of the vase and thats what prompted me to work upon this crop.