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.

Serious Gossips

This is the acrylic painting that I mentioned in my previous post that gave me some real tough time.I had to motivate myself enough to restart it.But then, all is well that ends well.I am satisfied with the way it turned out finally.

I also realized that I need to get some new brushes and the old ones need replacement.I have this really bad habit of leaving them in water for extremely long time and as a result I have a set of wonderfully ruined brushes.This is also one of the reason why I got frustrated while working on this painting.

Well,coming to the painting,the reference photo is from the Facebook album of  one of my cousin,the one sitting with the back facing the camera and the two others are her friends.I absolutely loved the photo and had plans to paint it since long.Her friend sitting on the right hand side got married a few days back and my cousin seems to miss her a lot(her facebook status suggests so).So,I thought its right time to paint it.I hope she will be happy to see the moment recreated again.:)

Feeling The Wet Sand

Jen posted the reference photo for this painting on Rookie painter and I was so excited to paint this,because I had never painted a beach scene before.As painting figures has always been a challenging task for me,I had to gather a lot of confidence before giving it a try.Usually,I start by making a pencil sketch on the canvas but for this I think I took a little bold step by directly holding a brush.I thoroughly enjoyed painting these figures and I think its good to challenge ourselves at times,as it definitely helps in building up confidence.

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.

Rest For a While

This goes as a submission to Virtual paintout.The recent location chosen was County Clare,Ireland.Such a beautiful country it is(reminded me of the movie P.S.I love you).The greenery is mesmerizing,lovely cottages and I could spot so many locations that I wanted to paint.But this tractor won the race this time.But definitely I would love to paint some other locations too for this month's submission, as an artist is allowed maximum of three submissions.

Walking Down The Street

I set a new personal record with this painting and a kind of record that I wouldn't want to break ever.I lost count on the number of times I clicked it and a number of times I edited it.Each time I gave a touch up,I thought,now this is the final one and would click, analyze,then realize that some elements still needed modifications.This cycle went on and on and on till I  really got frustrated and impatient and as this was a submission to ADNW  challenge,I did submit it in the same condition.:( Got up this morning and patiently looked at it again and did the previous day cycle stop?NO.I didn't like the light and shadows on the street which looked more like a zebra crossing,so painted it allover again. Phew..
On the positive side I loved painting the bark of the tree on the left and the beautiful lamps.Painting the lady was also a matter of concern because I don't consider myself good at painting figures so there were more chances of me ruining it.But this time, lucky me got it right.So,some positives and some negatives resulted in a neutralized feeling.:)