Special Mention..

I joined an artist community BlueCanvas.com.. 


They have a magazine same named,they include the latest news, features and interviews about the art and photography world.. It's kind of an artist portal where you get to meet people, make friends and share your works..


 My latest work "Innocence" was invited by a group called "Blue" recently!! and today I got an email telling me that they have featured my painting in the "Special mention" section!!! 


M so honored!!  Love the feeling.. 

You can visit their site www.bluecanvas.com or click on the link to go directly to:

http://www.bluecanvas.com/art-detail/353836

1http://groups.bluecanvas.com/BLUE/forum/post/247  


to view mine and  all the other artists who were featured... all their works are amazing and a heartiest Congratulations to all of them!! :)



Thank you once again To the Blue Group for giving me a special mention!! I really appreciate it!! :)

Innocence

Nothing defines innocence as the face of a baby... new to this world and totally unknown to the outside world...

A few days ago I was going through my photos from my recent trip to New Hampshire, missing my family back home in India.. and remembering the wonderful time I spent there with my family members... It had been a long time since I met them and i cherished each and every moment I spent there.. It felt like I was home again...

I came across a photograph of my niece and masi (aunt), my niece Disha looked so innocent and cute in the photograph, I immediately wanted to paint it... 

This time I wanted to give watercolors a try... especially for the portrait.. I have used watercolors for a lot of my paintings but never for a portrait.. and I guess I was able to capture the moment....

Process of "Innocence"
Watercolor on Watercolor paper
11" x 15"

Innocence
watercolors on watercolor paper
11" x 15"

Through this I just want to thank my Masi, Vinay Uncle, Mini (my sister), Jiju, Manu, Maneet, Rohan, Disha and my hubby for making this trip a memorable one... Love you all... :)

   

With Love...

Memories are something that stays with you forever.. and some of them takes you way back when you were a kid in high school.. and the first thing that comes to your mind is your best friend.. in my case it was Priyanka Wadhawan..

 We were inseparable or BFF's...
 As soon as we reached home from school the first thing we would do was run towards the phone.. well in those days we didn't have cell phones and texting... we would talk for hours and call each other multiple number of times in a day... My mom used to ask me "itni kitni baatein hai tumhare paas jo khatam hi nhi hoti?? ( what in the world do you girls talk about all day??) and I had no answer to that...
 We lost contact after I moved to another school and then we took different paths for college but one thing was sure we could never forget each other and especially the wonderful time we spent together.. the endless laughter, the phone talks, the seat saving in the bus... ohh that was a wonderful time.. I wish i could go back to that time.. but well now that I am thousands of miles away from her, the memories are the only things I've got with me.. We got back in touch.. a million thanks to facebook... and we've been in constant contact ever since....

Moving on to the art part...

 As you know I had no idea how to make portraits but always wanted to learn them I tried a few pencil sketches and put them on my fb page (here).. I never thought I would be able to make an oil portrait so soon.. But I really wanted to and the first subject that I always thought about was her....

 I requested some of Priyanka's photographs but did not want to make something that she would not like or rather I wasn't sure I could make.. so I waited, practiced some more and then one day it struck me, may be I am ready. I sat down to go through all the photos she sent me and some more from her profile pics.. so I could make my mind which would actually portray her nature, her mood.. and finally picked this one..

With Love...
Oil on Canvas
11" x 14"

With love ..
Oil on Canvas
11" x 14"

To Priyanka,

I hope I was able to capture it..
I want to make another one..
If I have your permission.. and for that you might have to model for me...
Waiting for your reply...



Love,
Mehak

There's another portrait coming up.. this time in water colors.. stay tuned...

Featured...

News update...

 My blog has been featured in Sketches and Jottings Daily.... It is a personalized newspaper built from articles,blog posts, videos and photos selected by J.Walters...

And it goes with the blog sketches and jottings.. I love the way he tries to promote new talents and their sketchbooks.

. You can log onto his blog to see all the wonderful artists and their sketchbooks.... or follow him @jaw501


 I am really thankuful to J.Walters for featuring me in the 29th feb edition...

 It was quite a leap for me on this leap day!!!



P.S.  There's a new portrait coming up in the next post... :)