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... :)

   

Pirates of the Caribbean..

Hubby wanted me to paint something for his office.. something from Disney...
He being a big fan of the Pirates Of The Caribbean series...
I painted this...
This is the sequence in which I painted it...

giving the base

Filling in the rest of the base and making the features

Completed with background and highlights..
8 " x 10"
Oil on Canvas
Pirates of the Caribbean

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Thank you..

A very big Thank u to all who helped me figure out the name for my painting.. I got some really thoughtful responses...

I have finally chosen the name for my painting...

"Pensive" suggested by Maneet (maneetgupta.blogspot.com)

Pensive
12" x 24"
Oil on Canvas

Still Waiting....

My seascape paintings have taken a halt as I have couple of projects at hand... I need to complete..

This was one such project.. It was also my first full figure painting with attention to details of the skin and of course the dress...
I have tried to give a different texture to the background..

Pensive
12" x 24"
Oil on Canvas

Please suggest a name for this painting.. I would really like to know your opinions and suggestions..
i will be really happy to hear from you.. :)
You can leave a comment below or email it to me on mehak3012@gmail.com
Thank you.. :)

Out In The Sun..

Seascapes are really interesting to paint as every time the water is different.. this time it's not exactly a seascape.. it's more of a "lakescape".. if that's even a word..

This was a photograph I took when hubby, me, my brother and parents went to Lake Tahoe on a vacation. One of my favorite photographs and now a painting.

and yes, these are my legs and those are my shoes..

Temme what you think about it... :)

Oil on Canvas
8" x 10"
Out In The Sun

Lover's Beach..

As I told you before I have fallen in love with seascapes and am planning to paint a few.. here is the second one in the series...

Lover's Beach...

Back in Cabo this was one of the most beautiful beaches there.. you had to take a boat ride to get there and may I mention " a glass boat ride ". Although not much was visible until u reach near the beach where you actually see fishes swimming in the water.. It's a beautiful site.... The water is Crystal clear and the weather there stays perfect all year round...

Lover's Beach
8" x 10"
Oil on canvas

Comments and suggestions are always welcome...

New Found Love for Seascapes..

Ever since i've been back from Cabo San Lucas, we went there to celebrate our 1st anniversary... A must visit place... ,I've been wanting to paint a seascape..

 The beaches at Cabo were breathtakingly beautiful...We would run to the beach every evening to watch the beautiful sunset from the beach, with ships and boats in the waters, it was so beautiful out there...

 I was thinking of our amazing time there while I was painting this piece.. The vastness of the ocean, the sound of the waves gushing towards the shore and ofcourse the beautiful sunset..

Oil on Canvas
8" x 10"
Cloudy Sunset

There are a lot more paintings on seascapes coming soon.. Stay tuned

Do leave your comments.. I love to hear from you all.. :)

Happy Birthday Maneet

Wishing you all a very happy new year...
 Hope you all enjoyed your holidays.. Like I did, visiting my cousins on the east coast and celebrating new year and loads of birthdays including mine.... It was an awesome time..
 I have been talking about a big project lately.. And in today's post I am going to reveal it... I made this painting for Maneet (u can check out her lovely blog here) for her birthday which was on 6th January and I wanted to gift her something personal..
 So I made this painting for her..

Oil on Canvas
20" x 24"
Sunshine in Seattle

I would Love to hear all your comments on this one...

And A Very Very Happy Birthday Maneet... :) :)

What's been going on till now.....

It's been quite some time since I've updated anything here.. Was busy makin a big piece but we will get to that later...

Lately I've been into knitting.. making scarves n all for me and my friends... I am up for anything creative.. you see.. Well I love doing it.. but drawing and painting is my first passion.. so we'll jump right onto it..

As you all know that I signed up for the sketchbook project.. there has been a little progress since my sketchbook arrived and I wondered where did all the time go.. It's already christmas and I've got to complete the project and send it to them by Jan 31st. So I opened it up again and made some more sketches..
Here I will be putting on my Latest sketch...

The Stranger
Sketchbook project

Have loads of ideas for upcoming year.. and a lot of travel planned too.... will be posting a lot more in the coming weeks with my newest creations and photographs... Stay tuned... :)

And if you are wondering what happened to the big piece I was talking about.. I will be posting it in my next post.. :) :)

The Sketchbook Project

Recently I have registered myself in "The Sketchbook Project 2012" with The Brooklyn Art Library, New York.
They hold this annual tour of Sketchbooks submitted by artists like myself to go around 14 cities in US continent and even including countries like Canada, UK and Australia. Once it goes through this tour, it will be digitized and will permanently take rest in The Brooklyn Art Library.
I am so excited to be a part of this experience and look forward to jump in to my new sketchbook which arrived today with MY OWN NAME on it....

Must be submitted by January 31st, 2011.

P.S.: The cute Ms. caterpillar has been drawn by me.... :)