Serenity

Another painting done with my new watercolors!

And here's a news! Two of my works have been selected for an upcoming 'Watercolor Festival', which is a group exhibition of watercolor paintings by artists all over India, at India Art Gallery, Pune. The show will be on view from the 1st of Sep. till the 19th. Works of each artist will be displayed for a period of one week and then will be replaced with another artist's works.

Those two works are already posted on my blog.Click on the following link to see them

http://rameshjhawar.blogspot.com/2009/03/old-man-with-red-turban.html

http://rameshjhawar.blogspot.com/2009/03/rajasthani-villager.html

Tranquil

Watercolor on Paper ( 11" x 15" )

I have been using mostly watercolor cakes for my paintings.Recently I bought a new set of good quality watercolor tubes.The old set had become rock hard as they weren't used for a long time.Do they have to be thrown away or is there still a way to use them?

This painting was done with the new set.I must say I was not very comfortable in using these but I guess with regular usage they will be easier to handle!

The Turquoise Dress

Soft Pastels on Paper ( 15" x 20" inches )

I liked the contrast colors of the dress and the grayish wall and the way the light was falling on the turquoise dress.I just had to paint this!

P.S. Though I tried several times, the image didn't come out very well.The original looks much better!

Head Study No.2

Mixed Media on Paper (11" x 16")

Head Study

Mixed Media on Tinted Paper (11" x 16")

I have used a little bit of everything here - watercolor, charcoal, color pencils, soft pastels!