'In Watercolor' - International watercolor festival in Ranchi

'In Watercolor' is a 4 country Travelling exhibition, whose Indian chapter will take place in Ranchi from Aug 22 to Aug 26, 2018
This exhibition is very different as its a small format paintings show (8 x 8" to be specific). Artists from the other participating countries will also be arriving in the capital city of Jharkhand and there will be demonstrations and other painting activities by the participating artists on all days of the exhibition
The list of Indian artists include the likes of Milind Mulick, Bijay Biswaal and other prominent watercolor artists of our country and I'm very happy to be a part of it! Really looking forward to this show!
Below is my painting that will be on display there :)

Featured in the Art of Watercolor Magazine

Very happy to share that The Art of Watercolor magazine’s issue # 31 (June 2018) carries a feature on me along with an interview about my thoughts and style of watercolor painting. And what’s more - The front cover features my bicycle painting, which incidentally, was sold just a few days ago in the US.
I wish to thank the editors and publishers of the magazine for the feature.

Painting published in Pratique Des Arts

Very happy to share that my painting 'Bicycle by the blue wall' has been included in the watercolor special issue of PRATIQUE DES ARTS, a very prestigious and popular French art magazine. I'm very thankful to the editor and the publishers.

Spotlight # 2

Watercolor on handmade paper,

10 x 14 inches

View at dusk, Varanasi

'View at dusk, Varanasi'

Watercolor on Saunders Paper,

14 x 21 inches

I remember a quote by the famous pastel artist Harley Brown that in a painting, the center of interest needn't be big. On the contrary, a small center of interest when placed appropriately, becomes more powerful. This is well proved in this painting. The center of interest here is the bright illuminated part of the shoreline, which comparatively, is a small portion in the painting . This painting also serves as an example of dominant color scheme, which is blue here. The monotony of this blue space is broken by the introduction of complementary colors yellow-orange, thereby creating a contrast and drama in the painting.
Hope you enjoy it!

Honorable Mention Award

Very pleased to know that my painting – ‘Standing the test of time’ has been awarded an honourable mention in Time and seasons competition by Exhibeo art magazine, followed by a wonderful review of my art by Jonathan Raddatz, art critic and chief editor of Exhibeo Art Magazine.

Click on the link for the review.

Thanks and Happy painting! :-)

http://www.artexhibeo.com/the-very-rich-hours-of-ramesh-jhawar/

Commissioned works

Ganga Aarti, Haridwar

Watercolor on Fabriano paper

9 x 21 inches

This was commissioned by a client from Singapore. She had already bought one painting of mine, and was interested in getting one more. Since she had been to this place, she wanted a painting of this scene, to keep as a memory.

'Bicycle series- a set of 5 paintings'

Watercolor on paper

12 x 12 inches each

These were commissioned by a gentleman from Chandigarh. He was impressed by my bicycle paintings and had wanted a series of such bikes. I could not be more happy... :)

In the spotlight

Opaque Watercolor on Tinted Paper

12 x 16 inches

Old Door

Watercolor on handmade paper

10 x 14 inches

(Photo reference courtesy of Ms.Kavita Dixit. Thank you Kavita)

A simpler subject this time...The wonderful texture of the wooden door and the blue wall were just irresistable to paint! Painted this on a rough handmade paper which is very apt for such subjects :)

Poster Wall

Watercolor & collage on paper

14 x 21 inches

(Photo reference courtesy of Mr.Manu Thomas. Thank you very much Mr.Manu)

Back to one of my favorite subjects - bicycles...

But for the lovely textured old wall with those old torn posters...typically Indian, this subject would not have been worth painting. I very much enjoyed painting this one as I could use a lot of watercolor techniques here - masking, wet in wet, wet on dry, dry brush, lifting, spattering etc. to create the texture on the wall. Finally I did some collage work, pasting those little posters and painting them over with little color and adding some shadows to make it look very realistic.

Hope you like it :)

Twilight Hour

Watercolor on paper

11 x 15 inches

For reasons unknown, my camera couldn't capture the exact hue of ultramarine blue which is the major color in this painting. I got problems with the values as well! I have tried very hard in photoshop to match this image with the original hues of the painting. Believe me, the actual painting looks much better!