Commissioned work

'Autumn Light over Bilbao Townhall'

Watercolor on Fabriano 300 gsm Paper

14 x 21 inches

Another commissioned work for the BETA PICTORIS BILBAO, Spain.

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 :)

Marina Beach, Chennai

Watercolor on Bockingford paper

14 x 21 inches

My earlier painting of the same place was liked by many and so I decided to paint another beach scene. I used masking to preserve the whites for the waves. Also the original reference didn't have any figure in the foreground which looked kind of empty. So I chose this woman from another of my references, placed her where I wanted to, after some adjustments in the drawing stage. Hope you like it!

Have a wonderful weekend :)

Jolly Ride

Watercolor on Arches paper

14 x 21 inches

( Photo reference courtesy of Ashok Saravanan. Thank you very much Ashok! )

The colors and the atmosphere in this picture attracted me very much. Also the image seemed to be telling us a story with those two boys (brothers, probably) on the bicycle!

That's why I decided to title it as 'Jolly ride'!

Have a great week ahead :)

The Red Car

Watercolor on Paper

14 x 10 inches

This is a very simple scene and had it not been for the red car it wouldn’t be much to look at! But from my experience I can say that any subject, however mundane, looks good after its painted. I hope you will agree! :)

Udaipur Street

Watercolor on Paper

19.5 x 14 inches

Evening Glow, Udaipur

Watercolor on paper

10 x 20 inches

A view of the beautiful city of Udaipur from Lake Pichola...

Morning over the Lake palace, Udaipur

Watercolor on 640 gsm paper

14 x 21 inches

I worked from more than 1 reference image for the composition and color tones in this one. Also used 640 gsm watercolor paper for the first time. All I can say is I like 300 gsm better!

A small reference sketch

The Red Court Building, Ahmedabad

Watercolor on Paper

14 x 21 inches

The brilliant light falling from the left, on this red court building (civil, most probably…lol) in Ahmedabad attracted me very much and I thought it would make a nice painting! The figures and vehicles add to the scene and are also important for scale.

A good beginning

With Mrs. Martine from Switzerland

I have had a great beginning this year. So far, 20 of my works, including some of my most favorites, are sold. Out of these, 10 were bought by a lovely lady from Switzerland. She visited India this month to buy different works from various artists in order to do an exhibition on Indian theme in her hometown there.

And I just sold 4 works to another lovely lady in Delhi! :)

Now have to make up for these sold ones as I'm hoping to do a one man show this year!

After a hiatus

"Munnar Landscape"

Watercolor on handmade paper

11 x 15 inches

I'm back after a 3 week hiatus...Call me lazy...!! Thats what I told my fellow blogger friend Prabal when he called me up today morning and asked why there wasn't any new post by me :)

Also 2 weeks ago, I had gone on a little family trip to Munnar, a small hill station in Kerala. Really liked the place and missed it after we got back. Though I couldn't paint there on location, I did take photographs and made this small painting a few days back from one such photo reference.

Another news I wanted to share with you all is that my painting titled 'Poster Wall' has won an award in the All India art contest 2012 held by Lokmanya Tilak Trust in Pune. This is my first award ever since I chose art as my profession and I'm very happy about it! :)

'Poster Wall'

The Bilbao Project

'Getxo Marina, Bilbao'

Watercolor, 14 x 21 inches

'5th Parish, Bilbao'

Watercolor, 21 x 14 inches

Recently, I was commissioned to paint 2 paintings of Bilbao city by the BETA PICTORIS Gallery in Bilbao, Spain. The Bilbao project is about painting different scenes of the city by a closed group of artists from different countries, of which I am a member too.

Happy New Year!

"Market Street, Jodhpur"

Watercolor on Fabriano paper 300 gsm

14 x 21 inches

Year 2011 had been a good one for me. And I wish that 2012 would be better, not just for me but also for all of you...HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 :)

Featured on Chris Beck's blog

I'm so happy and honored that my wonderful friend and a very talented watercolorist, Chris Beck from USA has featured me on her blog! Thanks a million dear Chris! I really appreciate it... :)

See my feature on her blog here.

Featured in PRATIQUE DES ARTS

The response towards my Year end sale sale was good. I have sold 7 paintings so far. Hope to sell some more!

Meanwhile, I’m very excited and happy that my art has been featured in this month’s issue of PRATIQUE DES ARTS, a French art magazine. It’s a great feeling that my work is being recognized at international level and its an important achievement for me! J

Year End Sale!

Since I’m painting only in watercolors now, I have decided to offer all my other medium paintings (oil, acylic, pastels etc.) at half the price till this year end. Some of my earlier watercolor paintings, mostly small, are also included in the collection. I’m doing this for two reasons. One, I really want them to find good homes and second, I want to paint more! You may view the collection here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rameshjhawar/sets/72157628206975583/

Anyone interested may please let me know via email. My email id is

rameshjhawarart@gmail.com

Lemon seller, Udaipur

Watercolor on paper

14 x 21 inches

Tomato Seller

Watercolor on handmade paper

11 x 15 inches

Towards the Clock Tower, Udaipur

Watercolor on paper

21 x 14 inches

Bike in the sun

Watercolor on Paper

14 x 21 inches

(Photo reference courtesy of Adam Shane. Thank you Mr.Adam)

Another bicycle...

Used a Fabriano Rough paper for the feel of the textured wall...

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 :)

Udaipur Vista

Watercolor on paper

14 x 21 inches

This view of Udaipur city is from the hill temple of godess Karni mata. The temple is approached by ropeway cable cars. The view of sunset from this point is the major attraction but by the time I reached the top, the sun had gone down but the sky still had that last glow of light...

Udaipur Sunset

Watercolor on Arches Paper

10 x 20 inches

I was gone to Mumbai for a week and hence couldn't upload any new work!

This scene from Udaipur is of the same place as my last post although in a different mood and color! Hope you like it. Comments welcome :)

SOLD

'Jag Mandir, Udaipur'

Watercolor on Arches paper

10 x 20 inches

Four of my paintings were sold today and I am feeling very happy about it. This one was very recent and one that hadn't been posted yet on my blog. Again I had problem capturing the exact hue of the blue with my camera in this one. The original painting looks much better! The other 3 paintings may be viewed here, here and here :)

Landscape # 2

Watercolor on paper

11 x 15 inches

Another painting of the same place...

Hasanur landscape

Watercolor on paper

11 x 15 inches

Hasanur is a beautiful forest area on the way to Mysore from my place. While driving to Mysore last year, I spotted this beautiful location in Hasanur. A cool breeze was blowing as the rain clouds began to gather and there was not a soul in sight. The distant blue mountains looked wonderful and the whole atmosphere was so quiet and peaceful that I just stopped there for a while. I painted this from one of the pictures that I shot there and I think I have been able to capture the feeling!

The importance of sketching

The importance of sketching has always been stressed by the masters. Some may feel that when painting from photographs, its not really necessary to do a preliminary sketch. I, for one, used to feel the same. It may be okay in case of simple subjects but when some subjects are really complicated, you need to simplify, or when you feel that some colors may be changed or pushed to create a mood, then a sketch or a little study really helps.

Anyway…doing a small sketch is always so much fun J

Narrow Lane, Ahmedabad

Watercolor on paper

21 x 14 inches

Udaipur Clock Tower

Watercolor

21 x 14 inches

A small thumbnail sketch of the painting

Hanuman Ghat, Udaipur

Watercolor, 14 x 21 inches

Pink Flowers

Watercolor on paper

11 x 15 inches

Usually flowers are not my preferred subject but seeing some floral paintings by some very good artists got me inspired to paint them and anyway I feel that an artist should try painting various subjects! I also looked for some good books on painting flowers and have short-listed a couple of them. Meanwhile, I tried to paint these pink flowers (don't know what they are called... :)) from my garden and really enjoyed it :)

Bougainvilleas #2

Watercolor on paper

12 x 18 inches

Two commissioned paintings

'Coca Cola Bike'

Watercolor, 14 x 21 in.

'Bicycle in the garden'

Watercolor, 11 x 15 in.

A client who very recently purchased 4 of my paintings was interested in some more paintings with bicycle themes and I could not be more happy... :)

Fortunately, I had some bicycle pictures from my trips that I wished to paint and now I had good reason to do so. Initially, I made some sketches and showed to my client out of which he selected two. I did larger and final versions of those and shipped them yesterday. Today I got a call from him that he liked both the paintings very much :)

Here are the sketches of these two paintings:

Another good news I wish to share is that my painting 'Chinese fishing nets' is also sold. It was bought by an art collector in Hyderabad a couple of days ago.

'Chinese Fishing Nets'

Have a great weekend!

Golden Fields

Watercolor on paper

14 x 21 inches

I have used Saunders Waterford (300 gsm) for this painting. When compared to others, this paper is a little yellowish...good for subjects that don't have much whites!

Locked Door

Watercolor on paper

10 x 14 inches

Photo reference provided by Daniel David Talegaonkar. Thanks very much Daniel :)

I just loved the texture on this old wooden door and needless to say, the brilliant light and shadows. Did this on a rough paper to get the texture.

Light and shadow

'Police chowki, Udaipur'

Watercolor on paper

11 x 15 in.

This is the 'Police chowki' (Police station) in Udaipur. The bright light on the upper right portion of the building and the shadows caught my attention. Some unwanted elements were eliminated while composing, thereby keeping the composition simple and highlighting just the play of light and shadow.

Lake Palace, Udaipur

Watercolor on handmade paper

11 x 15 inches

Yet another study...

P.S.

I'm not able to make changes in text alignment for quite sometime! Anyone getting the same problem?

Two Small Studies

City Palace, Udaipur (Study)

Watercolor, 5 x 10 inches

Jag mandir, Udaipur (study)

Watercolor, 5 x 10 inch

These are small studies (5 x 10") done from my reference photos of Udaipur. I wanted to see how these will look in the long format composition.