3 of 100 "starts"

This is the 3rd of "100 starts"... the reference is from one of the WDEs... I quite like the way this one turned out... The colour notes were not perfect but I did stay away from overdoing the study OR so I think...

2 of 100 "starts"

As the title suggests, this is 2nd of the 100 starts that I have committed to make... The reference image was from WDE hosted by Wendy... I quite like the fact that I was able to manage these shades of green even though only the darkest one had the right colour note... I have noticed that I tend to spend a lot of time getting the colour and still do not get the right colour since I am using a limited palette... Prussian Blue, Cadmium Red and Pale Yellow Cadmium... Seems its a good idea to widen the palette a bit in the beginning... Since these excercises are atleast helping me get on with painting something and I do not wish to loose the momentum...

I have also made a good mini-studio sorts that I will share in one of the upcoming posts...

1 of 100 "starts"

I am reading a book "Fill Your Oil Painting with Light and Colour" by Kevin MacPherson. Its the first time I am reading a book on painting and applying the lessons to use. One of the things suggested in the book is that you do 100 starts - which means you block the major colours of the subject without getting into any detail. Basic idea here is too build ones judgement of colour of objects and the relation they share with things around. As well as building the speed factor. So here is my first of this series...
I left my camera at my mama's place during a recent visit... so image was taken with mobile camera and quality is not great...
It is a very good book and available for less than inr1000 on flipkart.com!

sketches in Mar10 [2]

Cricket is the most popular sports in India. There is a new shorter duration format of this game - T20. After this format became popular, the BCCI launched the India Premier League or IPL as it is better know. 2010 is the 3rd season. The entire team of Rajasthan Royals were on the Indigo flight that I took on my way back from Ahmedabad. One can only imagine the excitement that the 80 odd passengers had travelling in that small space with their heros... I am not a very big follower of cricket. And so it didn't strike me that I take an autograph even though I passed a couple of pages from back seats to Yusuf Pathan and Shane Warne for autographs... I however made this sketch :)