Day 15 - Still life with oranges and candles

Today I'm posting a painting instead of a sketch. I had some oranges in my kitchen and I began to paint them in oil. I used the alla prima technique for this painting. This looks fine to me.

Let me know what you think about it. :)

If you like this painting, you may like these too.
How to paint a fish using watercolor techniques?

Christmas Tree Painting

Dinosaur Painting

Tomorrow I'll be back with something different.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 14 - Charcoal sketch of a towel

Hi All,

Today's sketch is a simple yet nice looking 'Towel.' Don't you agree?

I'll be back here tomorrow with a new sketch. :)

If you like this sketch, you may like these too.

Sketch of a basket with flowers

Sketch of an orange

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 13 - Sketch of Rembrandt

Here's my sketch for the day - Portrait of Rembrandt.

I'm a big fan of Rembrandt's style. Many of the sketches of Rembrandt appear as if they were sketched very quickly.

I'll be back with something beautiful tomorrow. :)

If you like this sketch, you may like this one too. Sketch of Rembrandt

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 12 - Sketch of a man relaxing on couch

Hi All,

Today's sketch is an exciting one. Here it is!

If you like my posts, join my blog to get daily updates on my artwork. :)
I'm doing a 'Sketch of the day' series and I believe that you'd love it.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 11 - Charcoal Portrait of a woman

Here's my artwork for the day inspired by the works of the master - Rembrandt.

Let me know if you like it by leaving your comments.

Stay tuned for tomorrow.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 10 - Sketch of Matisse

Here's my drawing for the day - Copy of Self Portrait of Matisse.

If you like it, let me know by leaving your comments. :)

See you tomorrow with a new drawing.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 9 - Gesture Drawing of a man standing

Here's one of my quick sketch which was done as a 5 minutes gesture drawing exercise during my art class at UC Berkeley Extn in San Francisco.

Tomorrow I'll be back with something different. Stay tuned. :)

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 8 - Van Gogh Sketch

Here's my sketch for the day - Copy of Self Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh.

Let me know if you like this sketch by leaving your comments below.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 7 - Sketch of Rembrandt

Hi All,

Here's my sketch for the day - Copy of Rembrandt Self Portrait. I drew this sketch of Rembrandt using Graphite pencils.

The sketch looks better in its physical form than the digital form that I have posted here. I had corrected the levels in Photoshop, so it looks more blackish. However, it was required to make it look more clear.

Rembrandt Self Portrait

Rembrandt in his lifetime created around 100 self portraits. I would be posting some more portraits of Rembrandt in the near future.

If you like this post, you may like another portrait of Rembrandt which I had sketched a few months ago.

You can find it here.

Rembrandt Portrait

Leave your comments and let me know what you think about my sketches. :)

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 6 - Lucian Freud Portrait

Here's my artwork for the day, a copy of Lucian Freud's portrait. 

This was done using Graphite pencils on white canson paper. Due to the lighting, the background looks tanned. Don't get tricked! :)

Comments welcome! 

Day 5 - Sketch of a Wine Glass

Here's my sketch for the day - Wine Glass

Cheers!

Day 4 - Sketch of Wishing Well

Hi All,

Hope you all are doing well. Well, today's sketch is a wishing well. I had an opportunity to see a wishing well recently in Calistoga, California.

Here's my sketch of the well.

If you like my sketches, support me by saying that you like it with your comments.
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Bye for now. Take care. :)

Day 3 - Sketch of Mountains

Hi All,

As you all know I'm doing 'A Sketch a Day' series and this quick piece of work is a part of it. I have used charcoal and conte sticks for this artwork. 

I know this is not a sketch, however, I'm a bit flexible on that. The idea is to sketch/paint or do something creative everyday.

I'm calling this artwork 'Sketch of mountains.' I was wondering what to sketch and this was pitched by someone close. 

If you have any suggestion/request, write to me or post it as a comment and I can sketch that if I find your idea interesting.  I would like to mention your name too while I post the artwork. 

Bye for now. Let me know if you like.

Day 2 - Sketch of Tangerine

Day 2


Hi All,

I had a bunch of tangerines in my fruit basket, so I thought of sketching this. Sketching fruits and people is a delightful thing for me.

Realistic Tangerine using Graphite Pencils & Charcoal

I started with a rough sketch and then started building upon it slowly. It took some time to finish it. I had some problems with the shadows as it was changing constantly with the passing time. Overall I'm happy with this sketch. Let me know what you think.

Tomorrow I'd be back with something different. Visit my blog again to stay updated.

Bye for now. Take care.

Day 1- Sketch of Realistic Eye

Day 1

Hi All,

I have been thinking to do 'A sketch a day' series since quite some time now. This is my first sketch for this series.

I spent some time understanding 'How to draw a realistic eye?' It is not an easy task. Although we look at ourselves in the mirror at least 100 times a day (I do that :)), when it comes to drawing the eye, it requires a hell lot of observation.

Some time later I'd be putting a tutorial on 'How to draw a realistic eye?" I did not take pictures of the step by step drawing of an eye this time.

Realistic Eye using Graphite Pencils

If you like this post, come again tomorrow to view something different and perhaps more beautiful .

Bye for now. Take care.

Valentine's Day Greeting Card

No one can forget Valentine's Day if they go out of their home. All the shops are flooded with beautiful decorations in red, most of them being roses and hearts.

'Painting hearts' is no big deal. I thought it would be great to post one more step by step tutorial on painting roses. In this tutorial I'm demonstrating "How to make a greeting card for Valentine's Day?"

This tutorial is for people who have basic painting skills. However, I have put all the steps to make it as simple as possible.

Valentine's Day Greeting Card

Acrylics colors to paint roses

Brushes & Card stock used 

First step in painting roses

Second step in painting roses

Painting the rose bud

Painting the rose bud

Painting the rose sepals

Painting Rose Buds

Step by step painting a rose bud

Valentine's Day Rose Greeting Card

If you still feel, it's a bit advanced, you may follow my two other easy tutorials on Roses. Here are the links:
How to paint a rose?

How to draw a rose?

Hope you follow my tutorials. Your feedback is valuable as it will help me get better.

Charcoal Portrait of a woman

Every time I do a portrait, I'm amazed by the design of nature. If we look around, we don't see anyone alike. Even twins have their own uniqueness. Isn't that marvelous?

Here's my charcoal portrait of a beautiful woman. I loved doing this one. Look at her smile, it's so captivating. I believe you would like it too. However, let me know what do you think about it.

Charcoal Portrait of a beautiful woman on Canson paper 

I'll be back with the next one soon. Keep checking for more good stuff. Many many many more to come! If you like my posts, "follow me and stay updated." :)