Charcoal Still Life Drawings

Hi All,

I worked on a couple of still life drawings. These are charcoal still life detailed drawings on paper. I used both vine and compressed charcoal for these still life drawings.

Let me know your thoughts on these.

Burger Painting - Acrylics

Hi All,

I love burgers. After eating so many different types of burgers in India and US, I thought it would be a cool thing to paint it. Here is my painting of a burger done using Acrylics on canvas panel.

It was so much fun to do this piece of work. I'm quite happy with how it turned out to be. However, I know there is lot of room for improvement.

Now, it is very tempting to have one such burger again. Yummmmmm!

Projects Worked

Cheese Party - iPhone Game

(More links towards the end of this page. Check it out.)

Mr.Rich - The hunt for the golden tulips - iPhone Game

Santa's Day out - iPhone Game

 CN Toon Cricket - Mobile Game

Some more game projects

Animated Ecards

Day 30 - Painting of flowers in acrylics

Hi All,

Today is 'Day 30' of my series. I'm glad to post this painting. It's like a little celebration with a basket of flowers.

If you liked my work so far, let me know with your comments. :)

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 29 - Portrait of a woman in pastel

Hi All,

Here's one of my portrait WIP done using pastels. This piece is worked in the style of Mary Cassatt.

Bye for now.

Take care. 

Day 28 - Barn Painting

Hi All,

Today again, instead of a sketch, I'm posting a painting. This is a small size acrylics painting on a canvas panel.

Hope you like it. Let me know what you think about this artwork by leaving your comments.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 27 - Colorful Butterfly Painting

Hi All,

Today instead of a sketch I'm posting a painting. I generally paint realistic style. However, as I wanted to try something different, I painted this butterfly as abstract.

I would love to know what you think about this one.

I'll be back with something different tomorrow.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 26 - Charcoal sketch of a house

Hi All,

Today's sketch is a very simple house which I did very quickly.

Come back tomorrow to view another sketch.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 25 - Dinosaur Painting

Hi All,

Today instead of a sketch, I'm posting a beautiful painting of a Dinosaur. Did I hear you say Triceratops? Yup! You are right. :)

This is done using Acrylics!

If you like it, let me know about it with your comments.

If you enjoyed viewing this Dinosaur painting, you may like the one below too:
Dinosaur Painting

I'll be back with something different tomorrow.

Bye for now.

Take care. 

Day 24 - Charcoal Sketch of Renoir

Hi All,

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Today's sketch of the day is a sketch of Renoir's work.

You can request me to sketch something/ specific work of your favorite artist. Leave it as comments. :)

I'll be back with a new charcoal sketch tomorrow.

Take care.

Bye for now.

Day 23 - Charcoal Portrait of a woman

Hi All,

Here's my quick self portrait. This charcoal portrait was done using vine charcoal. I sat in front of the mirror for this quick study.

It was different. It was fun.

Leave your comments to share what you think about this quick sketch.

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 22 - Charcoal Portrait of a man

Hi All,

I just got done with this charcoal portrait.

Charcoal drawing and charcoal painting is fun, although it's a bit messy.

If you like this work, let me know by leaving your comments.

You may like to check out some of my other portraits too:
Charcoal portrait of myself
Charcoal Portrait of a woman

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 21 - Copy of a master

Hi All,

Today's drawing for the day is a copy of a master. I love the lights and shadows in this masterpiece.

This was done using vine charcoal.

If you like this artwork, you may like some of these too:
Sketch of Rembrandt

Sketch of Matisse

Sketch of Van Gogh

Let me know if you like these by leaving your comments. :)

Bye for now.

Take care. 

Day 20 - Sketch of an old book

Hi All,

Today's drawing for the day is a charcoal sketch of an old book.

I'll be back with something beautiful tomorrow.

Bye for now.

Take care. 

Day 19 - Sketch of mickey mouse

Hi All,

Today's drawing of the day is a quick sketch of Mickey Mouse.

If you liked this sketch, you may like the one below too.
Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Sketches

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

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 18 - Charcoal drawing of Mary Cassatt

Hi All,

Here's my drawing of the day. This is a quick copy of one of the paintings of Mary Cassatt.

If you liked this one, you may like some of my other copies of the masters. To see them, follow the link below:
Portrait of Rembrandt

Charcoal portrait of Van Gogh

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

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 17 - Poppies Pastel Painting

Hi All,

Today I tried something different. I painted poppies using Prismacolor pastels. Although I have used oil pastels long back during my school days, these pastels seem to be different. It was fun to explore something new.

Here are links to some of my charcoal drawings. View them, I believe you'd love them. :)
Charcoal Drawing of Leonardo Da Vinci's painting

Lucian Freud Portrait

Bye for now.

Take care.

Day 16 - Charcoal Portrait

Hi Everyone,

Today's sketch is my portrait in charcoal. I used every bit of my energy and some vine charcoal for this piece. :)

Well, if you like it, let me know about it with your comments. :)

To view some of my other self portraits, click the link below:
Self Portrait with Graphite Pencils

Bye for now.

Take care.

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.
Subscribe to my blog to stay updated with many more sketches.

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.