When I signed up for Akanksha's '50 Shades of Black and White' exhibition I thought that I would be able to paint a black and white photo as a watercolour painting. But I found it very difficult while using traditional methods of landscape in watercolour painting. After some time the greys appeared smudgy and clumped up. Even trying light layers worked for the first two layers and then looked bad. I asked people who work in black and white and realized that I needed to use a maximum of three or four colours - white (paper white), a light grey, a darker grey and finally a black for the final details. White had to be in the painting to provide a contrast.
These two paintings done by me for the exhibition are in acrylic - one a detail of a croton plant on paper and the second one of a couple of turkeys with a palette knife on canvas board.
In fact, getting ready for the exhibition I realized that in this age of digital information and easy online access to artists' work I was still posting my work on Facebook. So I decided to dust off this blog and start seriously posting my work, and giving the public access to this blog.
These two paintings done by me for the exhibition are in acrylic - one a detail of a croton plant on paper and the second one of a couple of turkeys with a palette knife on canvas board.
In fact, getting ready for the exhibition I realized that in this age of digital information and easy online access to artists' work I was still posting my work on Facebook. So I decided to dust off this blog and start seriously posting my work, and giving the public access to this blog.
