Artwork: articles and tips

  • Hillscape

    Hillscape

    Yet another landscape painted in Sketchbook on my iPad. Totally from imagination, no references used.

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  • Yet another rural landscape

    Yet another rural landscape

    Another rural landscape painted from imagination. Painted using Sketchbook on iPad. Yes I am getting back to digital painting.

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  • Just a random portrait

    Just a random portrait

    Just a random portrait after a long time painted fully from imagination. Painted in Sketchbook on my iPad.

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  • Tree in countryside

    Tree in countryside

    After a long time I’ve finally created a new digital painting. This one was done using Sketchbook on my iPad with Apple Pencil. I initially started with the tree and then expanded the countryside around it, purely from imagination. No references used.

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  • River backwater

    River backwater

    Painted digitally using Sketchbook on my iPad. This was done on my iPad with Sketchbook. This time I took a break from traditional watercolour and decided to go with digital painting. Sketchbook has decent watercolour brushes which somewhat emulate the medium. This was a simple piece just to get comfortable with these brushes and I…

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  • More traditional watercolour landscapes

    More traditional watercolour landscapes

    Two more paintings done recently in watercolours. I am enjoying the traditional media, especially the interaction of the brushes with water, paint and paper. It’s both challenging and fun, and I am hoping to improve my technique as I create more pieces. The mountain road was a bit of a disappointment for me, especially with…

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  • Traditional watercolour painting

    Traditional watercolour painting

    After a long time, I’ve done a traditional watercolour painting. After painting digital for a long time, it was nice to head back to traditional media with its challenges and limitations. I felt quite anxious about this one, but decided to be bold and go ahead with painting freely. I think it has come out…

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  • “Night Driving”

    “Night Driving”

    This time I wanted to paint something atmospheric and from imagination. Done with Krita using the RGBA brushes on my XP-Pen Artist 10s as usual. For this piece, I went with my imagination and had a lot of fun doing the damaged road. On many Indian roads damaged sections are sometimes marked with a branch…

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  • Resort

    Resort

    My latest painting in Krita, using the WaterC brushes. Again, an attempt using the WaterC brushes. I think my style tends more towards acrylic painting than loose and transparent water colours. Like many of my previous paintings, this one is also referred from one of my photos. I don’t know whether I will continue with…

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