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2011-09-10T02:09:00.001-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-10

Self portrait while holding a mirror in my hand.This was tricky but really enjoyable.Again colored pencil on colored paper with a limited color palette.

2011-09-10T02:08:00.001-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-9

A Degas copied from the book colored pencil on colored paper.The exercise mentioned using only 3 colors and complimentary colored paper.

2011-09-10T02:04:00.000-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-8

Bird drawing copied from a photograph colored pencil on colored paper.The exercise mentions drawing a bird with browns and blacks and using a complimentary colored paper.

2011-09-10T02:03:00.000-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-7

'Proud Maisie' copied from the book.Contour drawing exercise for portrait.

2011-09-10T02:01:00.000-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-6

Inverted drawing practice.I have uploaded it right side up though...

2011-09-10T02:00:00.000-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-5

Contour drawing and shading exercise of my own hand.

2011-09-10T01:58:00.000-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-4

Contour drawing exercise of a pot in my balcony.

2011-09-10T01:54:00.000-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-3

Self Portrait Attempted by looking in the mirror.I setup a base of pencil shading and then did the drawing and setup darker shadows and erased areas for highlight.I think this is not too great a likeness but it was still a good exercise.

2011-09-10T01:51:00.001-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-2

An exercise on negative space from the book.I filled the whole paper with the pencil shading and then used an eraser to do this.I think it helped me improve my understanding of contrast and negative space.

2011-09-10T01:45:00.000-07:00

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Exercises-1

So I went through the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain which is an amazing book for anyone who wants to improve their drawing.I did all the exercises from this book and I have not yet scanned/photographed all of it yet.I am thinking of setting up a new blog just to chronicle all the drawings I did as exercises from this book and will probably do that soon.In the meantime I am uploading a few of them here.

This one is a portrait in profile of my husband from life.This is an exercise midway through the book and it took me around 1 hour to do it.I think the contour drawing exercises I did before really helped me do this one and I think its not too bad I think I got his look of concentration right :)

2011-09-10T01:37:00.000-07:00

Some pencil portraits

Portraits from the http://www.londonartcollege.co.uk/ Beginner's Portraiture course.
Learnt a lot about trying to place features on the face correctly from this workshop.
The method I followed was to take a print of the references provided to me by the instructor,take a black and white print of it and then stick it in my drawing book and try to replicate the drawing.The images I am uploading show this.My husband took pictures of my sketchbook and I have tried to correct for the difference in perspective in photoshop a little bit.

2011-01-09T00:10:00.000-08:00

Another portrait done using Corel Painter.This time in color.Portrait done using one of the references off deviant art given to me during the figure painting workshop with Don Seegmiller.Still getting used to the interface brushes etc...hopefully will get better with practice.

2010-12-30T02:19:00.001-08:00

Trying to learn Corel Painter.Portrait done using one of the references off deviant art given to me during the figure painting workshop with Don Seegmiller.Still getting used to the interface brushes etc...hopefully will get better with practice.

2010-11-18T11:23:00.000-08:00

Doing a digital painting after a long time..to get back into it..tried a portrait of my husband.Painted from a photograph as reference which was taken by me on our Pondicherry trip.I'm not too happy with the skin details...probably get back to it at a later date...For now uploading as is.
Painted in photoshop....over a week..couple of hours a day.

2010-04-06T21:43:00.000-07:00

Trying a master copy by Hughes Merle using the color glaze method.Completed the first stage of the black and white underpainting in photoshop.I will be glazing it now to add color.
Reference :http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=4713

2009-12-08T20:38:00.000-08:00

Painted in photoshop:8-9 hours.Stock reference used : http://rammkitty-stock.deviantart.com/art/Millie-2-115267294

2009-11-16T11:53:00.000-08:00

Speed paint 40mins photoshop.for the Daily Sketch category "Her Name is Grace" ran out of time so couldnt work on the legs and arms more....:(

2009-11-10T00:40:00.000-08:00

Done for the daily sketch challenge "The Big Green" on cgtalk. 50mins photoshop. No refs used.

2009-11-05T12:00:00.000-08:00

Speed paint done for practice.Around 6 hours.Reference taken from deviantArt

2009-10-24T04:44:00.000-07:00

DREANNA
She lives in dreams and helps us metamorphosise a bad dream into a good one.

Done for a painting challenge at work.

About the creative process : I wanted to make her little amorphous and hazy...just as a dream ...If you focus too hard or hold onto her too much then she will disappear... :) Created random splotches and saw a shape in it so just painted to enhance that hoping that will help her get that feel...of forming out of her background.

2009-09-08T02:54:00.000-07:00

Tried a master copy of http://www.johnsingersargent.org/Jacques-Barenton.html by one of my favorite artists... John Singer Sargent. Done in photoshop.12-15 hours.

2009-06-14T20:43:00.001-07:00

Portrait of Stephanie.
Done using Photoshop from a photoreference.

2009-04-15T13:31:00.000-07:00

Another portrait done for the cgtalk workshop on face and figure painting.

2009-03-31T21:44:00.000-07:00

A painting done as part of the Figure painting workshop with Don Seegmiller.

2009-03-23T03:42:00.000-07:00

Done for the cgtalk workshop on figure painting under Master Painter Don Seegmiller.Around 20 hours in photoshop.Photo reference used.
Thanks
bhavika

2009-02-09T03:40:00.000-08:00

Done!

2009-02-09T01:18:00.001-08:00

Doing Don Seegmiller's workshop on Digital Paint of Human Face and Figure....posting WIP of the digital glazing assignment.Learning a lot and having fun..already into the third week :)

2008-11-18T22:26:00.000-08:00

Master copy of Da Vinci's La Scapigliata. http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=12944

Done in photoshop as a painting exercise.

2008-10-15T04:13:00.000-07:00

speed paint in photoshop 45 mins...wanted a caricature feel to come thru in this sketch.no reference used.

2008-09-19T04:13:00.000-07:00

Another daily sketch topic "The Singer"....so a wolf singing for the moon...55mins in photoshop no reference used.

2008-09-09T20:27:00.000-07:00

So my five minutes of fame.....Worked on "The Golden Compass" the film won an oscar for visual effects.Our vfx supervisor on the film.....Bill Westenhofer was kind enough to bring the statue all the way down to hyderabad so that we could share this amazing achievement.....
here is me...posing with an OSCAR!!!!

2008-08-25T00:16:00.000-07:00

Done for the cgtalk daily sketch forum topic "look up" 30 minutes photoshop.no reference used.
thanks

2008-07-23T04:43:00.000-07:00

Levitation:Done for the sketch forum setup by colleagues..... photoshop...no reference used.

2008-04-23T04:26:00.000-07:00

Done for the cgtalk challenge on painting hands..reference from artrenewal.org....2.5 hours in photoshop.

2008-02-22T04:22:00.000-08:00

My painting guru Vinayak suggested I try painting from life.So attempted this.Done in around 4-5 hours.Photoshop all one layer. Thanks to Rekha for helping me with setting up the still life

2008-02-20T08:59:00.000-08:00

The Mermaid

Another chalk sculpture.A mermaid.It took me ages to carve the scales on her as the whole thing is made out of a single piece of chalk so the scales are really tiny. As always thanks to my chalk guru who introduced me to this wonderful world of mini sculptures.

2008-01-31T22:35:00.000-08:00

More chalk sculpting fun...!

2007-11-18T19:50:00.000-08:00

Done in photoshop using photo reference....

2007-11-01T01:15:00.000-07:00

Done from a single piece of chalk.I have been learning chalk carving from a colleague at work.
Im still new at this so the piece broke in two while I was still working on it.Stuck it together this time....but im hoping to practice more so that the next one remains undamaged.
Thanks Vinny! Guruji ki jai ho!

2007-09-19T00:56:00.001-07:00

Just finishing up on the last assignment for the cgtalk workshop.Matte Painting.Used a 3d render out of maya with a few lights as a base.Had done projections of textures on the geometry to have a starting point.Painted on top to get variations and worn out old feel.

2007-08-21T04:39:00.001-07:00

Ive lately become fascinated by the art of touchup on photos.The fine balance between the desirable and undesirable textures on skin.... and how its all done.
The source photo on the left was taken from :
http://www.les-films.fr/Academy-Awards-Les-photos-des,469.html?id_document=2586#documents_portfolio

2007-07-30T04:10:00.001-07:00

Done for the daily sketch forum topic "animal in motion" 45 minutes.reference used

2007-06-27T05:31:00.000-07:00

Done for the daily sketch forum.Topic was "Evil Lair" . I wanted to show an evil devotee of Goddess Kali making a human sacrifice on the full moon for some magical powers in his evil lair.The lair is ominously dark and the bound and gagged sacrifice is placed inside a crescent to emphasize the darker mystical undertones.I have used absolutely NO reference for anything so proportions of the people are not too accurate.Need to practice much much much more.The time limit was 55 minutes for this challenge but I took 2 hours :( still a long way to go with speed....

2007-06-18T21:02:00.001-07:00

Hello people I know I havnt posted in a looong time..but I promise I will hv more frequent posts now.... Im taking sculpting classes from a very talented sculptor and this is something I made in my class. Its just so much fun to do something with clay after painting on the computer for so long. I did some drawings of my own feet to prepare for this.The reference used for this was a cast of the foot of Michelangelo's David. I will upload pics of the reference model and my foot drawings soon. Big thanks to my teacher ...... Swapnil u rock!

2007-03-24T04:59:00.000-07:00

Posting WIP...trying out a master copy of a painting by William Bouguereau Au Bord du Ruisseau [At the Edge of the Brook] . A friend of mine at work had suggested I should try painting in monochrome and try to get the same feel as would come in color....so following his advice and starting on this project.Its a highly detailed painting dont know how much I will be able to reproduce ...but I will try my best....
Dont get time to paint much so this might take a while to finish! Source painting by artrenewal.org

2007-02-22T03:08:00.000-08:00

Worked on the composition a bit.... added rain.....
thanks Nikhil

2007-02-21T03:45:00.000-08:00

Done for the cgtalk daily sketch forum...topic was "The Stalker"

2007-02-08T03:37:00.000-08:00

Added a little more texture to the snow to make the image more interesting

2007-02-08T02:07:00.000-08:00

for the daily talk forum....topic was "snowed in"..... done in the time limit of 55 minutes.... its difficult for me still to imagine a scene and paint it from memory without references...but im trying....

2007-01-30T05:39:00.000-08:00

Another one done for the cgtalk daily sketch forum...the topic is "old master" done in around one hour.Did not use any reference for this.....im sure could have done a more anatomically correct model with a reference...but I found that not using a reference made me think about form more ..... so it was good practice...
as always big thanks to friends at work whose encouragement and advice keeps me going....

2007-01-29T00:55:00.000-08:00

This is my first image painted with a concept completely from my imagination...no references of any kind used...done in around 30 minutes.
Done for the cgtalk daily sketch forum..the theme was Red Sky.... I wanted to portray an evil tribal priest doing a spell thats effecting everything around him...the sky is turning red.....and the spell is even coming back to effect him as well which is denoted by the swirl coming towards him....added a vague devil like formation at the junction between the fire and the sky..... and the vague hand like form coming back to grasp him as well...

2007-01-08T05:01:00.000-08:00

Wanted to try something using an actual model and not a photograph.....so picked this buddhist statue since im not confident enought to paint a person yet....... will get there someday....
dont know what possessed me to try something this complicated becoz it has lots of detailed carving....i tried to get it as close as possible..... now i realise why its easier with a photograph...the perspective shifts if i tilt my head...and i cant zoom in :)...
i ran out of time on this one so just somehow finished it.....

2006-12-26T04:45:00.000-08:00

This is a portrait of a good friend of mine who always encourages the artist in me. I wanted to try different brushes in photoshop for this one..... also try something a little unusual... I probably dont hv enough skill at the moment to pull off something like this very well right now but just wanted to give it a shot and push myself a little bit more....

This one is for you Neill....probably doesnt resemble you much but all I can say is that you have to come to visit me in India and sit for me for a better portrait :)

2006-12-20T02:39:00.000-08:00

the first time ive tried painting from a live reference....set up this simple still life and painted it in almost an hour! i know it doesnt look very finished or anything to justify one whole hour ....but since i ve not painted using life before it was a tough yet tremendously interesting exercise for me!

2006-12-19T03:36:00.000-08:00

Done as a study to understand how reflections and refractions work......completed in an hour approx.. used a photo reference for this .... Its a very rough one but I just wanted to solely focus on glass and figure out how to paint an object inside another one.... translucency i mean..... it kindda works i think.....the perspective and proportion isnt too accurate i know..... but i just wanted to try this as an experiment....

2006-12-15T03:32:00.000-08:00

This is the first piece I have done without using any kind of reference. This was given as an assignment to me by one of my friends .... his rules were to draw an orange using only the three colors that I have on the top left corner of the image and use only one brush for the whole thing. I did this in 10 minutes.
I already have a new assignment to work on...will post it soon....watch this space.... :)
Thanks a lot Abdul !!!!!!!

2006-11-22T22:51:00.000-08:00

Done using a photo reference..i know there are issues with proportions..i promise to work harder to fix this for the next work ...anyway i wanted to try wrinkles and skin....... again got overambitious so hvnt been able to finish it completely...maybe will come back to it and add details for clothes and jewellery etc...
i think it kindda works this way too with the details only on the face... :)

Just want to add a big thanks to my friends....who gv valuable feedback while I painted this and who keep inspiring and encouraging me to continue painting !!!

2006-11-06T01:39:00.000-08:00

A quick one done in around 45minutes to just get the impression of light..I know this isnt like any of my other attempts ...and isnt really that great.....but i just wanted to try something different. .... this is actually done from a photograph of Monet's garden in Giverny... :)

2006-09-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

Done for practice to get lighting and proportions right....once again used artrenewal.org for reference painting....
im personally not too happy with this piece but posting it nevertheless!

2006-09-26T23:08:00.000-07:00

Just practicing sketching. Each was done in around 15-30mins wanted to see what I could achieve with quick sketches.... done over a period of 4 hours i think...these are just half of what i did .............
im being really cheeky here and posting only the ones where the proportions are a little decent :)
magazine ads used as reference.
c & c welcome!

2006-09-17T00:26:00.000-07:00

Got a little overambitious with this one and tried painting at 2k. Its still not finished and I need to come back to it some other time and do more detailed work on this. But I think it has reached a certain level of completion so posting this.
Its based on a reference from the artrenewal.org website.
Its a sculpture so I still need to add in the details for the cracks etc on it . A little too busy at work so might finish it later!!!

2006-07-07T05:50:00.000-07:00

Another light study used a photo reference.I wanted to get more details in this one but I think I just dont have enough patience yet. Kind of gave up towards the end.Will try to get a simpler one maybe next time!!

2006-07-06T21:29:00.000-07:00

Trying to do some portraits as part of a cg talk thread on drawing portraits. The references used are photos of classical sculpture and paintings.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=375031
I have not used any kind of grid system for any of these so the proportions are not exact but im hoping i will improve as i do more of these.

2006-05-16T06:00:00.000-07:00

Another painting with focus on the lighting.I have been wanting to take dancing lessons but its just not happening so im making do with painting dancers :)
I tried to get the highlights and shade right on the long skirt but i think i lost focus towards the end 'coz its just too much detail but I have still tried to abstract only the lighting and avoid fine details.
reference : http://usuarios.lycos.es/iberia_club/FLAMENCO.HTM

2006-05-10T05:04:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to focus on the lighting for this painting without getting too caught up with the details.
Painted everything in one layer and used only one brush in photoshop for everything.
Im still not too happy with it so maybe I will get back to it sometime and rework it a bit.

The reference used for this:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/photogallery/bornwild/photo7.html

2006-01-25T04:25:00.000-08:00

Lips tutorial
I am still not satisfied with this one and I may come back to it after a while and try to improve upon it.Right now im giving up on it 'coz I think I need some time off to see it with more clarity later.

2006-01-20T04:45:00.000-08:00

Pipe Tutorial
Worked on another tutorial tried to focus more on the form in this one and improve the understanding of how light would effect the highlights.
http://div.dyndns.org/EK/tutorial/gritty/

Comments Welcome

2006-01-18T22:45:00.000-08:00

Just trying to get used to the wacom.Tried to get some detailing.Followed the following tutorial for this feather image:
http://div.dyndns.org/EK/tutorial/feather/

Comments welcome

2006-01-17T01:12:00.000-08:00

Eye Painting
This is a painting I have done in Photoshop by following the tutorial at the following link:

http://67.15.36.49/team/tutorials/2dstarfinder_eye/starfinder_eye_01.asp

My main aim of doing this exercise was to get more comfortable with the wacom and improve my painting skills.This was completed more or less in two days.
All comments welcome.

2006-01-07T01:31:00.000-08:00