Buddha & Aum

Buddha & Aum.. 

Another of AUM series, Had seen this in one of the posters sometime back, Thus decided to paint this one.. Nothing special to say in this painting.. Pretty much similar technique and there wasnt anything unique while painting this..

End result was a peaceful one and now it adores my living room.. each time I look at this, get a glimpse of peacefulness :) May be I need it... 

Its done on a 30x20cms canvas and of course still in Acryllic :) 

Dreamer..

Dreamer in the silhouette of Sunset

So far, I have never tried to paint which has human anatomy in it, Always my paintings were more or less nature, plants and trees and mountains etc, which does not really matter with respect to aspect ratios!! 

This time, I decided to paint a sunset and this painting was much faster than my earlier ones, I could finish the overall background with the tree etc within 60-80 minutes, Then as usual planned to put a bench, green lush grass etc and overall that also went well.. 

Naman - My son is a real life dreamer ! I at times visualize him in this posture so thought of painting a boy who is dreaming in his own world.. and here it is.. 

To my surprise, next day morning.. Naman got up (he always gets up first on weekends much before us) and said.. Dont you think its ME !! Yes.. it is indeed my Naman..

So this painting is named 'DREAMER' 

AUM

AUM 

I painted my first AUM few months back, Since then I wanted to paint a better one which has a very clear AUM (pretty much like RSS - Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh AUM) in a circular canvas.

IDEE has good collection of round canvas boards and picked this up which is 50cms in diameter and set off to paint something which I have always seen in posters :)

Vermilion & Orange made most of the outer edge of this painting and blended it with Yellow and some Titanium white, Background was ready.. Just to add some effects, stuck some streaks of cello tape and painted yellow on it, It indeed gave some good effect (which not seen much in a photo, rather seen clear when you see the painting as is) 

My wife searched a good AUM from google images, drew that with pencil and used RED to paint it evenly, It wasnt easy as I generally do rubbing technique and not that comfortable with smooth finish by brush ! However.. came out well.. Whitish shadow was added later.. 

Very good friend of mine who was leaving for India from Germany wanted this, So gifted this painting to him and hopefully now it resides in a peaceful valley near Himalayas (somewhere near Kangda - Himachal Pradesh) He was very pleased to have it !! He wanted to put it in a yoga room.. Hope it gives some support to those who want to meditate and get some piece (peace) of mind :)