Mystic Forest..

A Surreal painting of Mystic Forest.. 

Again with a thirst of experimentation.. went back to Youtube in search of something new and serene.. watched many videos, demos etc but somehow came back to this one by Tim Gagnon - Its a fast forward version and looked very simple, however it wasnt as simple as it looked.. But I at least earn enough that, I can throw that canvas out if it doesnt come good :) With that in my mind.. Painted this on one of the late night on Friday (I dont like to disturb family and like some silent space, thus I usually paint after 10PM till 3-4AM in the mornings on weekends) 

Trust me, all professional stress goes away with the paintings and I at times feel that my stress level is equally proportional to quality of the painting.. simpler the painting, stress is lower ;) 

Just so that you can also do this painting, here is the video which I followed to do this painting.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVOqjsa5IXY

I never thought that I would write these in blogs, so never took quality photos !! 
Later, I gifted this to one of my good friends in UK, He says its in his kids room now.. 

My First Acrylic Painting..

My First try with Acrylic on Canvas.. 

I have been thinking to paint for too long time, Bought all necessary things loong back from various places but never had the courage to start it... Finally Jan 2015, I made up my mind to give it a try.. Chose my most favorite folk tradition of Southern part of Karnataka - Yakshagana as a theme and searched all over the internet for a picture which I can paint, Got many.. chose the simplest one and that night after office hours, set off to paint... Since I was completely novice, had loads of trouble in getting right colors, textures on the canvas (which I didnt know that, had to be primed or prepared ahead of time), However.. final one was not that bad :) 

At least some liked it.. 

Naman and Khushi (My kids) liked it a lot.. they and Radhika (My wife) encouraged me to paint next one.. Thus my painting hobby kicked off...