One of my last paintings for my upcoming Art Exhibition

For my upcoming Fourth solo Art Exhibition at Gallerie Leela, I had set a target of certain number of paintings and I have just about completed it.Now it is time to look into the invitation cards and framing of my artworks.

Therefore I can now take a break and indulge in other study works in different mediums which I am longing to do since long. One thing which is definite on my mind is to try out a landscape in my way on canvas using acrylic paints. I have done landscape paintings in acrylic paints earlier but it was mostly the technique of applying thick acrylic coats. What I want to try out now is using Camel acrylic paints in slightly dilute form.

The image below is a scene from Coorg while we were taking a walk. Everyday we would look out for a new path or road and then walk for miles soaking in the beauty of the surroundings.This road had a climb uphill and was densely populated with trees and shrubs on either side. 

Walk in the forest.

Soft pastel painting on Fabriano paper

Size 11" x 15"

I made a decision to stop working on this painting after a point of time so as to avoid over usage of colours. I may add a few touch ups just before framing.

Upcoming Exhibition at ART PLAZA near Jehangir Art Gallery.

I have a Solo Exhibition coming up in March ie from 9th March to 14th March at ART PLAZA , near JEHANGIR  Art Gallery. Therefore lot of preparation is keeping me busy.

The medium of my artwork for this Exhibition will be "SOFT PASTELS" .I will be posting more details soon.

In the meantime, I have continued with my selection of future painting subjects ie mostly landscapes
and after having shortlisted them, I have created some more thumbnail sketches. Having done this, I decided to pin them all up on the flannel board so that I can finally start taking decisions as to which one to begin with.

As I have mentioned earlier, I spend roughly fifteen to twenty minutes on each thumbnail, trying to work out the technique which works best to get all the elements in the painting right. Since I have done the thumbnail sketch of each painting referring to my photograph, painting the actual artwork which will be a much bigger size, will be a little easier.

Presently I am working on two different soft pastel landscapes simultaneously and will post the image as soon as it gets completed.