Category: Art

• Art and Conversation- ‘Still’

  

  Finally, after 18 months, schools opened up in Mumbai. In many other cities in India, schools opened and closed several times depending on the rise and fall in covid-19 cases. But, in Mumbai, we remained shut for what seemed like forever. With online school it meant either hungry children or children vying for attention during […]

  Smitha V

  October 18, 2021

  Art, Experiences

  #blogger, #blogging, #coronatimes, #detoxifying, #mumbaidiaries, #painting, #quiet, #silence, #still

• Art : Sublime

  

  This time I selected a picture using a limited color pallette. Since the color mix involved different shades of dull brown, the biggest challenge was ensuring the painting did not appear a muddy mess. The painting is of everyday objects- a kettle, a dish cover and a bowl. Getting the texture of the metal of […]

  Smitha V

  September 14, 2021

  Art

  #acquarello, #artoftheday, #glass, #kettle, #painting, #shadesofbrown, #stilllife, #watercolors

• Art : Wine and fruit

  

  Its been raining heavily in Mumbai since the last few days. When the rains had stopped for a few days in the first week of August, I grieved thst the end of the monsoons had come. It meant that the weather would go back to being hot and humid again. However, our domestic help informed […]

  Smitha V

  September 8, 2021

  Art

  #acquarelle, #beginnerartist, #inspiration, #painting, #stilllife, #watercolors, #watermelon

• ART: Colors of India

  

  I did this watercolor painting based on a photograph by Hussam Zaki that I found of Pinterest. My second painting from a photograph was challenging yet satisfying once it began taking shape. You’ll see the painting is different from the kind of pictures you’re used to seeing me paint. But I gather as an artist […]

  Smitha V

  September 1, 2021

  Art

  #acquarello, #Art, #beginnerartist, #colorsofIndia, #Holi, #India, #painting, #Rajasthan

• Art: Around the corner

  

  It’s been quite some time since I did a watercolor painting and if I don’t do watercolors for long, I tend to lose whatever confidence I gained doing it. Its a vicious cycle that I tend to get sucked into. After doing two acrylic paintings (because the canvases had been lying around for long), I […]

  Smitha V

  August 31, 2021

  Art

  #artoftheday, #budva, #countryside, #montenegro, #nature, #painting, #streetcorner, #watercolor, #watercolorpaper