Adopt and give her a name.

ahhh!, sweet!!!

I said to myself, and it really is a great unfinished start of a new chapter in my plain white life where i can color it the way i want. This post is in continuation to my last post - Welcome to the world of colors

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I waited, waited and waited, to my surprise i didn’t hear anything, blood was running smooth in veins and heart beats were normal and there was silence all over the place.

So, after my last effort of trying to calibrate my thoughts and brush strokes i took a little break and got on to a fresh new start.

A fresh new day and a fresh new start.

I started to look for an inspiration and what would be a better place than searching it through google, i ended up shortlisting few images that i really liked and hoped would not be hard to paint on canvas. My first attempt was to paint a very plain simple, yet very beautiful ship in the sea and i just glanced at the image i downloaded and, when i started my painting there was no looking back or cross referencing with that image at all, i went with the flow, in my own rhythm and the results was so much satisfactory.

Awesome man

I said to myself, a fresh new day, a fresh new start and what a reward. And this time i waited for my blood to run faster in veins to pump my heart and get me a super duper complement on this effort. I waited, waited and waited, to my surprise i didn’t hear anything, blood was running smooth in veins and heart beats were normal and there was silence all over the place. “What is this?, What’s happening?, Where are my best critics?”, i asked myself and after a while i realized that i wasn’t after painting a masterpiece this time, i wasn’t abusing my brushes, i had a very simple thought in my mind when i started my day … to paint and that’s what i did. After a little more thought there was another self realisation, self realisation of being humble, being honest and being human and when one tries to forget their roots, foundation or existence, the inner self comes out and warns and it also becomes one’s best friend/enemy/critic at the same time to bring one back to earth. (enough of gyaan :)

This effort gave me strength and boosted my confidence to try my hands on painting a little complex expression. So i spotted a picture of a bird in isolation almost dissolving in the background and challenged myself  if i could capture this.

I tried, i gave everything i had in me and it took me a lot of time to finish this one. The final result made me realize that there was something missing, something wrong … in no time.

Not too bad, not too bad

I said to myself, this second effort of the day turned out to be a good learning experience. I realized my mistakes after watching it for a while, i was not painting, i was not gentle in my approach, i was rubbing brush very hard on sheet, i just wanted to make it work and once again i was forgetting my goal and was being selfish and i laughed at myself. i was at least happy with one thing in this painting. Now i knew how to mix and blend colors.

I think i should not make this post any longer as i know now HOW TOs the basics, still a long long way to go but before i take your leave, i would like to share my last attempt with you all.

I had two images in my mind as a final composition for my today’s efforts and you can see them in the inset of following images.

and here is the final composition of the day

Please share your thoughts on these efforts, your few words will encourage a passionate beginner in the world of colors like me very much or write me if you want to hang this on your walls, will provide you with high-res print file. Thank you all for your patience and encouragements.

Download this boat

If you think that this attempt is good to go on your living room or bedroom walls, be my guest and make it yours, forever (download a larger size for print) :)