Category: Pastel Art

Just came back from a lovely little vacation in the hills. On the way to Palampur, clicked several hundred pictures…couldn’t resist as everything seemed so divine and beautiful. But sometimes what your mind can capture the camera fails to. This is a work in progress, this time I painted a small one (as suggested by…

Pure pigment, pure bliss…Pastels are simply irresistible! So finally after almost a zillion days I am back at my easel, pastelling! It is therapeutic, I must say. Clicked a picture of these in a garden, don’t know what these are called. Let me know if someone figures it out! My son is now 2 years…

Lately I have been thinking of experimenting a little…been wanting to paint a simple/abstract like painting. This one is a small approx 10″x10″ of a bouganvillea, done on neutral gray canson paper. Before I started off, I was quite unsure about what it would it look like. Well, I can say, I am quite happy…

Another one from a picture on Wetcanvas Reference Library. I really enjoyed working on the background haze…

A bowl of lemons…lemon has always inspired me. I like the smell, the texture and ofcourse the taste!

Yet another Floral Portrait! This time though, the color palette is very intense. Nature is so AMAZING! It’s a pleasure to see these wonders of nature come alive under my fingers 🙂

I painted this one from a picture posted in the Reference Library of WC (Wetcanvas.com). It was simply irresistable! Loved the play of light and shade.

This one was done with pastel pencils on a catridge sheet.

This is one of my favourite subjects.Painted a closeup of the same, sometime last year. This time I just wanted to re-visit the ‘pond” painting. The leaves are very loosely done, with bold strokes of greens and yellows. The same technique follows on in the stems, rather more loose so to speak. As always, it…