My world of paintings

warrior

2011-11-13T09:58:00.001-08:00

Untitled

2011-05-08T09:41:00.000-07:00

I was not getting time for paint in last few months, so I wanted to paint something and I just did that... this painting don't have any specific subject, just liked liked the reference and improvised
on that :)
Reference - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeepkhade/5460777849/in/photostream

landscape

2011-01-30T22:20:00.000-08:00

Oil On canvas

Landscapes

2010-11-02T21:09:00.001-07:00

Medium - watercolor on paper
Spot - National Park, Boriwali, Mumbai

Feeling Green

2010-08-02T21:37:00.001-07:00

ColorSketch

2010-05-16T21:08:00.000-07:00

WIP- trying hand in sculpture!!!

2010-02-28T06:10:00.001-08:00

Color sketch-1

2010-02-04T22:21:00.001-08:00

'Jean grey'

2009-12-01T04:07:00.001-08:00

Inspired from Mark Newman's following sculpture.
Mark Newman

'Veer'

2009-11-30T01:53:00.001-08:00

Inspired from the Salman Khan's new film Veer, Did some small changes like added mustache. Cos i can't imagine any Indian warrior without mustache, I felt the same for Amir in 'Lagaan'. anyways this my visualasion.

Ballet Dancer

2009-11-03T01:49:00.000-08:00

Dance has been a favourite subject for me for a long time.I like every form of dance,Indian,western, African or any folk dance. These dance poses makes my hand dance on the paper to catch that rhythm n flow of the dancer. Its so poetic if its performing on the stage with Lighting effects.
So this post is my exercise to make my hands free again....

Feeling free..........

2009-11-01T01:08:00.000-07:00

I can write many line about this but I just want to paint now....

'A sketch in Charcoal'

2009-10-20T01:51:00.000-07:00

Its a practice sketch, medium is charcole on Paper. I am still not sure that should I post it or not but I am posting it only because I haven't posted anything since April.Last few months was very busy for me for various reasons so didn't get much chance to paint anything.Hopefully from next month I will be painting again. :)

Kya wo mai hi tha...

2009-04-06T01:09:00.000-07:00

Garam garam chai ke sath thandi barish ka maja !
Ek ek boond ke sath chadhta wo nasha!

Kya wo main hi tha....

Kati patang ke piche bhagta wo ladka
Fati patang bhi mil jaye to nachta wo ladka

Kya wo main hi tha.....

Thande kuyein ke pani me jab khada rahta tha
Chanchal machhaliyon ke shprsh se thartharata

Kya wo mai hi tha.......

Pal pal bhagate huye suraj ko canvas pe utarata
Bas rangon ke siway kuch bhi na dikhta tha

Kya wo mai hi tha... aur ab

Shahar ki bhid ke sath bhagta huaa...
Roj apne andar kuchh badalte huye chup chap sa dekhta

Kya ye main hi hoon!
Kya ye main hi hoon!!

(This is my 1st attempt to write poem in Hindi and before this i think i have written 2,3 poems in Marathi. I am new to this poem thing so pardon me if i am missing out on something :) )

Saturday Afternoon

2009-03-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

Last week I was at my friends village for his wedding, As always i took many photographs their . I got some beautiful shots of some old houses for landscapes. Yesterday I made this color sketch form those photos .

Maawala: A Maratha Warrior

2009-03-06T00:54:00.000-08:00

Today I added new brushes to my Photoshop. These brushes are a gift from Zhuzhu to everyone.. Zhuzhu's Brushes

This is just a rough sketch of a Maratha Warrior as I could not resist myself to put my hands on this wonderful brushes.

I am still in competition

2009-02-16T03:00:00.000-08:00

Like I said in last post, i started painting on canvas after long gap that's why i was not able to send my painting to any painting competition also. Last month I sent this painting as entry to the Bombay Art Society competition and it was selected.This painting was hung in Jehangir Art Gallery From 4th to 9th Feb.

Back to square one

2009-01-21T05:54:00.000-08:00

Painting on canvas has always been my 1st love. I like many other things but when I complete a painting, the satisfaction I get, can't be compared to anything else. This painting is acrylic on canvas (30"x36"). I think its my first complete portrait after a long gap of more than 4 years. Initially it was not easy as I had been doing portraits in Photoshop and the sketching with pencil but not with REAL colors for sometime. Was a bit nervous during the initial two days but on third and last day I got it under control.
I got a few negatives and positives from this painting exercise. Most important thing that I derived: never stop working otherwise u will loose your freedom with that medium. This painting brought back my confidence of doing portraits again. Doing landscapes or compositions is relatively easy because you don't need to be precise with the colors and tones. So by overcoming these difficulties I got a good result. I know this is not the best painting I have ever done but I'm happy that at least I got a start.
Thanks to Binal who posed for this painting and Alex who helped me with lighting.

Anoushka Shankar

2008-12-07T22:57:00.000-08:00

I am into indian classical music from my college days, i use to play Indian Flute and Tabala, but now my music has become limited to enjoying great people`s work because of other priorities in life. I am a big fan of Pandit Kumar Ghandhrva, P. Bhimsen Joshi, Kishori Amonkar P. Jasraj in vocals and in instrumental i love pandit Hariprasad Chourasiya, Usatad Zakir hussin, Pandit Ravi shankar and many more.
As i like experimentation in various mediums,i like to hear fusion music also,
Few years back i'd got a chance to hear one amazing albam "Rise" by Anoushka Shankar at my friends place. It was a soul touching music. I complitly got lost into it and i became fan of Anoushka Shankar. Then I started collecting all the music created by her and every time it was greater experience than previous.
As everyone knows Anoushka Shankar is daughter of Pandit Ravi Shankar and sister of Norah Jones. It was not easy to come out of shadow of her father and making her own identity, but she made it possible and created some amazing music.what i like about her music is, as she likes to experiment with fusion music yet she is strongly rooted to Indian Classical music. I haven`t got a chance to listen to her music live but i will catch her soon.

Self Portrait

2008-11-07T04:07:00.000-08:00

Contrast.

2008-10-17T01:37:00.000-07:00

After many days i m uploading this work in photoshop. I enjoyed portraying the contrast of this work.

My Mug..

2008-10-08T20:59:00.000-07:00

This is my lovely mug at office...

Rakesh..

2008-09-17T23:56:00.000-07:00

I have done many portraits with live models in many mediums like acrylic, oil, pencil but this is the first time I did this portrait of my friend Rakesh in photoshop while he was sitting in front of me.
hope you'd like it....

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

2008-09-16T20:04:00.000-07:00

A Old Warrior

2008-09-15T20:08:00.001-07:00

A Texture of Life....

2008-09-15T02:12:00.000-07:00

This is one more my drawing without colors. I liked the Texture of the wall, who forced me do this painting.

' Black n White '

2008-09-09T04:17:00.001-07:00

' The Thinker '

2008-09-08T06:55:00.000-07:00

I have done this portrait cos i liked the mood of girl. She is so young in life but she is already looks like a serious thinker.

The Warrior...

2008-09-01T22:10:00.001-07:00

I Am Not Alone....

2008-08-11T07:56:00.000-07:00

When i was a child, i had a beautiful shawl of my own. I was very much possessive about it. Either I used to bit those who used to touch my shawl or the last option was to cry as loud as I could. I remember that the shawl was not very attractive but I used to feel very warm and secure inside it. I used it untill it was completely ragged and torn off into pieces. At last, one day my mom threw it when I was in school. I cried for at least three hours that night and I was not sleeping well for many days that were to follow.

In this drawing I tried to illustrate these feelings of mine. That girl in the picture is lonely but she is holding her little bunny in her hands, and its only because of that bunny that she is feeling secured in the jungle. I think all of us go through these kind of emotions at some point of time in our lives. After all, it doesn't matter whether we're children or grown ups; It can be a doll for someone, and it can be some locket from someone they love or it can be a small picture of god.. whatever thing it is, these small things are turned into very special things for us to be our companion in our lonely times. We end up finding them anyhow.... Becauses no one wants to be alone anyway.

Hard to tell you how I feel.....

2008-07-13T23:31:00.000-07:00

I liked this poem very much, may be many of you already enjoyed it but i am posting it for those who haven`t read it yet...

Hard to tell you how I feel...

Hard to tell you how I feel
Everything is so unreal
Lord, but life is a hard thing to get to...

Saw my shadow on the wall
Saw my love nowhere at all
Saw my life is hard thing to get through...

When you are born they carry you
When you are gone they bury you
In between you are your own
Hard to stand there all alone

Someone's crying down the hall
Dying cries they tell it all
Lord, this life is a hard thing to live
And harder still to leave.

... By Will Holt

SADHU...

2008-07-06T10:13:00.000-07:00

From my childhood i have always been fascinated about mythology. I use to read Ramayna Mahabharta. From those stories Sadhu and Rishi seemed interesting to me only because of there super powers. Sadhu can use Mantra and he will give you what ever you want. As i grew up i to came know that its realy hard to be a Rishi or a Sadhu.(plz take note that i m not talking about modern days sadhus. I am talking about people like Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Parmahansa )
One day my father told me about the power of Mantra. he told me, previously people used to put some value for there words. They used to keep their words. He gave me one more example that if u speak only and only truth for at least 6 months after that what you speak will come true. Now i am telling you the truth. I tried to speak truth but for me it lasted for one week only.Anyone who is reading can try this and let me know the results......

For her eyes only...

2008-07-02T20:28:00.000-07:00

Yesterday i was going through my references, i was not not much keen to draw but the eyes in this reference drawn my attention. then i stared working. to be modest this is not very good work but last few months i wasn`t getting any time for work. so at least i did some thing....

I did not die

2008-05-09T01:36:00.000-07:00

While wandering into blog world, look what i found ....
a classic poem

"Do not stand by my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints upon the snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain and
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am that swift uplifting rush,
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand by my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die."

Mary Elizabeth Frye (written 1932?)

Landscapes

2007-08-05T02:56:00.000-07:00

these r some of landscapes.

i hope u will like them olso

A PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT.....

2007-08-02T03:02:00.000-07:00

In this series paintings i tried to use Yogic poachers and its beauty. basic mood of my painting is Tranquility , coolness and calmness of the mind and body. So i kept cool color scheme with eye pleasing forms.