Maawala: A Maratha Warrior

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

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

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

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

Contrast.

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

My Mug..

This is my lovely mug at office...