Thursday, August 17, 2017

New works

Here are a few more of my 'a study a day' pieces. The first one took two days, three to four hours each day.
Found this old brass ink pot at #Chorbazaar, Mumbai. If you are patient enough, you might find something really interesting in antiques there. I liked this ink pot and thought I’d make a still life around it with my diary, a letter and a card I made for my mom when I was away. In the background, is the picture of my mom from the 70s. She kept checking while I was painting to ensure that I made it look like her. She's got a good eye at all things creative. I've inherited all my patience and ability to pursue art and craft from her. I think the overall it looks very busy, and is not something that I would do next time, but well, I learnt a few things and with every study I am becoming more comfortable with the idea of painting big.


Sorolla. I absolutely loved his paintings and bold strokes. and the subjects he chose. His paintings make me happy. So there is one paper craft project I am preparing for, and this portrait was drawn and later on, designed with the paper cut intricate work around it. That you can see below:


 
Demont Breton. 

Another graphite portrait for a paper craft project I'm working on, sketching and making paper cutout with the portrait of the artists whose work inspired me to pursue art when I was unsure of what I wanted to do. I was at a museum and for the first time saw the old masters work up-close. I was in awe of the craftsmanship and the powerful experience it could create. I had not seen anything like that ever before while growing up in Mumbai. And that experience changed a lot of things for me. Since then, I've been making an attempt to learn the craft and about the artists life, whenever possible and trying to be surrounded by art to stay inspired.

Olivia.
This one drawing I made sometime in the end of 2015. It was a friend of Noah, and she came and gladly posed for the students for about an hour and a half I think. I made new border around it, as these days I am heavily influenced, inspired by Mughal art and all things from that era. 

Friday, August 11, 2017

Sleepy head animation video

The sleepyhead video is finally out. I had worked on this one in collaboration with Headless hippies studio~ Naveen, Dhvani & Vibin. Animation by Naveen Boktapa. 

Sharing a few making-of pictures. It was quite a task to finish the film from storyboarding, making the props, doing the setup and shooting in about two weeks.






















Thursday, August 3, 2017

A study a day

Im trying to make one small study everyday.