A watercolor painting from me this time.
Day 1: March 18
This is from my friend Preethi’s photograph… She had clicked a snap when her husband and her little son were reading a book… Dad and son ‘reading’ a book.. Atul is just 8 months old. I loved it so much that I thought I should probably try to paint the pic. If it comes out well, then.. well… the completed picture shall also be uploaded. Otherwise I will pull this one down too; and try such things only with pics of people we don’t know. I don’t want to hurt a friend!!
Update 1: March 19:
Here is today’s updated painting. I am taking this one slow.. Partly because I can’t sit for a long time trying to paint. It is too exhausting. So today also, it is a Work-in-Progress!! This time instead of scanning the painting, I took a snap of it.
Update 2: March 20:
Photograph
Scanned
Today again, I didn’t complete the painting. I added a lot of detail to it, which took me some time and concentration. By then it was evening and I didn’t really want to continue painting in artificial light. So tomorrow it would be!!
I have reached the most difficult portion of it all. The hair!!! There are so many shades in it! I am terrified of even starting to paint it!
I have uploaded both the photographed and scanned versions of the latest; since by the time I completed today’s work, it was evening, and I didnt have good light to take a photograph in.. Well, turns out that even in that light, a photograph looks better than a scan 
Update 3: March 21: COMPLETE
Yippeee!! I have completed the painting finally! Not bad!! I would have had no guts to do this, had I not joined up the EDM group. And then, I just let myself indulge a bit – with the decision that I wouldn’t worry about what the end result shall be! I have a good feeling about this one now (Go Me!!)
Thanks to the weekend in between, I couldn’t really uploaded the completed painting, though I finished it on Saturday!
Thanks to ALL of you who had been following up with my progress, and for encouraging me all through!
- Shalini
13 Comments
Beautiful! Did you go to art classes or something?
I have seen the actual photograph …. and the likeness is unbelievable!
Wow, this is awesome! Is it w/c? I wondered if a scan or photo was better…Now I know.
I can’t wait to see the finish.
Fabulous. I will be patient for the end result – it will be worth it I know.
And Preethi will be thrilled I’m sure.
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xx
Hey Shalini,
I have a question to ask… I didn’t use my poster colours for a long time and they’ve dried now. I dont think using water is a good idea… What do u suggest?
Don’t worry about the hair! You’re so clearly talented that it will certainly fall into place. Trust yourself and keep having fun. It looks wonderful so far!
Hi Smriti,
Thanks for visiting my blog
.. unless, if they are of a low grade quality 
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I am not very sure how poster colours would behave after they totally dry up.. If they havent dried up since very long (I would say more than an year – I have tried that), they would still behave fine if you add a bit of water to them and keep them aside for a few mins before starting to use them..
But again, since I have been using tube watercolors, I am not very sure how poster paints would behave…
(If you have pan paints – the paint box that we get in school, they would still behave excellent even after many years – again tried and tested
I love your step by step coloring process. ^^ I’d love to do the same but I’m simply too lazy. The father and son brings a lot of emotion, that’s something I need to learn still.
Thanks again for your comments on my drawing too. I am glad you like the sketch.
You have done a beautiful painting!
Lovely picture, and you did a wonderful job on the hair!
Thank you – all of you – for your lovely words..
Oh, this is just beautiful! loooved it!
Love the step-by-step images. It’s always great when we can learn from each other!
I’d like to pass on the Passion For Painting award to you. Your mission – should you choose to accept it – is to name seven things you love in your blog, then pass the award on to seven more artists. List their links in a blog post and notify them of their award in their comments.
Les