NY Street, Watercolor 11X15"

Don't of landscape painting

Don’t of landscape painting

1. Avoid painting anything, e.g., a house, road etc. parallel to picture plane. It does not make an interesting composition. It should always make an angle to picture plane.
2. Don’t paint a bifurcated road so that the viewers will be in dilemma to decide which way to go.
3. If you are painting a roadscape avoid painting people or vehicle crossing the road. This will stop viewers there only.
4. Never paint people coming towards you. They will bring viewers out of the picture along with them. Always paint people going towards the focal point. You can place the figure facing towards you at the focal point but never in the fore ground.
5. Never place the horizon and focal point at the centre.

Some people might say that they can paint a very good picture even after breaking the rules. It is like saying that I can break the traffic rules, jump the red signal and reach my destination. If you reach safe it is an accident. It is always better to follow the rules.

At a village, Watrcolor 11X15"

Local colors in landscape

Local colors are the colors of objects e.g. colors of houses trees doors etc. While painting the landscape we go according to these colors. But this is not the proper approach. We should get away from the influence of these colors. First decide your color scheme. If a particular color is disturbing or does not suit our color scheme then we should change it. If you are successful in getting rid of the influence of these local colors your landscapes will be much better, more creative.

My recent trip with Sanskar Bharati

Recently I attended an landscape camp arranged by Sanskar Bharati. Working in group is a different and pleasing experience. We were about 50 artists. It was a three day camp. We painted village scenes. One of the villages was in a very beautiful hilly area.We had a heart warming experience of the villagers' hospitality. I painted 6-7 landscapes.I am unable to post them right now due to some computer problems but will post them as early as possible.Thanks to Sanskar Bharati who is doing valuable work in promoting art and culture.

A Tibetan couple at Dharmashala. 11X15"

Times Square NY 11X15"