In His Loving Memory

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"In his loving memory"

Did this portrait in the memory of a great person who believed in sharing knowledge selflessly. A great motivator, mentor, teacher, critique, friend of many, who brought together many like minded artistic souls from diverse fields of work and from around the globe to share and learn together the universal language of visual art. He made people believed in their ability to create art with great inspirations and passion. An architect by profession, he was a traveler, a great photographer and an amazing sketcher in his own unique way. He has left a legacy of artistic knowledge behind him for others to learn from. In his own words - "All that's not given is lost".

Rest in peace, Jorge Royan. You'll be remembered with love for a long time.

He passed away recently.

His website:
http://royan.com.ar/Royan/Home.html

His sketching blog:
http://sketchesjr.blogspot.com/
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Medium: Graphite and conte white.
Surface: Fabriano, 160 gsm tone paper.
Size: 11" H x 8 " W approx.

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Commission portrait

recently did this commission work for Suvitha Ramaswamy, of her husband and their son which she gifted him as a surprise birthday present! thanks Suvitha for trusting me with this work!!

medium: watercolor on Fabriano, 300 gsm archival cold press paper.
size: 11 1/4" H x 8 1/2" w [A4]

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Fun with colors on a portrait

fun with colors with a portrait study....

medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
size: 9" H x 7" W
time: 90 min. approx.
source: from a reference picture

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A little bit about Artistic Block

artistic block is a term where one get stuck without much inspirations to work on, self doubt, lack of creative influence, failing to express etc. leaving a person blank. this can be momentary, few days, weeks or even months if not years. it gives the feeling that, all the creativity is over and we cant do anymore expressive works, we are finished in artistic term. however if we think positively, this is also a good time to experiment, experience and learn new things and scale new horizons with very less expectations. this can be either experimenting with a completely new medium, approach and style, subject, working time letting yourself more open towards experimenting new things with much less expectations for end results unlike of regular artworks that you have been doing so far. this may be the correct time to browse through the inspirations that you have always tried to explore. you may never know what new ability you could discover of yourself just because that you have never given the chance to experiment.

a very quick experimental sketch based on a profile picture of Kruttika Susarla. thanks Kruttika for the pic.

watercolor on awoen sketchbook.
size: 7 1/2" H x 5" w approx.
time: 35 min approx.
source: from reference pic.

© dhruba mazumder, 2014