Painting from Nature, 2 day oil painting workshop

Painting from Nature in Oil Medium

21^st January 2012, Cubbon Park

All the participants gathered at the entrance of Tennis court in Cubbon Park at 10am.  All the materials easle, starters kit ( which contained matt, brush set, pencil, napkin, drinking water) and canvas board 18 X 20 inches were provided and we left for the location, which was 200mts away. 



Senthil seen demonstrating while the participants observing him



Padmaja and Sowmya seen practicing

There were only 9 participants some did not turn up inspite of blocking the seat.  We began the days session by introducing Sentil Kumar our instructor to the participants.  He told them to sketch using the paper directly from the brush using oil medium.  As some of them found difficult, he demonstrated a quick sketch which motivated them and they all started choosing a location and worked in monochrome.  Day one they worked on a paper which was smooth in texture.

Our participants a couple of them senior citizens, couple a high school students, a doctor, a IT profession and some home makers.  There skill level varied some were good and some average.  As I had told earlier drawing skill would be a added advantage in the current workshop, I did not take any beginners. All the participants were beginners for oil medium,   As per the instruction by Senthil, all the participants worked in a monochrome where each one explored the natural beauty.  They all had a round of tea, where they all discussed one another, also they struggled in the medium as they were more used to water colour,  Senthil corrected their work individually and gave them inputs to improvise.  Packed north indian lunch was provided at 1: 15pm, after the lunch they were told to use colours to express the landscape.

Padmaja, Smithi, Sonal and Sowmya seen working

Raj Mathur's study

Smithi's study



Pooja's study




Sandhya's landscape on paper



When  told about using colours they were all excited, they changed their locations some of the wanted to paint the bamboo trees, some rocks and others trees which were abundant in cubbon park. Our instructor gave them a quick demo on using colours, they were shown how to mix and apply colours on the surface.  Most of them worked without taking a break and were happy to take home two works on the day one.  The days session concluded at 4: 30 pm.

Day 2

Though the class was scheduled at 10: 30 am everybody were present at 10’o clock.  We began the session with a demo by a young artist Venkatesh who was assisting us in coordinating the workshop.  Later Senthil worked simultaneously with the participants, most of them choosed the same location as that of Senthil, they found it easy to imitate him while painitng.  I told them to watch him painting for half an hour and continue with their work as they was not much time. 

Participants working on canvas

Vipin seen painting

Day 2’s painting experience was different because they were working on a canvas board.  Some of them had a doubt in composition where necessary inputs were given.   All of them were busy working, the only break they took was for a tea.  Senthil continued and completed his work, later he took turns to correct the participants work.  1’o clock lunch was served and they started working immediately.  Senthil demontrated them how to work in pallet  knife as well.  He corrected all of their work, he believed that participants would be happy to see their works on  wall.  By 4’o clock they all had finished their work one participants had to leave early as there was a emergency.  All the works were displayed, it was a memorable day for all of them, as they had captured the beauty of cubbon park on their canvases. 

Padmaja's landscape



Vipin's landscape



Sandhya's work



Smithi's work




Sonal's painting




Usha Naidu's landscape




Sowmya Srikanth's work





Pooja's landscape



Smithi, Sowmya, Vipin, Krishna Prasad, Venkatesh, Senthil, Madhuarya, Padmaja, Sonal, Pooja, Raj Matur and Sandhya

When asked about the services of Art House, they found it informative as they were able to understand the possibility in oil medium, they also complained that lunch was too heavy.  They wanted me to inform about our other workshops as well.

Our forthcoming workshop

18 amd 19 Feb 2012  Art Jugalbandhi, a two day dual workshop oil and water colour on the spot workshop.  For registration contact Krishna Prasad 98863 94195, email  arthousekp@gmail.com

Study of Architecture

17th December 2011, Class No. 9, Study of Architecture.

The scheduled place was Archeology Museum which is located on Kasturba road, Bengaluru. 

We had 2 classes left, 25th and 1st 2012 being sunday  I did not want to postpone the one class, as there would be a long gap, therefore we had class on 17th and 18th December.  Some of them could not make it to the class as the timing were from 3 to 6pm.

As the wheather was getting cold, Venu started the session with a demonstration of the museum building, he took almost 50minutes to complete the work, everybody watched him carefully while painting.  After completing some commented that it was the best work by him so far.  

later some wanted to see the work of Venkatappa, I took them to the gallery where they admired the water colours and were amazed to see the scenes from Ooty which were done by K.Venkatappa a senior artist from Karnataka, they had a quick look and went straight to paint with lot of  inspiration.

Venu demonstrating while Roopa, Urvashi, Arun and Vishanth observing him

Venu's work

Vishanth, Sonia, Roopa and Pooja

Urvashi's study

Roopa's study

Vishanth's work

Arun's Study

Some of them were unable to finish the work as it was cold and chill, also due to bad light.

Class No. 10 was scheduled at Cubbon Park

The last class was scheduled at Cubbon Park, as we had cover all the necessary subjects the 10th class was all about their doubts, therefore everybody were told to come up with question were Venu answered by correcting their works, some wanted to know creating perspective, some had doubt in painting clouds, a few wanted to know how to apply textures and Vishanth wanted to know how to paint a steel object.  Venu solved there question by demonstrating.  Finally we ended the class at 1:30pm thanking Venugopal for instructing for 10 weeks.

Venu suggesting Raj Mathur

Sanjana, Raj Mathur, Venu, Arun,Sonia and Vishanth

Venu's Demo

As most of them missed some classes we are holding a special class at Sankey lake, followed by visit to Rumale Channabasavaiha's  water colour painting exhibition which is happening at   National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru.

Anybody interested to participate can contact Krishna Prasad  9886394195, also we plan to hold new batches in , Discover Bengaluru through skecting, 10 week workshop in Sketching and Drawing, Art of water colour, a 10 week workshop exploring water colour and How to see and take better pictures? a 6 week workshop on basic photography.

Art of Water colour, class 8, Studying Village atmosphere

10-12-2011

Class No. 8 was scheduled at Siddaram Dhinne at Rajajinagar, Bengaluru.

The meeting point was star bazaar between 09:45 to 10 am, which is at the entrance of rajajinagar, most of them were in time and we left the place sharp at 10 thinking others would come directly to the spot.

It is difficult to find a place like village in Bengaluru city, as it has developed a lot since IT sector hit the city to top. Either we need to travel nearly 20km outside the city to get a village atmosphere.  All our participants come from different locality, most of them stay outskirt the city where one has to travel minimum of 10km even if we hold a class at central Bengaluru.  It is then I decided to hold the class at Rajajinagar where I found a village atmosphere at siddaram dhinne.

A view of Siddarama Dhinne at Rajajinagar

Everybody were excited  to paint at village, but none were disappointed when they came to Siddaram Dhinne, (which is just 4 km from railway station) when they saw the atmosphere with cock, hen, sheep, cows and houses with mangalore tiles which were a typical scene of village.  People greeted us with a staring  look they did not know why we were there, after talking to some main people they were polite and asked me if I require anything like chair or table to paint.

As usual we started with a sketching session followed by demonstration by Venu

Venu seen demonstrating

Venu's work

Renuka, Sanjana and Shradha seen sketching

Shilpa, Roopa and Arun on his bike sketching

Pooja and  Sonia seen Painting

Arun's landscape

Roopa's study

Sanjana's Study

Renuka's study

Renuka's sketch

Roopa's study

Vishanth's study

Pooja's study

Sonia's Landscape of Village

 

By the time everybody finished the work it was 2:15 and one by one started to leave, finally some of them took correction from venu and left.  It will be a memorable day for everyone.  The whole excitement for them was that lot of people were flocked around them when they were painting, also the children in the locality were excited.  Some of them bought their drawing book and were seen drawing.

Children excited

Roopa seen painting while chidren observe her

Water colour painting at Sankey Lake

4^th December 2011

Class No. 7,  Study of Water / Reflection at Sankey Lake, Sadashivnagar, Bengaluru. 

Bengaluru being called garden city, is also maintaining its countable lakes in absolute mint condition in and around the city, among them Sankey Lake is one with its beautiful landscapes.  The place is opened to public in between 5:30 to 10 am and 4:30 to 8pm, during these time lot of people visit the place for yoga, walk and meditation. 

The class was early in the morning 7:30 am to 10 am as the lake remained closed for public, some missed the class as they were unable to make it in time.

 

A view of  sankey lake

Studying water and reflection was one of our subject in the 10 week water colour workshop.  We have reached 7^th class and all our participants are pretty comfortable with the medium.  It is now that we are moving further in the class.  The whether was awesome to sketch and paint as it was not chill.  

We were there at sankey lake sharp at 7:30 am and some of them had already been there, by 7:45 most of them were there except for few who were unable to make it.  As usual the session started with sketching, but due to the time limitation Venu started the demonstration early, it went on for 45minutes and the others were eagerly waiting for him to finish so that they could start painting.

Venu's demonstration work

Sanjana's study

Arun's Landscape

Poornima's study

Raj Mathur's painting

Pooja's study

Roopa's study

It was 10'o clock and the security of the lake came whistling, we were given some extra time, by then everybody had finished their work, one can see the result of working early.

Shradha's landscape