Friday, September 4, 2009

Landscape Exhibition - Giridhar Kulkarni

A landscape exhibition is going on at The Nehru Centre art gallery. Artist Giridhar Kulkarni from kolhapur is displaying his watercolors. Basically he is into music and he plays Tabla.
His love for nature led him to learn paintings. And he was lucky enough to study landscape painting under the guidance of Chandrakant Mandre in kolhapur.
Below is the news article.

Monday, August 24, 2009

India's got talent


Best of Worldwide Watercolour artist.
Doesn't the words speaks for itself. And imagine not one but two of our watercolour artist chosen for it. Yes, Artist Sachin Naik and Artist Rahul Deshpande from pune, have been selected for it. Two paintings of each of them would be printed among the best 100 watercolor artist from around the world in a book named ' Best of Worldwide Watermedia Artist'.
The book is published by Kennedy publications, America.

Below are the links for you all to see more of their works:
http://www.sachinnaik.com/
http://www.rahuldeshpandefineart.com/

And here is the news article, have a look.



Thursday, July 30, 2009

Kamalakshare

Kamal shedge, a name I only knew by his previous book. Our college library had this book in its collection. But that was all, I didn't knew much of him.
This article give's us some idea of the enormous work he has been doing in the field of typography and calligraphy.
He has published a new book 'Kamalakshare' on his works.
Please read the article on him.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Sangli Art Museum

This one is a very good article about the Art Museum of Sangli. Some of you may not be knowing about this museum, like myself. Please read it and try to visit the museum, as it has some Art works which were created by the Great Masters of yesteryears.


Friday, April 17, 2009

Exhibitions at the Jehangir

A group and a solo exhibition is going on at the jehangir art gallery.
All the artists are from pune. Wellknown watercolour artist Milind Mulick is one of the group members. The group consists of artists working on different subjects and mediums.
Check out the show to see a diverse kind of work.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A new Genre in Watercolour Landscapes

Artist Sachin Naik has published his first book on Watercolour Landscapes. Seeing his book just makes me compare it to the various Gharanas or Genres which prevail in Indian music and other performing arts. Ofcourse in the art of painting, there is no such concept. I just wonder why only the painting field was left out of this system. But still I would say as in music, a certain kind of style or way of presenting/performing defines the Gharana. Students learn for years from their guru and take the tradition forward. Many students gradually develop to such heights that they create something new out of it. But the base is the same.

I think Artist Sachin Naik has created such a Genre in watercolour landscapes through his style and his book. His style of rendering landscapes would create that base which i am talking about.There was a big vaccum in terms of a good Indian book for guidance on the subject, which Sachin Naik has filled in. It would be of great help to art students who are passionate about painting landscapes. A detail study of this book would create such a strong base in them and then they can develop on their own. But still their work would have some kind of a virtual influence of this Genre.

I would not say that, his is the only one style to paint landscapes, there are others too. There are a very few good watercolour landscape artists in India. And also a style develops accordingly, depending on the nature of the person practising it. Some people are inclined more towards doing detailing, some paint in a bold way or vice versa. The style is what gives an identity to the artist and detailing should be done wherever required in the painting. Just imagine all the artists painting in just one style. The main difference between many other landscapes and Sachin Naik's is that many of the others are just good looking landscapes. They do not reflect the indepth study of the subject and the medium.

Some artist may criticize and say that his style is a very detailed, illustrative one or such kind of comments. But i would say these are those people who paint their landscapes using photographs of the location, sitting in their studios. This artists don't dare to do the details as they know within themselves the limitations of their skills. There are herds of such landscape artists who have come up during recent times, who are exhibiting and selling their landscapes. This artists have only survived because the audience or the buyer is not very much evolved in India. This artists can criticize but cannot ignore his work.

So check out the book. It guides you through 27 study sessions for beginners, as well as others who are practising this art and it also has a Gallery of the best of his works. Presently this book is available only at art shops in Pune, else you can order it through his website. For details to buy the book please go to his site and contact him. Here is the link
http://www.sachinnaik.com/

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

From Ashes to Washes

Its a saying " to rise from the ashes ". I have derived the above title "From Ashes to Washes" from that. Washes in the sense Watercolor washes.
Artist Kishore nadavdekar's painting have been published in the International artist magazine. It's been a great achievement because he has done it without going to any Art college and without any degree or a diploma.
Please read the new article below and join me to congratulate him.
You can view more of his paintings on this link http://www.kishor-theartist.com/