Author Archives: Ahil

Apr 13 2012

Paintings For Sale

For Sale

Oil Paintings

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Traditionally Framed Oil Painting of African Women

Traditionally Framed Oil Painting of  Semi Abstract 

Traditionally Framed Oil Painting of Girl in Classical Dress

By Ahil • Posted in Art
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Mar 22 2012

African art

African Art

                         

                              I always interested in the african  form of drawing and coloring them. Their structure and their style of living is remarkable one in my point of view.

I already did one in glass.

http://ahila.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/african-art-on-glass/

http://ahila.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/african-art-on-glass-ii/

                        This time I decided to put it in canvas board. Have a board in the size  of 19 x 29 inch (50 x 75 cm). I sketched out the figures on the board.

Sketch

Image

                                 

                                Now started painting the background color with oil paints, such as, raw sienna, burnt umber, yellow, light red, cobalt blue, prussian blue, green, flake white…..with linseed oil. no turpentine is used as it is slightly allergic to me.  And kindly excuse me as i hadnt remember of taking a click after this work.

                           Then started coloring the figurines’ body color with black acrylic color, as it dries fast (my patience is drying out) and acrylic makes the painting look bright. Working on the costumes is the most difficult part that comes on my way.

                                   I usually paint with bright colors as I was exposed to glass paintings that require bright colors and shiny ones  that makes a dazzling painting. I think thats my part of strength and weakness that i cant blend oil colors to its faintest form. ok…we can leave it….

                                   Now I went on to choose the design for the dress and go on research in net….and got a few….Then coloring for that design become the tedious part in this painting. You can notice africans wearing contrary colors in their costumes, but more or less they appear to compliment each other…So I decided to go on that line….

                              For the third figurine, I ravage thru the colors and first I painted with green and pearl lilac border and then I changed it to yellow with red bars that matches her upperwear.

                               Then what else? The ornaments that match their costume. Put some hip wears also as the black color in the hip is more prominently looks bare.

                                 

                       At last finished…..but i have to sign myself on this art work. I signed at the right corner of the painting as ‘ahil’ (it sounds good!!)…..

Sign

Dec 12 2011

How To Paint Glass Tanjore Painting

Yasoda Kannan IV

Step 5

I finished by giving the background color for the picture. Let it dry. 

Viewing Side (Front Side) of the Painting

Step 6

Framing

Choose traditional frame for tanjore paintings on glass. I’ll frame it after two days of drying and pasting some aluminium foil(0.2 mm thickness which used as chocolate wrappings) over the glass colors wherever I applied the glass colors, just for the glittering effect. This time I just covered wholly with foil. Apply the glue only on the sides where its given acrylic colors. Now mostly I replace glass colors with 3D colors, that wont require any foil behind them to reflect. 


Next see you with Framed Work….