Sunday, July 11, 2010

Chandni Valiathan - Baby Duck



Artist: Chandni Valiathan
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Size: 11"x15"
Artist's blog: http://chandnivaliathan-paintings.blogspot.com/

9 comments:

Unknown said...

Chandni, A very handsome little duck with lively colors. Nice reflections.

Chandni said...

Thanx Linda:)

Paula said...

I really love the close up of the duck and the singular reflection. The face is so clear and crisp while the water is so juicy and fluid. A really great job. I find it hard to watercolor such dark images and have it maintain the crisp character of the subject. You nailed it!

Chandni said...

Thank you Paula. I am actually trying to loosen my style a little to bring in more movement or emotion. I often overwork the details and the painting turns out to be very static and boring. So currently I am training myself to work loosely - we'll see how that goes :)

Carol DeMumbrum said...

Great job!! I know how hard it is to get watercolor dark and keep clean without looking muddy. You did a wonderful job of capturing this photo.

Ria Krishnan said...

Amazing... love the water movement.

Horst said...

Very well done, especially the reflection, great colors,

Pat Koscienski said...

Chandni, great painting. I really like the painterly quality that you achieved. I also like the way you unified this painting by using the duck colors in the water and the water colors in the duck.

Chandni said...

Thank you all for the encouraging comments!!