A few days back, I had , "a beat stuck in my
head" after watching a random video of belly dancers on you tube, and I knew I just had to paint one .Normally I paint directly from a single photo reference, not deviating too much from the original photo.However since , I couldn't find a satisfactory photo reference on my favourite reference photo site Paint My Photo, I knew I had to actually work to translate the beat onto paper.
So I began by looking at a number of reference
photos, and quite a few videos of belly dancers in action. Then , I did a few pencil and ( one) colour sketches to find a pose that felt
right to me.
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| Belly Dancer Sketch 1 (c) Monishikha RoyChoudhury |
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| Belly Dancer Sketch 2 (c) Monishikha RoyChoudhury |
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| Belly Dancer Sketch 3 (c) Monishikha RoyChoudhury |
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| Belly Dancer Final Sketch on 300 gsm Watercolour paper, (c) Monishikha RoyChoudhury |
Once I had settled on the pose that
I liked, I did a free hand watercolour sketch on a sample of watercolour paper
I would use for the final painting, to see how the colours, that I had in mind , would look on paper.
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| Belly Dancer Freehand Watercolour Sketch on 300 gsm Watercolour paper (c) Monishikha RoyChoudhury |
Now, this is not my usual process of painting, in that I generally don't have the
patience to do so much preparatory work before actually painting what I
want to paint.The reason why I've decided to record this process here is to remind myself when Im feeling lazy, that preparation is worth it!
Anyway, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the process , so here's the final painting-
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| 'Belly Dancer' Original Watercolour , (c) Monishikha RoyChoudhury , Size 6"x 9" |
Also, in case you're interested in looking at ( or buying) more of my figurative and other watercolours, do visit my Facebook page, 'The Coloured Wall' . If you're interested in buying greeting cards or museum quality prints of my artwork, please visit my profile on Fine Art America .
9 comments:
LOVELY work Mini... worth your efforts.. and to be honest, my favourite is the very first pencil sketch... is that for sale too? I have always had a weakness for pencil sketches... ;)
Hi Srijanee,
Sorry I didn't see your comment here earlier! Yes, the sketch is available, email me if you want this one,or any of the others from my facebook page :D Will let you know the details accordingly!
It is beautiful!!!
Absolutely loved it :)
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Deepika ,
Thank you :D
Varun Raj
Thanks for the info,but im already selling via my facebook and offline contacts .
Oh my ..wonderful creations !l
The post is of belly dancers but it filled with a good pictures. According to me the skill of singing and drawing is a great wish who have get from god. How the lines can makes a fascinating
picture. Here it comes true again. Great work and do better next time than this.
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