I started my maternity leave at 36 weeks pregnant, which gave me a good 4 weeks to indulge in all my hobbies before the arrival of the baby. I took out my art supplies and did a lot of watercolor and acrylic painting following tutorials on Instagram and YouTube.
I am a complete newbie at this. The funny thing is I only got a set of primary colors, so you can imagine my struggle every time I wanted a different shade. I was googling things like “how to create green from red color“. 😅
One important lesson I learned from reading articles on how to start painting is – do not wait for the perfect art material. Start with whatever is at hand and then slowly build from there. Although, I did buy basic acrylic and watercolor paper because the normal paper would shrink and colors might not look as you expect them too.
Here’s a bunch of painting ideas for you to get started. 😊
Let me know which one you liked the most. I share all my artworks on Instagram – @paperandprose. Come say hello. 🙂
Linking to Image-in-ing, Wordless Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday by Natasha and Esha.
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So lovely Raj!! I loved each one! Nothing like art to destress or get the creative juices flowing! You’ve done a fabulous job! I want to see them all framed and up on a wall, it would be a knockout feature!! Marvelous!
You are extremely talented Raj. Each and everyone one of the painting is beautiful.
Watercolours is my favourite medium. Love all your paintings but the cosmic love is just simply divine.