Journey
It is twenty seven years now, since I started experimenting with watercolor. Though I had at that time a successful five-year career in oil, switching over to watercolor was anew experience as this medium required an entirely new kind of orientation.
Water colour has the quality of catching the movements of light whether it is subdued softness of the morning mist or the sparkling leaves in bright day light after showers. The moving clouds, thrashing waves, swaying branches, fluttering flags... movement in watercolor.
The prime quality of watercolor, as we all know, is ‘transparency’. We see all things around us through their different shades of colors. The multitudes of their layers bring forth an astounding array of color combinations, which can be depicted with all their freshness in watercolor.
Not only a well-done watercolor painting attracts the attention of the viewers and make them stare and wonder, during the time of their creation they make the artists also to enjoy their vibrancy.
Creation of a watercolor painting is not a mere technical application of paints and trying to experiment as you paint along. It requires a lot of initial planning and visualization of the scene in all its splendor. As correction is almost impossible. It demands dedicated concentration during the process of painting, which many a time, may take very little time. It is during that precious time, one witnesses the movement of colors in water, it’s interaction with paper and other colors.
It is pure magic to see a thin layer of color spreading on the paper, creating a riot. The inter-play of colors is visible and exciting, giving the Artist immense satisfaction.
Quite frequently, even experienced artists look in wonder the unexpected movement of colors acting on their own. All watercolor artists, sooner or later, realise and appreciate that while colors, water and paper are the real actors, the painter takes the role of a Director.