Here are a few Charcoal drawings. I always love doing these, to keep myself tuned.
We went to Los Angeles (family) which was a whole lot of fun. Here are two pen and watercolor sketch from the trip.
Harry Potter Ride at Universal Studios
Here are 3 paintings: A portrait, a landscape and a still life. Practicing in one genre helps with the other. I feel like I have grown considerably but feel that I have a lot to grow.
Sajal Ali, A Pakistani Actress and Model
A Nocturne (Kashmir)
So instead of painting huge masses first and then adjusting the values and temperature. My approach in these two were that I varied the temperature and value as I moved across the subject. This was quite interesting as I did not have to struggle with dirty color notes. I learnt that I have to deliberately vary the value and temperature gradually, although temptation might be to not to.