gouache studies of lily pads and lotus
"Jallandharnath and Princess Padmini Fly over King Padam's Palace," 1830
The above painting is from the exhibit, "Garden and Cosmos, the Royal Paintings of Jodhpur" which is now at the Seattle Asian Museum. Can you see the lily pads in the water? This is where my painting inspiration came from. At the show I was especially drawn to the imaginative vegetation in the paintings, so now all I want to do are more studies. I ordered the "Garden and Cosmos" book (!) and I am hoping to find it in my mailbox today.
5 comments:
Very nice Janis,
I love Indian painting too, especially the miniatures. Illuminated manuscripts...they are a great source for inspiration.
Very pretty painting! Enjoy the book!
Have a great weekend! ox
this painting reminds me sweet memories ... Jodhpur, the blue city is a place to visit
Gouashe seems to suit you very well - great! I had to use it for colour studies at school and it really wasn't my friend. Is it familiar to you or was this an experiment?
It's always good to try something new. For a long time I've thought that oli painting isn't my thing, but I istantly fell in love when I tried it for the first time last week. Now I'm painting a cherry tree (inspired by Van Gogh) so the blossoms have found their way to paintings here on the other side of the globe too :).
Jennifer - Thank you! And yes, I ditto that. Have you seen the collection of illuminated manuscripts at the Getty? Inspiring...
Natsumi - Thank you! The book is still in transit...I thought I'd have it by now.
Isabelle - What memories you must have! The exhibit had some photos of the city... yes, the "blue."
Sohvi - I hope you post your oil painting of the cherry tree, I would love to see it! Oil painting is actually my favorite medium - I love it, I love the scent of oil too (as toxic as it is). I just don't have a place where I can do it now, unfortunately. As far as gouache goes, I learned to work with it as a textile/surface designer - on the job. It is a tricky paint... now I just mostly doodle with it, sometimes in opaque ways, and other times transparently.
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