Eye madness..

Hello everyone, I wanted to show you what I have been up to this past month. You may think me crazy but I made several hundred tiny irises for my sculpts. I think they came along well and will add more realism to my sculpts. They range from 1.5mm to 5mm and I created more than 70 styles. I like to be spoiled for choice To be truthful it was hard to stop making them, almost needed an intervention to stop These eyes are addictive. They are made from paints, clay and resin. Each one is unique and the details will amaze you.

Here I am showing just a sample, pic is not very high resolution but hopefully you all will get an idea. still need to add the whites which I will do as I need them for sculpts Let me know what you think...

 This is my treasure trove :D

Touch of Spell

Ok several months later I have finally finished her. She decided to be a witch finally.
My thought behind this sculpture was how in the race of achieving certain things in life we sacrifice some part of our self or soul.
Here, she is working a spell to gain power of levitation and butterflies denote the magical power of her spell. The blooming rose tattoos on her back denote her soul's innocence. Butterflies can be seen feeding on those roses. In a way depicting that whatever we gain we are sacrificing some part of us for it. It is up to us to decide whether it is worth it or not.

Hope you like her :)
Do not miss her ebay auction:-http://www.ebay.com/itm/Touch-Of-Spell-Ooak-WITCH-by-Divya-Gupta-Sapphire-Fantasy-Arts-ADSG-ODA-OG-/181564725474?pt=US_Dolls&hash=item2a4619d8e2

A poet's muse

I wish I hadn't mucked up on lotus buds. If only they were a little softer....

Moon at Night

Moon as she glances into our world through the veil of night....

Also done a year ago. Watercolor on journal page with digital background.

Lotus Nymph

This painting was done last year in a day. size was approximately postcard size.
I hope you like it.

Testing the waters (watercolor swatches)...

Here are some swatches I did in order to study the pigments I have. I hope some one finds them helpful....

The complete selection of watercolor paints comprising Daler Rowney, Aquafine, Fragonard (Pebeo), Pebeo fine, and Camel artist's (Camlin Indian brand):

Earths are mainly Camlin. I tried to get the scans closer to actual colors but some colors proved very tricky to scan right. Specially french ultramarine and cobalt blue deep.

Detailed pics (Click to enlarge):

Yellows and Reds:
I ordered quinaphthalone yellow, unfortunately the seller was unable to deliver it. So for now I am using Lemon yellow by camlin instead.

Left to right
1st Row: Lemon yellow-? (camlin); Aureolin-PY40 (daler rowney); Permanent dark yellow-PY65 (fragonard); Indian yellow-PY153 (daler rowney); Warm orange-PO73 (daler rowney)
2nd Row: Perm. Magenta-PV19 (Fragonard); Perm. Carmine-PR5 (Fragonard); Quinacridone red-PR209 (DR); Pink madder-PR209+PY65 (Frag.); Vermillion hue-PR255 (DR)
3rd Row: Permanent Rose-PV19 (DR); Ruby madder-PR122 (Frag.); Magenta- (camlin); Permanent Magenta- PV19 (DR); Cobalt Violet- PV14 (Fragonard)

Violets, Blues and Greens:
Left to right
1st Row: Indanthrene blue-PB60 (DR); Indigo-? (Pebeo); Fragonard Violet- PV23 (fragonard); Permanent Mauve-PV23 (DR); Ultramarine Violet-PV15 (daler rowney)
2nd Row: French Ultramarine-PB29 (DR); Cobalt Blue deep-PB72 (DR); Prussian Blue-PB27 (Aquafine); Pthalo Blue-PB15 (Frag. Pebeo); Cyanine Blue-PB15:3 (Frag.)
3rd Row: Veronese Green-PG50+PY3 (Frag.); Cyanine green-PG7 (Pebeo); Fragonard Turquoise green- PG50+PG7(Fragonard); Manganese blue- PB15:3+PW5 (DR); Cerulean blue- (Camlin)
4th Row: Hookers Green-(camlin); Hooker green dark-PG7+PY65+PY74 (Fragonard); Sap Green- PG7+PY65+PY74(Pebeo); Green gold- PY129 (DR); Payne's Grey- PV19+PB15+PBk7 (Frag.)

 

Comparison of some violet pigments. fragonard violet is duller, muted and darker than permanent mauve by daler rowney though they both are same pigment PV23. Camlin one is similar in hue but but very weak color (less staining and pigmented) compared to others. Where as camlin magenta is surprisingly unique, bright, smooth, pigmented and lovely red violet (though what pigment it consists of is mystery).

And then three swatches at last comparing three pthalocyanines I have.

Earths:
Left to right
1st Row: Naples yellow- (Camlin); next four various raw siennas and ochres from different camlin artist's watercolor boxes collected over time.
2nd Row: Burnt sienna-PR101 (Fragonard); Raw Umber- (Camlin); Raw Umber- (Camlin); Raw sienna-PR101 (Frag.); Yellow Ochre- (Camlin);
3rd Row: Burnt sienna-PR101 (DR); Burnt sienna- (Camlin); Burnt sienna- (Camlin);Venecian red- PR122+PR101(Frag); Sienna?-(camlin)
4th Row: Perylene Red-PR179 (DR); Perylene Maroon-PR179 (DR); Transparent Red Brown-PR206 (DR); Light red-(camlin); Light red-(camlin)
5th Row: various burnt umbers from camlin.

 

These are all camlin earths except first one from left in 2nd row. That is Fragonard raw sienna. It is weaker, more earthy and granular than camlin raw sienna's.

Love the vibrancy of Daler Rowney colors:

1st Row: Burnt sienna-PR101 (DR); Perylene Maroon-PR179 (DR); Perylene Red-PR179 (DR); Permanent Rose-PV19 (DR); Quinacridone red-PR209 (DR); Warm orange-PO73 (daler rowney); Indian yellow-PY153 (daler rowney);
2nd Row: Transparent Red Brown-PR206 (DR); Vermillion hue-PR255 (DR); Ultramarine Violet-PV15 (daler rowney); Permanent Mauve-PV23 (DR); Permanent Magenta- PV19 (DR); Cobalt Blue deep-PB72 (DR); Prussian Blue-PB27 (Aquafine);
3rd Row: Indanthrene blue-PB60 (DR); Manganese blue- PB15:3+PW5 (DR); Green gold- PY129 (DR); Aureolin-PY40 (daler rowney);