Book: Figure Drawing – Tushar Moleshwari

Renowned artist Chandramohan Kulkarni has created a lot of work on Apple ipad with apps like ArtRage, Layers Pro and so on. Here he talks about the technical aspects of painting, and how to handle digital media most effectively.

Flow & Confidence, so essential for working with watercolours can be easily attained from - ‘Watercolour’ by Milind Mulick.

As every artist knows, sketching is the foundation on which a painting is developed. In his masterful way, Mulick explains the use of pencils and ink as well as colour to make sketches. From the rapid, minimalist sketches done in a few seconds to elaborate studies, sketchbook brings a happy smile to the reader’s face and encourages him to take up pencil and begin.

Newly revised edition of this book. Sanjay Shelar is a young artist from Kolhapur tradition of realistic school. Though his main subject of interest is portrait and figure, he is also in constant search of new subjects for landscapes and still life painting. In this book he explains his methods of sketching and drawing, classifying concepts of rapid sketch, time sketch as well as detailed tonal study.