My New Works

Dear Friends,

It's been a long time..that I uploaded something on my blog...Yday I was trying my hands on some different mediums and techniques. My dad got me some color chalks made in Thai from the Thailand Exhibition in Chennai, which is said to be dust free and I was very excited.

The immediate thing I did was to take a Slate and draw on it. I like Power Puff Girls and I drew that. This medium is interesting.. my Dad says we can use that to draw on floor in Roads etc., as the road side artist do..it is an appreciated art in foreign countries..but here people use that art to beg..sad...

Then the below picture is a landscape painting combining two techniques. One is masking and the other is spray painting. I masked the area of images using a masking tape and then used a tooth brush to spray the unmasked area.. after a while I removed the masking tape and painted the image area..it has come out fairly well, but the tape medium was not a right choice.. I prefer rubber solution instead of tape...

On-line Competition Prizes

Hi Friends,

It has been long time that I posted some news. Today I am going to write about On-line competition and my prize winning entries. Artshowforkids is a website which hosts online competition for kids and sells the works of child artists. I have been participating in this for the past one year and 3 of my paintings have won prizes.

My painting titled 'Climate Change' won the 1st prize. This is a digital drawing to convey message to reduce pollution. I recommend using eco-friendly fuel (made out of natural things, like bio-diesel etc) which will help reducing polluting smokes, thus reduce Global Warming.

My Painting titled 'Save Trees' also won 1st prize recently. This is also a digital drawing again on Global Warming. Cutting down trees contributes to Climate Change and thus affecting the rain fall, here I wish to request the man kind to save tress.

My other painting titled 'Mother and Child' for the theme 'A Greener Safer Planet' won 3rd prize. This is a feather-craft which has an image of a Happy Mother & Child living in a greener safer environment.

for more details you may check the Ended Public Art show column in www.artshowforkids.com.

I also wish to inform that on 8th july, 2009 my interview in Sun T.V was telecasted for a program 'Saadhikka pirandhom' (born to achieve). I will soon post it in you tube for you to watch.

S.H. Raza or Syed Haider Raza (born 22 February 1922) is an eminent Indian artist who has lived and worked in France since 1950, but maintains strong ties with India. S.H.Raza is better known as the ‘master of colors’. Raza is one of the distinguished Indian artists of the century. His works basically include real and abstract landscapes blossomed with vibrant colors.

His works are mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic, with a very rich use of color, replete with icons from Indian cosmology as well as its philosophy . He was awarded the Padma Shri and Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1981 and Padma Bhushan in 2007.

At a Dec 2006 auction, a painting by Raza reportedly sold for US $1.4 million.

Inspired by Rasaz's style I have painted an abstract series today.. let me know your comments.