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Hi I’m Megha, an artist based out of Bangalore. I have been doodling and painting for as long as I can remember. Around three years back, I shifted to oil paints and absolutely fell in love with it. My work comprises painting a variety of subjects in a realistic style.

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Representational oil painter. Bangalore, IN
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It's been long since I posted here! I've been work

It's been long since I posted here! I've been working on some sketches and paintings (at a snail's pace) for quite some time now. Here's the sketch of Santa Maria della Salute across the Grand Canal, Venice.✨

Used @staedtler
pencils for this.

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Portrait of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur. . . .

Portrait of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.
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Portraits have always been personal to me, as it requires a lot of attention to detail. Even if it is a sketch for practicing purpose, I've noticed that I cannot randomly sketch people without knowing them. Few days back, I came across Gayatri Devi's interview and was in complete awe of the way she carried herself. A prominent political leader of her time known for her philanthropy, Gayatri Devi was also listed Forbes top 10 beautiful women back in the day! Her pictures are so ethereal that they look like they're straight out of Ravi Verma canvas.

Hope you liked this sketch! Would love to know your thoughts :)

These days, I'm focusing more on sketching, as I f

These days, I'm focusing more on sketching, as I feel there's a lot of room for improvement. One of my favourite artists of all times, @andrew_tischler_artist drew this stunning sketch of Mt Talbot in his video and I tried recreating it. I absolutely loved the process and will be sketching more such scenes in the upcoming days!

#sketchendeavour

New work! I had posted a sketch of this reference

New work! I had posted a sketch of this reference a while back. There was something so intriguing about this picture that I ended up painting it!
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Taapsee Pannu from the movie Thappad
Reference pic of the background landscape: @gaurangvashistha .
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When I work with bigger canvases, I take a lot of breaks, stand a bit farther from the easel and ask myself a question almost equivalent to Marie Kondo's "does it spark joy?". If it doesn't, I go back and start making the necessary changes. With this painting, I kept changing skin tones, background, brushwork over the last two months to bring it to a state I'm finally content with :)
Would love to hear your thoughts as well✨

Working on a new landscape piece🎨 #wip #staytun

Working on a new landscape piece🎨 #wip #staytuned
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From the archives✨ Compiling stages like these

From the archives✨

Compiling stages like these reminds me of the challenges I faced while working on the artwork. For instance, I wanted to get a vintage look for this piece, so I kept increasing the warmth with every successive layer. Also, the head was rather too flat on the top and was fixed in the final layer. Getting the shine on her hair was something I truly strugged with, but I finally got a hang of it in the last layer.

I feel sometimes it's important to share the not-so-great intermediate stages as well so that we can learn something from it :)

I know how much you all love a varnishing video, s

I know how much you all love a varnishing video, so here's one for you! Have few more paintings lined up for varnish.
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Using Gamvar gloss varnish
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Also, I remember I had asked you guys to suggest a name for this painting. There were quite a few good suggestions... Thank you! :) I chose the name Aurora✨
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Aurora
12"×16"
Oil on canvas
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If you've been following my stories lately, you'd

If you've been following my stories lately, you'd know I've been working on this piece for quite some time. This one's almost done. Will be sharing the final work soon :)
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