Painting in Progress

Welcome to the painting in progress section. I love the look and feel of a finished work of art especially a beautiful painting. Oft times when I look at a finished painting what I always try to unravel is how the artist painted it.

As a self taught artist and one who is learning along the way; I derive a lot of joy and inspiration whenever I am opportune to study the process involved in making a painting. I love studying artists’ techniques, approach to a work and an artist’s choice of colours.

All this is so not because I have the intention of copying the artist (that would be blatantly deceiving myself!). Rather, I study artists’ styles because I want to bolster and discover my own style. All the great artists of our time for example Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo or Picasso had their own unique styles. They each developed a style for and with which they were known for (Signature style). Thus in essence, every good artist should strive to have a unique style.

In this section, I would be giving a step by step demonstration on how I produced some of the paintings on this site. You may or may not be familiar with the techniques I use when painting. Either way I invite you to take a peek into my world as I develop paintings from the very first pencil sketch to the last brush stroke.

While you are here, I implore you to try as much as you can to leave with something. The goal of having this section is not to advertise my painting prowess but to give you (amateur artist and professional artist alike) a few ideas. The anticipated result is that you would get the courage to break away from the norm and develop your own style........your own signature. Most importantly, I hope you would leave inspired.

This section would be updated regularly so be sure to come back for more inspiration.