Bhai Baghel Singh 2

So after completing the first Bhai Baghel Singh speedpainting, I went back to it to work on it more. I tried changing up some compositional elements. I moved him closer to the Red Fort and changed the angle at which he approached the fort. I also added some cannons and armies in front of him (or behind him depending on how you look at it). However, after some serious consideration I found that the first composition works better. I mean there are things I like about this one that aren't present in the older one, but I think I handled the values much better in the older one and that gives it an edge over this one. I am going to stop here and continue to work on other paintings that are closer to completion, and take a break from it so that I can revisit it with a fresh eye.

Speaking of breaks I took a long break from the Battle For Hindustan mod. Hopefully the mind will get back to it soon and will finalize the things that it was working on.

Bhai Baghel Singh

So recently I haven't blogged as much as I wanted to.  It was a mix of not feeling like it, and not wanting to post rough, unfinished sketches of random things. These past few months, I have just been studying, composition mainly but also random things like frogs and trains. I feel like I need to work on my composition more and focus on having interesting, larger shapes in my piece. I also think that I should broaden my mind by studying things I haven't studied before. Don't get me wrong I have studied plenty of frogs when I used to live in India, hopping around in my bedroom floor. And I have studied trains, riding them back and forth, in commutes to my university. :D But to draw them is a different kind of study, and more mandatory as an artist., and that's what I have been doing since November.

But not having blogged, last month I decided to do a speed painting suggested by you guys who follow my work. Most people voted for Bhai Baghel Singh and sikh misls capturing the Red Fort. And so so last week I released the speed painting of this event. Check it out: