Perspective simply means point of view. You need not learn the theory about perspective if you can draw and paint what you see rather than what you know. This seeing can be improved when we know what to see carefully in each object. Linear Perspective Linear perspective tells us how…

Dishes, that have perfect amount of salt, taste best. Don’t they? If the salt is too less, the dish tastes bland and if the salt is too much, you can’t eat it. Same is true for the details in your paintings! You paint very less details and the painting…

All edges should not be painted equal! Some need to be sharp whereas some need to elusive. Use of sharp or crisp edges all over the painting is a very common mistake seen in beginner level paintings. If you want to increase the quality of your realistic paintings, you…

Every good movie has just one main character, the hero or the heroine. This character gets maximum screen time in the movie. Others get far less footage. Good directors do not allow the the supporting characters or even the villain to hog more limelight than the main character. We…

Value is defined as the relative darkness or lightness of a shape in a painting. Darker the shape, darker is the value. Value, Hue and Saturation are the characteristics of color. It is said that value does the work and color gets the credit! Value does 3 things: Gives Form Value…

Hi, Would you like to make your painting process simpler and more predictable? If yes, this post is for you! Working from big to small while painting, is the key for that. Here are the 3 ways you can implement this approach! Shapes When you are composing and making…

Hi, You might wonder how can a palette be limited? You are right, this term is confusing. Let me explain. Limited palette is just a means of saying that you have a limited number of colors on your palette when you paint. Light affects how we perceive colors The color of light determines how an object’s…

Here is the oil painting demo video I talked about last week. If you have any queries about this, please let me know in the comments section or write to me using the form here. Originally published at www.mandarmarathefineart.com on May 12, 2017.

“A farm near Mulshi”, 9" x 9", Oil on canvas My latest landscape painting is titled “A farm near Mulshi”. I have also video recorded every brushstroke that went into making this painting and will be releasing that video soon. For now, see the final painting and the photo I used as the source.