Bunch o Watercolors


Here are a bunch of watercolors from the last two weeks which I had not posted before. The first one is based off a photo online, of Basant in India. Under it is one I did in the hills in Burbank. Below that is a tiny one of Sehwan Sharif in Sindh. On the other side is one of my good friend, Khawar Kashani who took me around Kasur last summer (he's the guy on the right). Lastly, there is a simple watercolor sketch from a drawing session from last year.

Guest Artist 4yr old Ms. Choty


As a special treat, today I present a guest artist. My very own little cousin Sarah "Ms. Choty" Raza, done in 2000 at the ripe old age of 4 1/2. I wrote in the names of the family members as she told them to me while she drew them in my sketchbook. Check out her perfect drawing of me. It's enough to make my pal Cholki (not to be confused with Ms. Choty) who has drawn many caricatures of me, cry.

Old Lahore Watercolor


Just getting back into watercolors. I painted the same image of the old part of Lahore in a few different ways. For the first one, I sketched out the scene in pencil then painted (building layer upon layer) and added some black marker at the end. For the rest I did no drawing, just straight painting. I felt like I had enough of a feel for it after doing the first one that I didn't need to draw it in with pencil. For the second image I just laid down some light washes and built up value a little, then went in with marker for details. For the third and fourth versions I just painted one cool and warm and the other monochromatic. I want to work on landscapes and city scenes for a bit...take a breather from drawing my poor co-workers...