Welcome to another sketchbook tour! Filled with acrylic and gouache paintings, random ideas and quirky sketches, this one took me nearly ten years to complete. Hope you enjoy it! You can also watch on and subscribe to my YouTube channel. There are subtitles available, and the transcript is below if you need to read as... Continue Reading →
Remember the last time I did a live quick-draw on Instagram?! Well, it happened again, as one of the demos for the Super Seconds Festival in my previous post and it was so much fun! My followers suggested a variety of fun things to draw (mostly dogs!)... And it was an adventure in paint and... Continue Reading →
Sly as a fox” is a traditional saying, painting the fox as a very crafty and cunning hunter in many fables and stories, so, over time, the fox became associated with trickery. I painted this fox in an instagram live "quick draw" the other day; it was requested by Sinead of The Crafty Fox Market,... Continue Reading →
Today, I went live on my instagram @artysubu, and did a 'Quick Draw' session in my sketchbook. I asked my followers to suggest things that I should draw or paint, and it turned into a very fun hour, chatting with people and filling my spread. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CWQcaayofbd/ I used gouache and pencils as per usual, and... Continue Reading →
Everyone who knows me would unanimously agree that I, Arati, am a dog person. I don't by any means hate cats at all, I just prefer dogs! But, lately, I have been painting rather a lot of cats... Mostly influenced, I have go admit, by my sister's rescue cat, a lovely lad. This latest piece... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, welcome to my new sketchbook tour! A quick tour of my Strathmore Artist Tiles sketchbook, filled with pencil, markers and gouache. I showed you how I filled the last pages of this one in a previous video post, and here's the full tour. Enjoy! You can also watch on and subscribe to my... Continue Reading →
This beautiful quote really sums up my lovely dad... This past weekend, it has been nine years since he gave me a second chance at life along with one of his his own kidneys. That's why I thought sharing my painting of this Richelle E Goodrich quote was particularly appropriate. Share your favourite quote that's... Continue Reading →
Unfinished work. How rarely we artists show this stage of our process on social media! I, like others, am definitely guilty of preferring a pretty grid to one filled with work in progress. Painting a Christmas card idea And yet, a lot of my pieces are the most interesting in this stage. There are so... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone! I got this kit for Christmas 2020 from my family. In this video I'm showing you what I made with it. Don't forget to keep an eye open for part II coming soon, in which I'll paint the pieces in gouache and acrylic! Hit that like button if you enjoyed it, and subscribe... Continue Reading →
A long, long time ago, I can still remember when pastels used to make me... SMILE! Well, they still do now... this is a 2004 painting 'Feather and Egg' I made using oil pastels (Pentel, I think) and it's a piece I still really love today. Feather and Egg pastel painting Thankfully I still have... Continue Reading →
This is a #tbt (Throwback Thursday) to that time I hand-painted a little elephant for the Elephant Family tuktuk race waaaaaaaay back in 2015! The finished elephant It was painted all over in hearts and branches as per the design given to me, and then went to be varnished before it was attached to the... Continue Reading →
Here is my actual, real-time process. Slow, precise strokes, taking the time to think, then paint. This is all I can actually do in just 15 seconds. So take these moments of painting zen and just BREATHE. It's not always necessary for artists to make a new piece of work every day and post on... Continue Reading →
These three pictures represent a few highs and lows over the years. Sometimes pieces you make work and sometimes they don't. First is my Spring Ladybirds teatowel, an underperforming favourite for ... I really love the quirkiness and freshness of it, but it's really not done too well at all in terms of popular opinion.... Continue Reading →
It's the bit that takes place inside my own head that is the most detailed, convoluted, interesting part of the way in which I make art. A stream of consciousness type of feeling, that can last minutes, hours, days, months and even years, before spilling out in the form of a finished piece of art.... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone! I did a new painting and turned it into an art print titled "Indian Papaya"... and I filmed the whole process in real time for you! Get a cup of tea or coffee or a glass of water, and come watch as I chat and explain what I'm doing as well as a... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, welcome to my first sketchbook tour! This is a mini-Moleskine i.e. a Moleskine Pocket, and it took 10 years for me to fill it! I hope you enjoy this one. If you do like my video, please do click the like button, so I know that you enjoyed it. You can also watch... Continue Reading →
This week's video is all about sharing my gouache painting process videos for the first ten prompts of the 30 day challenge that I just finished while talking about the five lessons I learned from doing this challenge. You can also watch on and subscribe to my YouTube channel. There are subtitles available, and the... Continue Reading →
Here's the latest new video up on my YouTube channel ... I'm starting a new sketchbook after I finally finished the last spread (see my previous post for that video!). If you are thinking about getting some gouache paints, you might find this video helpful. I have filmed this in real-time, and talk through why... Continue Reading →
Day 7 of the 30 day challenge, using the prompts from the Creativebug + Lisa Congdon 'Inktober' class. Gouache + pen on paper. ©Arati Devasher.
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