Mandar Marathe Fine Art
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Grisaille
An artist has to overcome various challenges when he or she wants to paint a good painting. The drawing should be right, the composition has to be appealing, the colors should be right and values of the colors should be right too and these are just a few of the things.
In this post, let's see how on...
04 Apr 2017 03:03 AM - Comment(s)
Color Symbolism: Meanings associated with colors

We associate certain meanings with each color we see. This is called "Color Symbolism".


A few years back I painted a series of paintings based on these meanings. All 8 paintings in this series were painted on 8" x 24" stretched canvases and the title of the series is "Impact&...

28 Mar 2017 03:03 AM - Comment(s)
Painting on location
Plein air painting simply means painting on location, outside the studio. Such paintings are mostly landscapes, for obvious reason. Let's get to know more about this method. 

There are basically two environments in which any artist paints. Indoors, where light, wind and temperature can be contro...
21 Mar 2017 03:03 AM - Comment(s)
Comparing oil colors to watercolors

 In this post, I'll try to compare oil colors to watercolors and also explain their peculiarities and differences.


I won't say this medium is better than that or this medium is difficult to learn than the other. Doing such a comparison doesn't achieve anything and is like comparing a sitar and a...

14 Mar 2017 03:03 AM - Comment(s)
Color dimensions

There are many dimensions to color. These Color dimensions help us understand, define and match colors when we paint.


There is color where there is light. It is a simple and a complex subject at the same time. It depends on how deep you want to dig. I'll try to explain few things that I know about co...

10 Mar 2017 03:03 AM - Comment(s)

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