2016:
Life is no more the same after getting married, at least with being a self-employed graphic designer who is also a painter. It took me a while (quite a lot of time actually) to get into a work routine.
The biggest battle for me was having my ideal work space, which I still don’t happen to have yet but managed to make it work so far. Then came water colors, I started showing a keen interest in them unlike I ever had before. I have never been a fan of water colors from the time I started pursuing my career as an artist. For me water colors was always a medium for beginners who are yet to learn and understand color theory. But given my new change in schedule and responsibilities, water colors happen to be my go to medium.
Unlike before, where I would spend good long hours on a bigger piece of art, I started creating smaller, more concise pieces after digging through my old water color paintings and materials that I used almost a decade ago.
2018:
What happened through the next few years was purely unplanned, from painting quick water color art in my free time and painting while traveling to teaching every little detail I know about this medium and exploring it completely. I posted pictures and videos of little tips and tricks of my newfound water color obsession on Instagram, which got a lot of attention that I wasn’t expecting. People were interested in learning more about the medium and I realized I had something to offer regarding this. My workshops came to the forefront again. I wanted people to realize the same thing I had, that water colors were not a limited medium but rather a limitless one. Through different techniques and trying different subjects, the versatility of the medium stretched far and wide. The workshops required me to paint different pieces frequently to show the students, which I began enjoying. I found my love for water colors and it became one of my absolute favorite mediums to work with. Students willing to learn more about it was an added bonus.
2019:
My workshops have been divided into two kinds to focus on different levels of teaching, one is a basic workshop which teaches beginners how to work with watercolors and the other is an advanced workshop which takes on more detailed techniques of watercolor painting. The students are required to have good knowledge of color theory and basic watercolor techniques to attend the advanced ones. I, personally, hand-pick students for the advanced workshops in order to gauge their level of art and teach from that. Teaching has been a rewarding experience for me. On that note, here’s the third Basic Watercolor workshop of 2019 to be conducted soon (click below to sign up and learn more) in my new office space. It is crazy how one little thing you were experimenting with a few years ago, can become a huge part of your life.