Aquarelle

Painting of a witch-like woman

Geetha B Art, Artform, Bewitched, Painting, Witch 
Painting of a witch-like woman
9 March 2025
Painting of a witch-like woman


I was doing some menial witchcraft work using the white arts to help a friend and got interrupted a few times by the bell including once by Jehovah’s witnesses who were attempting to convert me or so I thought. I said I was not of Christian faith which is not entirely true, nor is it entirely false. I used to say I believed in humanity before but with the idiotic stance of most these days and the unrelenting quest for more horrors of some, my faith in humanity is dwindling and I struggle to believe. 

I decided to start painting again to ease my mind of more complex matters and halfway through just mixing the paints, I realized that the colours were a bit dark. I carried on, however, before realizing that you should not paint when you are irritated or angry because that gets carried into what you are painting. I thought I should publish it all the same, even though it stood at stark odds with my previous paintings and drawings.

And as always, mixing the visual, sometimes the spoken but always an audio of the moment, I give you a song which seems quite suited to my painting.
Painting of a witch-like woman

We live and die - Morcheeba

Watercolour painting of an Indian woman

Geetha B Aquarelle, Art, Artform, Painting , , , 
Watercolour painting of an Indian woman
3 March 2025
Aquarelle of an Indian woman by me


After my watercolour of Sunday 23 February, I decided to paint a woman again. I felt like the blending was picking up again and it seemed to be slightly easier than for the elephant. I stayed more or less within the same colour range as for the elephant and just let the brush strokes take over. I hope you like it.

I am leaving you with a beautiful poem by Gerald Griffin for which the song was created using suno.com .
"Nocturne" - Gerald Griffin (song created using suno.com)

Summoning her Frame

Geetha B Aquarelle, Art, Artform, Ashes, Face, Poetry, Prayer, Sands, Shadorma, Uncategorized

Summoning her Frame

1 September 2017

ET woman
ET woman; 8th aquarelle of aquarelle challenge

 

Wonderland

Place of Miracles

Where we pray

Where we stray

Spending light through sun’s array

Countenance at bay

 

Seething sand

Makes me obstacles

Which I grind

In my mind

Through memories I unwind

Past hidden unkind

 

Singing band

Grant me spectacles

Unknown fame

Face no name

Shimmering through light path tame

Summoning her frame

 

Reading of the poem: 

Flying Elephants (part 1) – Gregory Colbert

Flying Elephants (part 2) – Gregory Colbert

Ashes and Snow – Gregory Colbert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSX444hQ5Vo

Seventh aquarelle : Cherry blossom tree branch

Geetha B Art, Artform, Flowers, Japanese art forms, Tree, Uncategorized , , , , , , , ,

Seventh aquarelle : Cherry blossom tree branch

24 August 2017

 

I am back to my initial challenge of 10 aquarelles and have taken as subject a cherry blossom branch given the recent synchronicity on cherry trees. This time I combined alla prima type of painting with wet on dry painting.

 

It occurred to me that just looking at pink made me cheerful. Perhaps that is where the French saying « voir le monde avec des lunettes roses » (meaning looking at the world with rose-coloured glasses) comes from  🙂

 

I hope you will enjoy the painting and the typical song I thought would accompany it well.

 

Cherry Blossom branch

Sakura – Japanese folk music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxZKIsicwn4

Sixth aquarelle : Isis

Geetha B Aquarelle, Art, Uncategorized

Sixth aquarelle : Isis

22 August 2017

 

Yesterday I had an inclination to paint the Goddess Mother for my sixth aquarelle. Though she is meant to be golden brown, I wanted to use my Naples Yellow that was laying on the palette so changed the tone of her skin.

 

For those who don’t know who Isis is or who have been brainwashed by the adoption of the name to describe a bunch of fanatics which has absolutely nothing to do with her glory, here are some words extracted from Wikipedia :

 

« Isis was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans and the downtrodden, but she also listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers. Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the falcon-headed deity associated with king and kingship (although in some traditions Horus’s mother was Hathor). Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children.

 

In the typical form of her myth, Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, goddess of the Sky, and she was born on the fourth intercalary day. » More information in case of interest at : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis

 

I hope you like the aquarelle and the video from where the image is taken.

Isis

Temple of Isis – Diane & David Arkenstone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmd98J8DjzA

Fifth aquarelle and sketch

Geetha B Art, Artform, Flowers, Mind, Uncategorized

Fifth aquarelle and sketch

15 August 2017

fleurs rouges

This is my fifth aquarelle which has proven to be very ill-assorted to the alla prima technique as the paper was not behaving in the expected way. Upon testing all possibilities I realised I had painted on the wrong side of the paper. I was, however, too lazy to begin again the aquarelle on the other side so continued as it was.

 

The result is a very dry looking composition of flower. I hope you will not be too harsh in your judgement.

 

Meanwhile I also decided to take back sketching as a hobby and have produced this sketch. I find its not so bad considering I am self taught and this is done after several years of not drawing anything. I hope you like it.

 

Old man 1

Poem of the atoms – Armand Amar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si6rLeYU5BQ

Fourth aquarelle: Poppies

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Fourth aquarelle: Poppies

12 August 2017

 

This is my fourth aquarelle using only aquarelle material. This is again a trial of the alla prima technique with a landscape of green meadows where some poppies and other flowers bloom.

I hope you like it.

Poppies Alla Prima

Un petit coquelicot – Mouloudji

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VaFycyOciI

Third aquarelle

Geetha B Aquarelle, Art, Artform, Painting, Uncategorized , , , , , ,

Third aquarelle

12 August 2017

 

This is my third aquarelle using only aquarelle material. I have tried the alla prima technique with a portrait before I think of applying it to nature and to flowers.

 

I hope you like it.

Visage bleu chair

Merging two hearts – Stive Morgan

 

Second aquarelle

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Second aquarelle

12 August 2017

Rose 1

This is my second aquarelle but with better material. The paper used is aquarelle paper and I finally bought a few aquarelle brushes instead of using my big acrylic brushes as I did in the previous painting.

I hope you like the result. The next will be with the alla prima technique and I guess a group of flowers or some landscape.

 

Rose 2

Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven

 

Resuming other arts

Geetha B Art, Artform, Painting, Uncategorized , , ,

Resuming other arts

10 August 2017

I realised yesterday that it had been a while since I had either drawn, painted or even photographied anything with great beauty so I thought I should restart that other creative side of me.

For starters, I will go back to using aquarelle which was not my forte when I used to paint a lot. My best medium in painting has always been acrylic as it does not stay wet for so long as oils do and can be used with minimum care and cleaning required during and after usage. The flipside of acrylic is that as they dry faster than oil, any correction cannot be performed as easily as it could be with oil painting.

My first attempt at restarting the painting side is below with two boys fishing at sea. It is a simple aquarelle painting but not dedicated aquarelle paper. Instead I have used simple smooth paper which is usually used for sketching. The result is a rather hazy aquarelle but I am not unhappy with the result. I have challenged myself to produce a series of 10 aquarelles over the following 10 days changing from the normal technique to alla prima and then attempting other variations but all on dedicated paper for aquarelle. Regardless of the result, I will post it so be kind if you find the painting atrocious 😀

Meanwhile I wish all of you a good evening with a short nostalgic song from Cesaria Evora called Saudade.

 

Boat with boys from Greenpeace USA website 3

 

Saudade – Cesaria Evora

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYY8GJ-i0I