How to Create an Impressive Demo with Milind Mulik?

Well, then came the best part of the month of May. The world renowned artist, Mr. Milind Mulick once again enthralled all the eager participants of his demo/workshop on the topic of Value Study in a painting.

This was held on Sat. May 28. Watching him paint as he talked about the process, was really so amazing and I for one, decided not to paint along with him. First of all one cannot keep up his pace, and secondly, 

I did not want to miss any tips and lessons he was incorporating in the session. So, with that conscious decision I followed every little sweep and stroke of his brush! 

Even the talk on brushes was so informative and interesting. He talked about his own signature brushes too. The brush he used that day was a small flat brush, especially to paint the water and the houses in the scene. His palette too was limited to Phthalo Blue, Cobalt green for the water, plus some Ultramarine blue. Hansa yellow, Crimson and Neutral tint….. that’s it.

In drawing the boats, he stressed the importance of perspective and gave a simple description of boxes and use those as guidelines for boats. What a unique way to describe the process! 

As for the skies a light wash of greys and yellows was the basic tip.

He, once again talked of the five consistencies of the water to pigment mix, which he stresses each time and that makes quite a mark on your mind.

The main theme he stressed on was the tone, which he thinks is more important than the exact color.

As he added layer upon layer of glazes on the water, all this came alive and we all lapped up every little detail of this process. I know I learnt a lot that morning as did all the other participants, I’m quite sure.