I’ve been fascinated with Lord Ganesha and related mythology. Typically I am not a superstitious or even religious person - more of an atheist really - but for some reason I almost feel as if Ganesha’s a friend

I’ve never done a Ganesha earlier so am not even familiar with the various elements. I started with a dirty sketch in Photoshop based on the elements in a Ganesha picture that had top-of-the-mind recall. Following will show you just how bad my drawing skills really are!

Then I wanted to refine the drawing of these elements and came up with the following one-page sketch.

I then moved to the Canvas board and pencil sketched the outlines.
I laid out some gesso for texture on the white space outside of the Ganesha drawing and acrylic-painted the outlines of the Ganesha in a number 26 black.

I’ve shot the photograph but developing the film is going to take sometime. I’ll keep shooting at various stages of the painting and once the film is developed [ which will happen probably once the painting's actually done ], I’ll upload the photographs and update this post with the complete process.

This was the first stage of the painting.

This was phase two.

I’ve finished the painting [ and it's been sold already too! Yay! ]
I took photographs at some particular stages of the painting but with my Analog Fuji SLR so those shots are going to take time to be developed. Meanwhile I’d shot the final painting with my Nokia N72’s 2 megapixel camera and here’s the picture:

And here’s some more detail

This is the largest canvas I’ve done so far : acrylics on canvas board. Size : 60.96 cms x 91.44 cms or 24 x 36 inches. [ I use the Tri-Star Colman 100% canvas boards - their grain is better than the ones made by Camlin ].

The final painting.

UPDATE : September 07

I’ve bought the painting back from the original buyer after the got reviewed in the Mumbai Mid-day. The midday article is below and clicking on it will take you to a larger picture of the article.

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