Amit Bhar is a famous Indian watercolor painting artist. He was born in West Bengal in 1973. His paintings are characterized with natural light and shadow. He showed interest in art during his childhood days.
His books during school time shows his taste in art. It was filled with paintings and sketches. The natural beauty of Bengal influenced to start painting at an early stage. He was surrounded by clear skies, village life and natural rivers. He was guided by painting master Shri. Paresh Das, Niloy Ghosh and Subal Jana.
Amit Bhar paintings represent the semi realistic watercolor technique. He creates a unique texture with perfect shadow and light. Apart from watercolor, he is also known for his oil and acrylic works. His Buddha series was inspired from sculptures and cave paintings. He has also completed collage like Rajasthan series.
Here I have selected some of the works from his famous Banarasi watercolor series. Visit artist website here for more works.
Amit Bhar Indian Watercolor Paintings
Mastering water colour is quite hard. the washes are tricky and seeing such amazing work is just unbelievable. how does one achieve such realistic results with water colour?
Ive just looked through amirs work and said those exact same words to my wife! Lol i can paint in oils but my watercolours look like a 5 year old has painted them! Looks like i need to up my game! Practice practice practice!