Blank Canvas to Art Piece

Looking at an artist translate a blank page into a beautiful piece of artwork using just some lines, colours and patterns is a form of meditation for the mind, brings peace and tranquility to the soul and relaxes the body as a whole.

Illustrator Amar Kale has explained the process to create a colourful digital illustration just the way he does to make his own pieces of work.

Portrait paintings are generally made with the help of a reference image or an actual model, but exceptions are always there.

Amar here is explaining the portrait-creation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with no actual photograph available of him for reference. Since he came from the 17 th century, a time when cameras were not in existence, Amar visualizes his character in the mind and paints accordingly.