Watercolor Painting of Balinese House

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The following watercolor painting, or better say sketch, was made at a verandah of a Balinese guest house. I am staying at this guesthouse at the moment. I have been in Bali for nearly two months now and some of my time here is spent on exploring numerous art galleries in Ubud. If you are interested in visiting art galleries for their classic and modern paintings in Bali, I highly recommend Museum Puri Lukisan and Museum Neka. Ubud is located in the north of Denpasar. This small town is the center of art and culture of Bali. Here, where ever we travel, we will see various artworks displayed in the form of concrete or stone statues, wooden carvings and paintings. Visitors who are interested in learning about painting can attend painting classes that are provided by artists who live in the town.

 

This watercolor painting is about an outdoor view as seen from the veranda of a Balinese house. It was painted by artist Charles Roring.  

 

 
 
 
 

Title: View From the Veranda of a Balinese House

Artist: Charles Roring

Year: February 2012

Size: A4 size

Material: Lyra Watercolor pencils on paper

This watercolor painting is for sale. If you are interested in buying this painting, please, contact the artist via e-mail: charlesroring@gmail.com

 

  
 
   
   

I consider the painting or sketch below as an architectural study of a Balinese house. You can see that there are some notes that I put on the painting to mention the construction materials that are used to make the bungalow. Balinese houses are highly decorated with wooden carvings, and statues. Every Balinese family has pura keluarga or shrine whose entrance gates are guarded by two statues that are carved out of volcanic stones or casted from cement. At the guesthouse where I stay as depicted on the following watercolor painting, the pillars of the bungalow are decorated with relief of carvings.  The wall of the house is constructed from red bricks with some cement coverings that also have some curved relief on them. The combination of gray cement wall and red bricks looks harmonious and natural. The ceiling of the Balinese house is made of bamboo screens that allows the circulation of air from the roof to the room to create a comfortable temperature for the inhabitants of the house. Because daily offerings to the gods are given in the form of flowers, small amount of rice in a small tray or basket of woven janur (young leaves of coconut), the courtyard of the Balinese houses are covered with frangipani or plumeria trees that produce fragrant flowers. You can see the dark green leaves of the frangipani plant in the courtyard.

I make the watercolor painting on the paper of a sketchbook that is thinner that special paper for watercolor painting manufactured by Canson. Making an artwork with watercolor pencils enables an artist to draw and paint during the process. The surface of the paper is fine and quite durable for wet brushing in watercolor works. To make the painting, I used Lyra 12 Aquarelle Coloured Pencils. I bought it from Seni Warna art-shop on Jalan Peliatan of Ubud town. The main shop of Seni Warna is on Jalan Raya Lodtunduh of Ubud town. Here, artists and art lovers can buy a wide selection of art supplies. I visited the shop yesterday to buy a portable easel that is made of aluminum. I also bought two charcoal pencils that I would use for figure drawings. According to the information that I read on the back of its packaging box, these art materials were manufactured by Lyra in Nurnberg Germany. Well, I don't think that they have been imported from Germany. These watercolor pencils, perhaps, have been manufactured in Indonesia under the license from their parent company the Lyra Germany. by Charles Roring

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