101 Original Ideas for Your Next Water Colour Painting Canvas!

I have a penchant for painting. However life happened and I forgot that I enjoyed creating a life with the help of few brush strokes so much! Come lockdown, and relentless bickering from the extended family about my wedding plan, circumstances inspired my mind to seek refuge in painting again. It was like life gave me another chance to rediscover myself! I went back to my canvas and started creating a few pieces very dear to my heart!

I also realized, it can be a bit tricky to find an idea and execute it. For me, Pinterest, Facebook or even pictures I clicked during my trips came to help. Here I am creating a list of ideas which I hope would help you (as well as yours truly) in the forthcoming painting endeavors!

1. A Sunset by the sea-shore with a few fishermen heading out to the azure waters
2. A Bloom
3. Sunbirds by the bloom
4. Lotus bloom on a pond with dramatic sky
5. A walk under a canopy
6. A root bridge and a few villagers crossing it
7. A Dance form
8. An artist creating his art form
9. A StreetSide painter
10. A muse of a painter
11. A celebration: A wedding/ a puja/ a community dance
12. Durga idol
13. Old mansions of colonial buildings of Kolkata
14. Marine Drive in all her glamour from Bombay
15. A potter at work at his kiln
16. Rural children on their way to school
17. An unfinished painting canvas
18. A circus show
19. A political rally
20. Scene from a rural village
21. A high tea session
22. An urban cafe
23. Ghats of Varanasi
24. Streets of a busy city
25. Kolkata City and yellow taxi
26. Boi para of college street
27. A coffee table
28. A woman selling tomatoes
29. A man busy playing his flute
30. The making of pyramid
31. Dhow cruise on river Nile
32. A giant African Elephant
33. A cowshed
34. Ghats of Varanasi
35. A Bengali bride in red Benarasi saree
36. A battlefield at depicted in the Indian epic Mahabharata
37. A woman dancing under the rain (refer to the song Barsho re megha from the movie Ravan)
38. A forest from a bird’s POV
39. Tribal women
40. The Mongol nomads
41. A sunflower field
42. A full moon night and some silhouette
43. A camel caravan in a desert with a backdrop of sunset!
44. A woman painting her eyes!
45. A pregnant mother giving bird
46. A sleeping street dog
47. The mass migration of India during lockdown
48. A scene from Muktijuddho: Birth of Bangladesh
49. A train to Pakistan!
50. Madhubani fish painting
51. An idyllic scene from rural Bengal: rivers, huts, cows, goats, fishermen
52. A “haat”, a typical market place with a rural setting
53. An elaborate hair do decked up with white flowers
54. A branch of orchid
55. A fruit basket
56. A picnic lunch at African Savannah
57. A working woman from the Masai tribe
58. A big banyan tree by a river
59. A white mountain dotted with poplar trees
60. A trekking route to Mount Everest
61. A rainforest
62. A group of girls going to school
63. A group of women enjoying a dip in the pond
64. A girl gang busy clicking selfie
65. A fish market
66. A fisherman (portrait with the backdrop of a sea)
67. A refugee camp
68. A wall full of political graffiti
69. A mosque minaret during Fazr azan
70. A gold ear-ring (jhumka ideally)
71. An African Mask!
72. The Palawan limestones
73. The floating islands of Loktak, Manipur
74. A scene from the Amazon rainforest
75. A couple kissing in the public
76. A flock of birds against he backdrop of a beautiful sunset (urban set up)
77. Azure sky and island life
78. A whale with her baby
79. A volcano eruption
80. A scene from the lockdown cities
81. A royal Bengal Tiger
82. The Mysore palace
83. A coffee shop from the Old Quarter, Hanoi
84. Doors of Zanzibar
85. A dodo bird
86. A flying peacock in the wild!
87. A horse racing
88. A classroom from a rural school
89. A weaver with his handloom
90. A white night at scene in the arctic!
91. The palaces of Game of Throne
92. A souk from the grand old bazar, Istanbul
93. A shepherd from central Asia
94. A Feet painted with Alta
95. A string of pearls
96. A scene from the barren mountains of Ladakh
97. A cruise ship
98. A trainline
99. A smoker
100. A boat sailing through river Ganga
101. A French Chateau by the sea!