An artist from New Delhi has created a stunning watercolour portrait of world-famous actor Benedict Cumberbatch in his role in the hit show "Sherlock."<br /><br />The footage from August 11 shows the whole artistic process, where Karunakar Gautam - who goes under the online moniker "Kaga Art" - uses vibrant watercolours to fill out the portrait of the famous actor.<br /><br />Gautam told Newsflare: "This is my very first watercolour portrait, I've only done pencil portraits in the past, and reserved watercolours for landscapes, because watercolour portraiture is very hard to accomplish.<br /><br />"Instead of realism, I went with an abstract colourful look and improvised on the lighting. <br /><br />"There is a stark contrast in the usage of colour between portrait and the background, which makes the portrait pop more.<br /><br />"The background has muted colours and features the famous London Eye, and impressions of old buildings, painted in a very loose style.<br /><br />"An interesting and lesser known fact about Benedict Cumberbatch is that he has heterochromia, which I tried to portray in this painting. <br /><br />"If you notice, the colour of eyes is different.<br /><br />"Overall, I had lots of fun painting this, and got inspired to paint a lot more portraits with watercolours later on."
