month of december

the month of december in india is best for outdoor painting.it has just the right amount of chill in the air,with blue skies and warm sunlight.Its a pleasure to sit in the sun and paint in the month of december.I did two outdoor sessions last two weeks .i am posting some results of those sunny days.

istanbul visit nov 2010

I am not posting regularly on the blog,as there are more visible sites like facebook and urban sketchers etc.i have decided to post only the travel sketches or paintings on the blog,as every week posting becomes repitative.i hope all understand this.I visited Istanbul on the way back from my participation in biennale du carnet de voyage at clermont ferrand,france.I am posting some sketches done during my 2 day stay in istanbul,turkey.

expo 2010 shanghai

last week i visited shanghai expo 2010,i did some fast graphical sketches as i ahad no time for proper paintings . A simple black pen and small pad becomes handy in such situations.Drawing any building makes one look at the structure carefully,hence observation becomes important!!..
Shanghai expo has about 200 countries having pavelions ,showcasing their technological and cultural progress.It was fun visiting some of these country cases.

friendship day

Very rarely i draw humanbeings as i am not good at it..but on sunday, being a friendship day i did few watercolour sketches.I also did my usual landscape sketches of monsoon before i did these.posting some for this weeks work.

Rainy paintings.

I am in a mood of experimental painting.Since these are rainy days here in my hometown pune, i decided to use watercolour fluidity to its maximum,and the result i am showing in this post. All these paintings are done on the spot.they are not the copies of the spot,but the inspiration from the spot is w hat i have tried to capture.

some more from konkan visit.

posting few more painting/ sketches .

murud art camp.

I am just back froma three day art camp near my place pune.the coastal town of murud is very picture perfect.it is always a challenge to depict the natural beauty of this place. i have tried to catch the essence of the plce through my sketchpaintings.The art camp was arranged by art2 day gallery in pune.We were about 35 artists who painted on the spot.enjoy the pictures.

fergusson college pune.

for last three weeks i have been going every sunday to this college for sketching.The college is 125 years old institute.the structures are made from local grey stone in neo gothic style.i have tried to capture the essence of the campus in my work.Its holiday time.so not much is happening in the college,which helps me to draw quietly...

Dhom visit 28 mar 10

dhom visit 28 mar 10

posting some sketch paintings of a village Dhom ,near pune.

some recent sketches.

I have been busy with work and lazy with art,so the combined effect was that i didnot have any thing to upload.But last two sundays i was outdoors and have something to share with you all.last sunday i went to a temple town near pune my place. its a wonderful small riverside village with religious importance.It has many old structures which are any painters delite.Also did some university sketches the sunday before.posting some of them here.