two gateways

posting two gateways,one modern and other an ancient entrance built in stone .As paintings sketches, i like both.In reality, the old is gold!This was painted on last sunday at Dhom village, 75 Km. away place from my city.

wai- temple town.

i was out painting outdoors in wai on sunday.i mostly sketched watercolours and ink pen drawings,as it was too hot to sit in one place.posting some sketchy watercolours.

gokhale institute

This is a very famous institute in Pune.Many artists visit this for painting on weekends.The stone building with arches is a tough proposition,so i have taken a simpler frame and tried to show contrasting light plays on building.

simple objects.

It is always advisable to draw simple objects in initial stages of ones paintings lessons.We all tend to take bigger pictures like monuments ,streeet scapes etc.I am going back in my thought process and painting more of closeup objects now a days.My doors are also the fall out of this phase.this painting is also an attempt to simplify objects and scenes.This one is done very fast too.

few more scrap crops

I was out on this weekend,so couldnot paint.Continuing with yesterdays theme of cropped images.

It is always a big question to me of what to do with my ever growing paintings? Some are good overall,some turn out good in certain areas only.So I have found a way of reducing my paintings ,by cutting them( croping?) physically and paste them on my personal letterhead.I send all my informal notes on such letterheads! All my friends love a piece of fresh landscape stuck on the note!

I also crop them to make smaller frames for gifts.They workout economical and i can utilise my good part of the paintings.I am postong two such images,Approx. 4x 6 inches , but framed in glass,(you can see i couldnot avoid a flash reflection in photos!) which i have gifted to dear ones.

door 3

one more close up of a door in revdanda.I have fascination for doors,especially old types,i can make a series on doors!...