Fresh Olives Sketch

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While roaming around yesterday near the jetty in Guwahati, I noticed few street vendors selling fresh olives. Now these brings back my childhood memories when we used to climb the olive trees to pluck them fresh off the branches. We used to shake the branches for the ones not reachable by hand and there would be a shower of riped olives !! Here olive is a popular fruit to pickle in a very traditional age old way. Btw, olive oil in our cooking is only a recent addition!!

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 6" H x 5" W
Time: 40 min. approx.
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Boat at Guwahati Jetty

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Did this quick sketch today at the jetty in Guwahati. These are one of the many versions and sizes of boat available that runs between both sides of Guwahati ( Guwahati and North Guwahati) over the mighty river Brahmaputra, helping thousands of commuters every single day to cross it. These wooden boats are around 50 feet long. People sit on the roof also along with two wheel vehicles!!

Medium: ink on recycled paper journal
Size: 4" H x 6" W
Time: 20 min.
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Tree Trunk Table

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Guess from what the bottom portion of this table is made of !!?? Let me tell you. This is made of a tea tree turned upside down. Found in many households in the north eastern region of India, the legs of these tables are the branches of the tree with the trunk holding the top. Though this one has only few legs, sometime they can be many depending on the number of branches. Tea trees may have life ranging from 60 to 100 years of plantation. These furniture are made from old trees at the end of their lives. Tea tree may normally grow to 12-15 feet in height , but in tea gardens, the branches are cut around a height of 18"-24", around winter, so that new branches can grow with fresh leaves. Hence these beautiful branches.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 12" W
Time: 60 min. approx.
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Night Jasmines

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Winter is the perfect time for these Night Jasmines and this brings sweet memories of my childhood years growing up in Assam. The name comes because this flower blossoms at evening\night and it has a very sweet but strong fragrance spreading all around. In our childhood, we used to pick these flowers in early mornings of winter days from the dew soaked grasses from underneath the trees. These flowers are also cooked, it has a bitter taste and very healthy.

Medium: watercolor sketch on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 6" W.
Time: 60 min. approx.
Source: live.

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