Sketching after a busy day

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When you don't have time to do any sketching the whole day, still try to do whatever you can manage. This watercolor version is what I managed to do today after a busy non sketching day. This is based on one of the graphite sketches I sketched yesterday when I noticed an umbrella moving around under the sun.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 6 1/2" H x 4"
Time: 25 min.
Source: from graphite sketches done live.

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1st sketch of 2015

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A new year, a new day and start of a new sketchbook as well. Though the day began with rain even before the dawn, the day turned from gloomy to beautiful sunny by afternoon with a very nice weather. It was good to go out to the Musical Fountain Park again to sketch as well as meet and greet many people. I hope you have also started your new year with some beautiful colors. Happy New Year, 2015 to everybody!

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 7 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W
Time: 60 min.
Source: live

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Here are couple of pictures at the Musical Fountain Park, Bangalore from the 1st of January, 2015. A beautiful sunny evening to end the day with.

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Last sketch of 2014

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Last sketch of the year 2014. Thought of not sketching today until almost the daytime was over when heart took over mind and decided to finish the year with one more sketch. Also took the advantage of testing the brush my wifey has recently sent to me. It's a Pro Arte Prolene 101, size 16 synthetic brush, however very soft to work with, holds good volume of wet pigment and comes to a brilliant point to paint those sharp corners with ease. Very happy the way it has responded. Wish you all a very Happy and Colorful New Year, 2015!

Thanks a lot again wifey for this brilliant gift!

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" W
Time: 60 min.
Source: from own photo reference.

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Bird sketches from Guwahati.

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These birds were sketched on location. I sketched the black kites on the right page in the Guwahati Zoological Park, Assam a few months back. The cranes on left page were sketched only with few graphite lines at the Dighali Pukhuri, Guwahati as they were looking for small fishes and insects a little in front of me while I was doing another sketch. Yesterday, I thought of adding some colors to them and ended up putting them in an imaginary scenario!

Medium: watercolor and graphite on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 13" W
Source: live, added the colors for the cranes at home.

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Sketching at Venkatappa Gallery and Government Museum

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It's a gloomy and cold day today here in Bangalore. The Sun is hardly showing its face. Went to Venkatappa Gallery and Government Museum to sketch with few others and did this sketch early in the morning. It was great to meet many sketching people there on the last Sunday of this year!

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 13" W
Time: 60 min.
Source: Live

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My second sketch from today at Venkatappa Gallery and Government Museum, Bangalore. It has a nice lotus pond with a bridge across it.

 

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 8" W
Time: 60 min.
Source: Live

 

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Sketching at Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain Park

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Today's sketching effort at Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain Park, Bangalore. Doing that quick and small tonal value sketch before starting the colored one was more than valuable.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 13" W
Time: 90 min.
Source: Live

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The 2nd sketch of the day at Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain Park, Bangalore. Done very quickly just to capture some tonal values and aerial perspective in the late afternoon sun.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 13" W
Time: 30 min.
Source: Live

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Season of Oranges

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It's the orange season now here in India and they are available everywhere. In our growing up days, having them under wintery sun was we used to look forward to every year!

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" w
Time: 40 min.
Source: live

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Birthday Gift!

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A birthday gift that came all the way from across the continent. Thanks a lot my sweet wifey for sending me this beautiful brush! I am delighted!!

There's something special about these bell peppers/capsicum. They become translucent and glow with their beautiful subtle colors under sunlight.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" w
Source: live

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Today's sketch

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Today's quick sketch at Claytopia cafe, Koramangala, Bangalore. Looking for big shapes, using loose brush strokes and complimentary colors, building tonal values as well as edge variations.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" w
Time: 20 min.
Source: live

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Plein air sketching at NGMA, Bangalore.

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My plein air sketching effort at National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore this Sunday. It was good to go out, sketch and paint.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 13" W
Time: 90 min.
Source: live

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Few more sketches from same day that I did at National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore. I always find it handy to carry more than one sketchbook while sketching on location. While a wash or layer may be in the process of drying [sometime it may take forever] it's good to utilize the time observing and doing quick sketches of other interesting elements and views around.

Medium: watercolor & graphite on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 13" W, 3 3/4" H x 6" W,
Source: live

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Areca nut and Betel leaves

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Areca nut and Betel leaves are used in northeast region of india in all sort of formal occasions and rituals, apart from chewing for their mild stimulant effect. Known as 'Tamul' [areca nut] and 'Paan' [betel leaf] in Assamese, not long ago, they were used to offer in pairs as a formal wedding invitation to guests [ along with verbally explaining the whole schedule of the event!] and other formal of occasions. The Areca nut tree may grow approx. 30 feet in height and the betel leaf plants are grown on the trunk of these trees. The husk of areca nut is green while it is fresh and the nut inside is soft, as it ripens the husk turns orange and the nut hardens like wood.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" W
Source: live

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Thank you very much!!

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*****Muchas gracias, merci beaucoup, multumesc frumos, grazie mille, danke schon, dank je wel, thank you very much, dhanyabaad, tumbā dhan'yavādagaḷu!*****

My heartfelt thanks to you all for your lovely birthday wishes which filled my day with joy! I am overwhelmed to get your wishes as well as encouraging words from all parts of the globe and I am thankful for them. I really appreciate this from the bottom of my heart!

Thank you very much, my sweet wifey for your love and encouragement and making my day special.

Here's a sketch of a pair of colorful string dolls/puppets from the state of Rajasthan, dedicated to you all! Thank you very much again!

Medium: watercolor and opaque colors on sketchbook
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" W
Time: 60 min.
Source: live.

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Sketching at Kids' Carnival

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Yesterday I had the chance to attend a Kids' Carnival in the city organized by one of the internet service provider for their employees' kids. It's an annual day event and I accompanied Toon Master Dinesh who was invited to do live caricatures of the children! I took the opportunity to do few sketches as well in midst of loud music, running children and busy parents!

Medium: Ink and watercolor wash on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 13" W
Time: 60 min.
Source: live.

 

 

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The 2nd sketched that I did at the kid's carnival on Saturday afternoon. It was great to see the exciting kids, their parents, balloons, the colorful environment all around!

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 13" W
Time: 30 min.
Source: live.

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Concrete Jungle

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Constructions everywhere, it's a concrete jungle. This is a very common site now in every small or big cities. Concrete structures are growing taller than the tress around.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2"
time: 90 min.
Source: Live

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Sky Studies in Watercolor

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Couple of quick sketches that I did earlier this year which I missed to share. One thing I like about Bangalore is it's beautiful clear sky almost all through the year.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 6 1/2" H x 10" W.
Time: 20 min approx for each.
Source: live.

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Gratitude

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At times we often ignore the simplest of things in life. Grateful to be blessed for everything.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" W.
Time: 45 min.
Source: live.

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Happy Thanksgiving

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Happy Thanksgiving to everybody who celebrate this day of gratefulness.

My sincere gratitude to you all for your blessings, kindness and encouragement which keeps me going. My thankfulness to my dear wifey for your constant support, for walking beside me, for showing your trust in me and for motivating me to keep my focus centered. I am thankful to God for showing me the correct path.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 13" W.
Source: all live except the flower on bottom right which is from a reference pic by dear wifey .

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Banana Flower or Banana Heart

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Banana flower is a large, red-purplish blossom that is at the end of a stem growing out of the banana tree. When the protective covers are peeled off it, the small bunches of flowers are revealed which grow into bananas. This flower is eaten with meal in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The slight bitternes of its taste may vary between different varieties. Btw, it's also known as 'banana heart'!

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 13" W.
Time: 120 min.
Source: live.

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Some Inspiration to Sketch

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Some sun, some shade and every thing looks interesting and inspiring to sketch, draw, paint. One requires to develop the observation skill for it. What is your inspiration story!?

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" W
Time: 120 min.
Source: live.

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Greater Adjutant Stork

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Sketch of a Greater Adjutant Stork. Saw this big bird at the Guwahati zoo. It has a white collar ruff at the base of its bare neck and a pendent like inflatable air pouch which connects to the air passage. The life span of this bird is 35 years.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" W
Time: 60 min.
Source: from own reference picture.

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