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.
Source: live

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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.
Source: live

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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.
Source: live

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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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sketch of a sunny afternoon

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Sketched this after a gap of almost three weeks. Felt rustic but still nice. The weather is nice now in this north eastern part of the country. After few days of continuous rain it's sunny and a bit warm now but soon the temperature will go down. Welcome winter.

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

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Small Scooter sketch

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These small scooters have filled the roads everywhere. It seems everybody wants one! These 2 wheelers are generally automatic, hence convenient for slow and dense traffic conditions. Some of these also comes in electrical versions. Also great for sketching !

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 6 1/2" H x 5" W approx.
Time: 45 min. approx.
Source: from own reference picture.

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Lifeline of Indian kitchens

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They are the lifeline to most of the Indian kitchens delivering the household cooking gas cylinders door to door every single day on their motorbikes. A very common site where they load up these and rush to and fro.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 6 1/2" H x 5" W approx.
Time: 90 min. approx.
Source: from own reference pictures.

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Flower sketch

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Back to flower sketch again. Did this sketch today from a picture I clicked sometime back at our neighbors who has some beautiful plants and flowers.

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

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Quick sketches from my sketchbook

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 The weather has been in playful mood in Bangalore nowadays. It's been quite some time now since the Sun and the rain is playing hide and seek almost everyday. It may be sunny at one moment but can be gloomy and raining heavily soon after and back to sunny mood again. You may never know which part of the city you will catch the rain at what time!

Few quick sketches from a page of my sketchbook. Goal was to observe and paint the big shapes first and then break them into different tonal value shapes.

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 6 1/2" H x 10" W
Time: 90 min. approx.
Source: from own reference pictures.

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Banana in atercolor II

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The 2nd edition of the banana peel sketches from couple of days back !

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" W.
Time: 60 min approx.
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banana in watercolor I

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I had been exploring other mediums recently and watercolor took a backseat for quite sometime. Couple of days back I was trying to sketch some bananas in watercolor and I was not able to concentrate or focus fully. Half hearten efforts never lead to satisfactory results, I need to engross in the process of sketching/drawing/painting. Yesterday while sketching this, I tried to focus more !

Medium: watercolor on sketchbook.
Size: 10" H x 6 1/2" W.
Time: 75 min approx.
Source: live.

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In His Loving Memory

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"In his loving memory"

Did this portrait in the memory of a great person who believed in sharing knowledge selflessly. A great motivator, mentor, teacher, critique, friend of many, who brought together many like minded artistic souls from diverse fields of work and from around the globe to share and learn together the universal language of visual art. He made people believed in their ability to create art with great inspirations and passion. An architect by profession, he was a traveler, a great photographer and an amazing sketcher in his own unique way. He has left a legacy of artistic knowledge behind him for others to learn from. In his own words - "All that's not given is lost".

Rest in peace, Jorge Royan. You'll be remembered with love for a long time.

He passed away recently.

His website:
http://royan.com.ar/Royan/Home.html

His sketching blog:
http://sketchesjr.blogspot.com/
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Medium: Graphite and conte white.
Surface: Fabriano, 160 gsm tone paper.
Size: 11" H x 8 " W approx.

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Delicate

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Title: Delicate

Medium: Color pencil, Conte white, gouache/poster color and waterproof Ink.
Surface: Fabriano 160 gsm tone paper
Size: 10 1/2" H x 8" W approx.

Status: Available



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Bowlful

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Title: Bowlful

Medium: Color pencil with opaque white [gouache/poster color]
Surface: Fabriano 160 gsm tone paper
Size: 10 1/2" H x 8" W approx.

Status: Available

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Transparent and Opaque

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Title: Transparent and Opaque

Medium: Watercolor with opaque white [gouache/poster color]
Surface: Fabriano 160 gsm tone paper
Size: 10 1/2" H x 8" W

Status: available

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Back to watercolor sketching

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I have not worked with watercolor for quite sometime now since I had been focusing on drawing with colored pencils, graphite, conte etc. specially on toned paper. Feeling rusty with watercolor however it's a great pleasure to pick up the brush again and mingle with colors as well as try new mediums.

Medium: Watercolor on Cartridge paper sketchbook
Size: 11" H x 7 1/2" W
Time: 60 min approx.
Source: Live.

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What's up there!

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Title: What's up there!

Medium: Graphite and Conte' white.
Surface: Fabriano 160 gsm tone paper.
Size: 11" H x 8" W.

Status: available.
 
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Afternoon Glow

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Title: Afternoon Glow

Medium: Colored pencil, Conte' white and graphite
Surface: Fabriano 160 gsm tinted paper.
Size: 11" H x 8" W.

Status: available.

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Steel Life

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Title: Steel Life

Medium: Colored pencil, Conte' white and graphite.
Surface: Fabriano 160 gsm tinted paper.
Size: 11" H x 8" W.

Status: available.

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Fresh Catch

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Title: Fresh Catch.
 
Medium: Colored pencil, Conte' white and graphite
Surface: Fabriano 160 gsm tinted paper.
Size: 11" H x 8" W.

Status: available.

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