New Works

Ratnagiri Railway Yard, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 21"

Butibori Railway Yard, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 21"

Secunderabad Railway Station, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 21"

Few new paintings I did recently. The last painting "Secunderabad Railway Station" could make it through to the Art Society of India's Annual National Exhibition. :)

All comments and critiques are most welcome.

Winter Morning, Sitabuldi

Winter Morning, Sitabuldi, Watercolour on Paper, 21.5" X 14.5"

 A half sheet watercolour of a very well known street from my hometown. It is a market street and usually very crowded, early mornings, especially in winter, are still very lazy and beautiful :)
All comments and critiques are most welcome.

Sunny Morning Soliloquy

Sunny Morning Soliloquy, Oil on Canvas, 20" X 16" 

Its been some time since I posted anything new here. That is because I was busy completing the colour charts as described in Richard Schmid's book Alla Prima II. Each chart just seemed to take forever especially since I did all of them with a pallette knife. It was certainly an exhausting exercise but I feel more confident with colour now. Of course I will have to keep studying them periodically to grasp all the info they offer. I will be posting them in the near future. I noted that some colours result in really surprising mixtures, for e.g. Alizarin Crimson + Viridian give a beautiful purply-violet, Viridian, alizarin and Indian red are very strong colours and they dominate every mixture much more than the other colours even when added in traces, yellow ochre tends to darken every mixture it is added to etc. I am sure there is a lot more to discover. :)

The above painting "Sunny Morning Soliloquy" was done from a photograph I took very near to the place I live. The background was quite busy and I tried to quite it down to make sure it doesnt distract attention from the centre of interest. All comments are most welcome.

Mallapur Morning

Mallapur Morning, Watercolour on Paper, 20" X 14" 

This is another place very close to my home. I did this from a photograph I took with my phone one morning. I love the wonderful orange that seems to fringe most objects at sunrise. I hope I was able to capture a bit of that in this painting. 
All comments and critiques are most welcome.

Behind Hanuman Mandir

Behind Hanuman Temple, Watercolour on Paper, 11" X 15" 

We have a small Hanuman Temple in the premises of our workplace. Since phones, cameras etc are not allowed I had to do this from a small pencil sketch on a 2" X 2" paper and memory.I wish I had made the kalas (steeple) a deeper orange. 
All comments and critiques are most welcome.

Hislop College Grounds

Hislop College Grounds, Watercolour on Paper, 11" X 15"

Picked up my watercolour brushes after a while now. Did this from a photo I took in my hometown Nagpur. Hislop College is one of the oldest in the city and has extensive grounds. A great place to go plein air painting if you have a group! :)

All comments and critiques are most welcome!

Sunday Morning in Sitabuldi Market

Sunday in Siitabuldi Market, Watercolour on Arches Paper, (22" X 15") 

Sitabuldi is one of the major market areas in my hometown, Nagpur. Normally its very crowded with all the shops open and people buying and selling everything from clothes to shoes, to pencils to locks and even antique coins. Sunday mornings are an exception, however. Most shops are closed and everything is very quiet and peaceful.
All comments and critiques are most welcome.

Adasa Hut

Adasa Hut, Watercolour on Paper, (10" x 14")

Another painting of these beautiful tiled roof houses in the village of Adasa. I have taken so many photos of this place that they may easily last me for a couple of years :).

Thank you everyone for dropping by. All comments and critiques are most welcome.

Low Tide III

Low Tide III, Watercolour on Paper, (10" x 14")

This was painted from a photograph of the beautiful Havelock beach of the Andaman Islands. I am just loving painting these boats.
I hope you enjoy watching these paintings as much as I do painting them.

Railway Bridge

Railway Bridge near Wardha, Watercolour on Paper, (11.5" x 10")

This is a common sight in India. With rail lines running through fields and villages, cattle can be seen grazing all around. I love to travel by train and take reference photos. This one was taken in the outskirts of the town of Wardha.


All comments and critiques are welcome.

Cool Winter Morning

Cool Winter Morning, Watercolour on Paper, (10.5" x 14")

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is looking forward to a great year ahead. I too had a great time, especially with the plum cakes my Christian friends shared with me :)

I did this from a small sketch I made in Nagpur. Comments and critiques please.

Lonely Tree

Lonely Tree, Watercolour on Paper, (14" x 10.5")

This tree stands in a very nondescript location and surely hasn't caught anyone's attention in all its years. There is nothing special about it, except that it looked so beautiful to me standing in the sun as I went jogging past it. The next day I returned to the same place and made a quick sketch. The sketch seems to me to be much better than this painting. I will surely paint this one again, hoping to be more successful.
All comments and critiques are welcome. Thank you all for stopping by and reading my blog.


P.S. The problem with followers seems to have sorted itself out :)

Andaman Morning

Andaman Morning, Watercolour on Paper, (13.5" x 10")

Welcome to my new blog. I shall be posting my finished works on this blog henceforth.

This is a small watercolour I made from a photograph of Andaman Islands.

All critiques and comments are most welcome.

Thank you all for dropping by.