110: Pen & Ink Sketch: College of Engineering, Pune

The College of Engineering main building... what a marvelous structure... with all intricate elements of architecture... 

Plein Air...

Pen & Ink...

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

120 GSM Acid-Fee Medium Surface Heavyweight Paper...

105: Gouache Sketch: Deccan College, Pune, Main Tower

It is certainly so much a pleasure to dabble in a different medium each time you are sketching or painting instead of sticking to a particular medium & even a particular style of painting or sketching. The monotony doesnt exist & the challenge is manifold! At least thats my personal outlook!

So it had to be the Gouache medium this time after a long time. Although water-based, it is opaque, unlike the transparent watercolours. Although the translucent transparency of watercolours is not to be seen in Gouache, its opacity gives it more chance for experimentation & manipulation. And that is fun. 

Deccan College, Yerwada, Pune... Alongwith the Urban Sketchers, Pune.

What magnificent gothic architecture! Truly an artist's delight! 

Gouache Sketch...

Plein Air

11 1/4" x 8 1/2" 

120GSM Acid Free Medium Surface Heavy Weight Paper

104: Charcoal Sketch: Shaniwar Wada, Pune

Shaniwar Wada.... after doing the watercolour painting which I posted earlier, just couldnt resist doing this sketch in charcoal of the same monument albeit from a differnt angle. I guess the place itself is so remarkable, it makes an artist restless to try it out in different mediums.

Charcoal Sketch...

Plein Air

11 1/4" x 8 1/2" 

120GSM Acid Free Medium Surface Heavy Weight Paper

103: Watercolour Painting: Shaniwar Wada Facade, Pune, India | Whatman Paper

Shaniwar Wada.... a historical fortification built by the Peshwe of Pune, India in 1732.

Although the actual palace inside which had been the residence of the Peshwes and witness to all things good & bad, has been long since destroyed, the peripherial fortification with its massive & impressive main gate, the Delhi Darwaza, still stands tall.

What better subject for an artist to draw out his tools & paint away!!!

Plein Air 

Watercolour on 100+ year old Whatman Paper...

14" x 10"

88: Pen & Ink Sketch: Anandashram Facade-2, Pune, India

Inside view of Anandashram, on the busy Appa Balwant Chowk of Pune... once home to Novelist Hari Narayan Apte who lived there from year 1888 to 1919 .... a fine example of the wadas of Pune, now becoming almost extinct with urbanization, modernisation etc. ... sketching done alongwith the Urban Sketchers, Pune

Plein Air...

Pen & Ink...

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

120 GSM Acid-Fee Medium Surface Heavyweight Paper...

87: Pen & Ink Sketch: Anandashram Facade-1, Pune, India

Anandashram, on the busy Appa Balwant Chowk of Pune... once home to Novelist Hari Narayan Apte who lived there from year 1888 to 1919 .... a fine example of the wadas of Pune, now becoming almost extinct with urbanization, modernisation etc. ... sketching done alongwith the Urban Sketchers, Pune

Plein Air...

Pen & Ink...

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

120 GSM Acid-Fee Medium Surface Heavyweight Paper...

74: Watercolour Sketch: Facade of National Film Archives of India, Pune

The Terracotta painted building of the National Film Archives of India in Pune presents quite a visual ! ... Irresistible for any artist to not paint... & especially in its uncommon choice of not-so-subtle colour which required that the surroundings remain in a neutral grey scale.

Plein Air...

Watercolour Sketch...

270 GSM, Rough Texture 100% Cotton Fibre, Acid Free, Handmade Paper...

14" x 10"