153: Gouache Sketch: Pune University rear side, Pune

Pune University rear side, Pune... The quaint steps &railings & lamp-posts at the rear side of Pune University present a picturesque landscape.. Enough food for an artist to want to sit down & paint...

... alongwith UrbanSketchersPune.

Plein Air...

Gouache...

14" x 10"

100 year old Whatman Paper... a family legacy!

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152: Pen & Ink Sketch: Vridhheshwar Mandir, Pune

Vridhheshwar Mandir, Pune...

Plein Air...

Pen & Ink...

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

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

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150: Pen & Wash: Ganesh Temple at Vithhal Mandir, Pune

Ganesh Temple at Vithhal Mandir, Pune... 

Plein Air... Alongwith the Urban Sketchers Pune

Always fun to work with this group.

Pen & Wash on Paper

8" x 11"

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139: Pen & Watercolour Wash Sketch: A street view, Pune

Solapur Bazaar Road, Camp, Pune...

This building seemed complicated to sketch at first sight. But was fun as it went along.

Alongwith the Urban Sketchers Pune Group...

Always fun to sketch & paint with this group.

Plein Air...

Pen & Watercolour Wash Sketch

120 GSM Acid Free Medium Surface Heavy Weight Paper

11 1/4" x 8 1/2"

136: Soft Pastels Sketch: Cowasjee Dinshaw Hall & Library, Pune Camp, India

Cowasjee Dinshaw Hall & Library, East Street, Pune Camp, India.

Sitting on the busy city streets alongwith the Urban Sketchers Pune group is indeed a heady thing to do. There's a peculiar fire in the atmosphere to do your best. Just cannot catch up with others doing multiple sketches within the 1 & 1/2 hours that we get. Plus most of the finishing work remains to be continued after getting back home. But its definitely fun nevertheless.

Plein Air

Soft Pastels on Cartridge Paper

11.5" x 8.5"

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134: Soft Pastels Portrait

Live-model Portrait

Tried pastels for portrait for the very first time.

At Manjiri More's "Friday Portrait Group" at "StudioatPune".

Soft Pastels on Tinted Paper

9" x 11.5"

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122: Graphite Sketch- Old Bungalow, Off F.C.Road, Pune, India

A wonderful old house at the corner of one of the bylanes of F.C. Road, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune.

Graphite Sketch...

Plein Air... 

11 1/4" x 8 1/2" 

120GSM Acid Free Medium Surface Heavy Weight Paper

121: Pen & Watercolour Wash Sketch- Garware Bridge, Pune, India

Garware Bridge, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune... with back-drop of the statue of Sambhaji Maharaj... 

A centrally located area with all the hustle-bustle of city life... very crowded throughout the weekdays but offering a little respite this early weekend Sunday morning alongwith the Urban Sketchers Pune.

Pen & Achromatic Watercolour Wash... 

Plein Air... 

11 1/4" x 8 1/2" 

120GSM Acid Free Medium Surface Heavy Weight Paper

120: Collage Sketch: Old Mansion, Goodluck Chowk, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune

Old Mansion, Goodluck Chowk, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune

Collage Sketch... an experiment with the Urban Sketchers Pune... a unique experience with square craft-paper pieces pasted onto the drawing paper before starting the sketch. Then sketched over with charcoal pencil & white gel pen.

Plein Air... 

11 1/4" x 8 1/2" 

120GSM Acid Free Medium Surface Heavy Weight Paper

115: Graphite Sketch: Front Porch: College of Engineering, Pune

Front Porch, Main Building, College of Engeneering, Pune

Graphite Sketch...

11 1/4" x 8 1/2" 

120GSM Acid Free Medium Surface Heavy Weight Paper

112: Charcoal Sketch- College of Engineering, Pune

The College of Engineering, Pune.. The Tower.

Plein Air...

Charcoal Pencils...

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

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

108: Watercolour Sketches: Human Figure Study in Watercolours on Whatman Paper

Just a study of human figures in various positions & attires...

in Watercolour on Whatman Paper... 

a fun lesson... & fun to do anytime, all the time... 

107: Oil Pastel Sketch: The Flower Vase

The Flower Vase... my favourite ceramic vase... 

An Oil Pastel Still Life sketch...

Oil Pastels... a versatile medium... the effect can be close to oil paint or acrylics & much easier to handle... although a very tricky medium nevertheless... it may not behave the way you want it to at times.... but fun all the same.

Cartridge Paper

7" x 10"

99: Charcoal Sketch: Kasba Peth, Pune, India

Kasba Peth in Pune, one of the oldest residential parts of Pune... this location sketched alongwith the Urban Sketchers Pune, is exactly adjacent to the Kasba Ganapati Mandir that I sketched & posted a few blogs back... the peths of Pune as the old parts of the city are called, with their typical wadas ( residences ) are an artists delight for sketching... & the play of light & shade that emerges on a sunny morning are an even more attractive feature to capture.

Charcoal Sketch...

Plein Air

11 1/4" x 8 1/2" 

120GSM Acid Free Medium Surface Heavy Weight Paper

98: Watercolour Painting: A Rural Landscape | Imaginary | Whatman Paper

A Landscape... An Imaginary Landscape... An Imaginary Rural Landscape... 

Watercolour on 100+ year old Whatman Paper! 

14" x 10"

The Whatman Paper... more than 100 years old... from my stock of my great-grandfather's legacy of handed-down art material... still very intact... no tearing, no crumbling... only a bit of yellowing of the paper... a lot of yellowing in fact... it was all rolled into a massive roll all packed away neatly on the loft... took it down, unfurled it... it kept rolling up... so with massive efforts rolled it up the other way & tied it & put it away for a few days untill it regained its flat self again... then cut the sheets to size to use them... this is one of the first attempts on it... was sceptical how it would  turn out... the behaviour of the paper in terms of watercolour painting was way different from the current sets of handmade watercolour papers that I was used to by now... but got around to understanding its texture & adapting it to take in the watercolour techniques of today... was fun... more fun & nostalgic to think that my great-grandfather & then my grandfather & then my father all used this same paper... that they actually handled this very same paper... it was as if I could feel their touch, sense their being around it... & now I have the priviledge to use it... it is simply beyond my ability to explain how exhilerating that is... only hope I can do enough justice to it & live up to their standards even if remotely! 

96: Watercolour Sketch: Kasba Ganapati Mandir facade, Pune, India

Kasba Ganapati Mandir, Pune....

Located in Kasba Peth, one of the oldest residential parts of Pune, as the "peths" are called, this deity is the "Gramdevta" or deity of the village, built during Shivaji's reign. Most parts of its side facade are now covered with a plethora of unwanted political posters which are an eye-sore & take away from the beauty of the structure. Here, I have tried to avoid those very eye-sores.

Plein Air Watercolours...

270 GSM, 100% Cotton Fibre, Acid Free, Rough Textured Cold Press Handmade Paper

14" x 10"

92: Pen & Watercolour Wash Sketch: Raste Wada Courtyard, Pune, India

The inner courtyard of Raste Wada, Pune

Another 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 & Watercolour Wash...

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

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

91: Pen & Pencil Sketch: Raste Wada Watch-Tower, Pune, India

Another view of Raste Wada, Pune... Its Watch-tower.

Another 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 & Pencils... HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B, 10B

1 1/2" x 8 1/4"

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

90: Pen & Wash Sketch: Raste Wada Facade, Pune, India

The facade of Raste Wada, Pune

Another 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 & Wash...

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

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

89: Pencil Sketch: Anandashram Courtyard, Pune, India

A corner view from the inside of the Anandashram courtyard, 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

Dozens of cute cats prancing around were a delight. Enjoyed capturing them. 

Especially enjoyed trying out my new 10B Graphite Pencil too.

Plein Air...

Graphite Pencils 2B, 4B, 6B, 10B...

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

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