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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149: Gouache: Colourful Frangipanis

Frangipanis... They are found in various hues n shades... 

Multicoloured ones here are a real treat to the eyes

Gouache on 100 years old Whatman Paper ( a legacy )

14" x 10"

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145: Direct Watercolour: Frangipani

Keeping pace with a watercolour a day proved difficult already with non-supportive forces around. Yet this was a study in direct watercolour alright.

Direct Watercolour on 100 year old legacy Whatman Paper

6" x 8"

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144: Direct Watercolour: Composition

When forces pull you from doing what you would like to do, it turns out fun to run wild with the palette... is what I discovered.

It turned out to be almost "Heaven"!!! ... & I am loving it!!! :D 

Direct Watercolour on 100 year old legacy Whatman Paper

6" x 8"

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135: Watercolour Landscape: Garden Gateway

A Garden Gateway... once again using the 100 year old Whatman Paper, a family heirloom handed down through generations.

Plein Air

Watercolour on 100+ year old Whatman Paper

14" x 10"

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128: "Housescape" on Whatman Paper

A quaint little house within the Pune University campus, Pune, using once again the 100 year old Whatman Paper... a tribute to my most cherished heirloom.

Plein Air 

Watercolour on 100+ year old Whatman Paper... All still intact. 

14" x 10"

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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... 

106: Watercolour Painting: Across the River-bank | Whatman Paper

The Peshwe Samadhi, Pune... across the river-bank...

Plein Air 

Watercolour on 100+ year old Whatman Paper...

14" x 10"

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"

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!