Deer in the waters

Deer is my favourite subject of painting. They are beautiful creatures.

The most interesting was applying brush strokes to the trunks of the three trees and difficult part was to depict the water splashing from the turbine.

Saakshi’s sketch

 

This is sketch of my friend YP's daughter Saakshi.

I used scale drawing technique wherein we draw grids on photo and enlarge them on the drawing, then do the sketching.

Dawn with Kingfisher

This is a water colour painting.

The Great Marathas and the Mughals

This is a very old sketch that I drew when I was studying in 7th class.

A simple sketch which shows a battle between the Marathas and the Mughals.

Dawn in the desert

I have used faint colours without much overwork. This painting demonstrates a dawn in desert.
I have used broader brushstrokes for the sky and the sun.

In watercolour, there is a risk of spoiling a successful landscape painting by adding the sky later. It is better to introduce the sky at an early stage so that the tonal relationships can be built up together. So, the desert sand and the moving people have been painted after completing the sky. I have used bluish-black to depict the darkness of moving people and animals.

To create balance in a landscape painting, either the land or the sky must dominate. Here, the land (and the objects on the land) dominate and contain strong centre of interest as compared to the sky.

Tree-Top Hut

You can see tree-top huts in Vagamon in the state of Kerala.
In this painting, the hue decreases as the distance increases. The distant trees/leaves have been showed in faint green dots whereas the mud/sand has more hue.

Thick Foliage

This painting shows the thick flora of the Konkan.
The traditional method of applying light yellow wash throughout the painting has been used. Later on, such background helps in using green color more effectively.
Coloring leaves of coconut trees is a fun. You enjoy giving free, loose strokes of green.