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.

New Watercolours

Repairs on the Siding, Watercolour on Paper, 22" X 14" 

Maharajbagh  Morning, Watercolour on Paper, 22" X 14"

Lonavala Monsoon, Watercolour on Paper, 11" X 14" 

Meandering, Watercolour on Paper, 22" X 14"

These are some new watercolours that I have done lately. Request you all to give your comments and critiques :)
Thanks for visiting.

Some new works .... mostly studies

These are a few of my recently completed paintings. I have not been able to come to logger lately. Hopefully I will be more regular in the future :)

Please do leave a comment / critique :)

Rocky Beach, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 36"

Portrait Sketch, Oil on Canvas, 18" X 14"

Portrait Sketch, Oil on Canvas, 19" X 15"

Shubha, Oil on Canvas, 18" X 21"

Farm Hand, Oil on Canvas, 20" X 20"

Morning Light, Oil on Canvas, 20" X 20"

New Watercolours

I have been very lazy with posting new works on my blog lately. Here are a few new ones that I have recently completed.

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

Farmhouse in Maharajbagh, Nagpur, Watercolour on Paper, 14.5" X 21.5" 

Abandoned platform at Cherlapalli Station, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 20" 

Cherlapalli Railway Yard, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 20" 

Sunny Day Repairs, Watercolour on Paper, 20" X 14" 

The last three paintings in this post are done en-plein air. All critiques and comments are most welcome.

Seascape and Watercolour Sketches

Ratnagiri Beach, Oil on Canvas, 18" X 24" 

Did this one from a photograph I took at Ratnagiri on the Pule Beach. Awesome place to visit. The sea is always so amazing to look at and paint :) The photo of the painting though is not so good, with too much glare especially on the top left corner.

I also did a couple of watercolour studies recently. Doing watercolours after a gap of a few months, it felt like beginning from scratch :)

All critiques and comments are most welcome.

Andaman Afternoon, Watercolour on Paper, 16" X 12"

Early Morning Sun, Watercolour on Paper, 12" X 16" 

Beach at Ganpati Pule, Oil on Canvas, 14" X 18"

Best wishes for Christmas and New Year to all my dear friends :)

A small sketch of the lovely beach adjacent to the Ganapati Temple in the village of Pule in Konkan. It is generally a very crowded place and /I was lucky to find this secluded spot with only these birds for company.
All comments and critiques are most welcome.

Seascape

Seascape I, Oil on Canvas, 24" X 36" 

Its been a long time since I have posted anything on this blog. I have promised to myself I shall be more regular now :)

I did this seascape after combining several references, some my own, others from the internet. I am not used to painting canvases this size and it took me about a week to finally get it completed. I like to paint wet-in-wet and with a canvas this large it becomes quite difficult. 

Please do let me know what you think of this effort. 

Thank you so much for visiting. :)

Moula Ali Yard IV

Moula Ali Yard IV, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 20" 

I have painted several times at this very spot. However, since this is part of a railway marshalling yard, every time there is something new. Last time it was a track repair machine. This time is was an old abandoned guard coach. I also love this place because there is little disturbance due to passers by. 

I hope you are enjoying seeing my plein air efforts. Thanks for stopping by. All comments and critiques are most welcome.

New Watercolours

Here are a couple of watercolours that I have done recently.

EMU Shed, Moula Ali, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 10.5" 

Cherlapally Lake, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 20"

All comments and critiques 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.

Rainy Day, Seminary Hills

Rainy Day, Seminary Hills, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 20" 

Seminary hills is a lovely place in my hometown, Nagpur. It has a lovely forest-ish feel to it with dense vegetation and if you are lucky you might see a herd (is that the correct word ?) of antelopes crossing the road. This painting was done from a photograph taken on a rainy day :) I kept spraying water every once in a while to try and maintain the wet look.
All comments and critiques are most welcome :)

Kazipeth Junction

Kazipeth Junction, Watercolour on Paper, 20" X 14" 

Did this one from a reference pic that I took as our train was about to start. All comments and critiques are most welcome.

Moula Ali Yard III

Moula Ali Yard III, Watercolour on Paper, 20" X 14" 

I love painting trains and associated stuff and so I find railway marshalling yards very interesting. This place is very close to my house and mostly quite deserted. Therefore painting en plein air is not a problem. It took me about 2 hrs to finish this. There were a few passers by who stopped for a while to watch me paint, but without creating any disturbance. All in all it was good fun coupled with substantial learning.
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.

Secunderabad By-lane

Secunderabad By-lane, Watercolour on Paper, 22" X 15"

Hello everyone and thanks for visiting my blog. This is a painting of one of the inner lanes in the Ranigunj area of Secunderabad. In contrast with the overcrowded nature of Ranigunj this small place is quiet and peaceful. A walk through these lanes can be a source of infinite subject matter that essentially represent Hyderabad! :)
All comments and critiques are most welcome.  

Commissioned Work - Konkan House

Konkan House, Watercolour on Paper, 15" X 22" 

I was commissioned by a wonderful gentleman and art collector from Mumbai to make this painting of his beautiful ancestral house in Konkan. It is not often that the person who commission an artist has a clear idea of what he wants. Fortunately, this time there was no such problem. He was quite clear about what he wanted and yet open to my creative inputs. 

Its indeed a greatly satisfying thing to know that the collector is happy with his new acquisition. :) 

Thank you so much friends for visiting. All comments are most welcome.

Inside Hislop Campus

Inside Hislop College Campus, Nagpur, Watercolour on Paper, 14" X 20" 

Did this one yesterday from a photo I had taken inside the beautiful Hislop Campus in Nagpur. 
Thank you so much for visiting :).

Sunday Plein Air at Moula Ali Railway Yard

Moula Ali Yard II, Watercolour on Paper, 10" X 14"

Moula Ali Yard III, Watercolour on Paper, 10" X 14"

We had a great time plein air painting this Sunday at Moula Ali yard. The day was a little cloudy and not too hot. Four hours of continuously working outdoors, this is the longest I have ever done at one stretch. I really look at these plein air sessions as opportunities to sort out specific doubts I face while painting indoors. That way I am not too disappointed if the paintings dont turn out well. :)
Thanks for stopping by. Comments andcritiques are most welcome. 

Moula Ali Railway Yard

Moula Ali Yard, Watercolour on Paper, 15" X 11" 

I go out plein air painting every weekend with a friend to some place nearby. This is my sketch from today morning done at the shunting yard near Moula Ali railway station. 

We were a bit hesitant to lay out our stuff in such a place, as we thought someone might raise an objection. But to our surprise there was no disturbance whatsoever and we ended up with a peaceful and fulfilling outdoor session! :)

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!