Recent content by Balaji

This is an A5 size ink and wash loose sketch based on a photograph by Bridwajit. The title of this post translates to the temple of Rama who guarded (protected) the lake. This is a Pallava era temple and is around 1600 years old. In the late 18th century, because of sustained torrential rains...

Thank you Margaret.

Joy...Try it. Ten minutes is actually quite a long time. You could use my sketch as a reference. Start by doing only the outlines of all the trees as one shape. Next do the outlines of the building in front, and then the one behind. And depending on how much time you still have, you could...

Thank you Sanlynn.

Grapes, Margaret, Terri, and Joy...Thank you 🙏 :giggle:

This is a watercolour painting that I did in Dec 2019 on A3 size 300 gsm cold pressed watercolour paper. I used several photos on the internet as reference for this.

Thank you Joy. Ten minutes is actually a lot of time if you choose an uncomplicated image, concentrate on the major shapes. avoid too many details, and keep your drawing small. These quick sketches that I did were all only 4" x 5" or 5" x 6". To an extent the number of lines that you have to...

This is a ten minute 4" x 5" pen and ink sketch, done with a black ink gel pen. I sketched this in May 2024 when my hand was very unsteady and I was just starting on my ten minute sketches in the hope that it would help steady my hand. It did, but only after I had spent many weeks doing five or...

Thank you Anne.

Joy, that is very modest of you. You actually took several decisions which resulted in such a pleasing painting: limiting the number of colours, your choice of colours, how you used them, and the placement of the elements in your painting.

This is a corner tower in a building in Vienna. My reference was a black and white photo, which I last saw nineteen months ago. I did the 4" x 5" ink sketch in less than ten minutes in May 2024 using a black ink gel pen, and added the watercolour washes a few days ago.