Recent content by Balaji

This is one of five 5" x 4" pen and ink sketches made on location in May 2023, during a two hour stay at the park. I added the washes last night.

Beautiful work. I love the colours in this one.

They are both very lovely sketches!

I have used a wide variety of pens and nibs, and I feel that what really matters ultimately is how well you use it. Also, sometimes the pen and paper can influence the way you sketch. Which also means that for some styles of sketching certains pens may be slightly better than others.

Thank you Margaret.

Thank you Joy.

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.