Recent content by Balaji

Thank you Terri. Yes, I consider myself lucky to live where I do.

Thank you Anne. This "grass" has a very short life. But, during its short life it provides a carpet of flowers. In a few weeks it will get scorched by the sun, wither away. So too the tufts that you see. They come off and roll in the breeze like tumbleweed.

Thank you Anne.

This is an ink and watercolour wash sketch on 8.5" x 5.5" 250 gsm Canson Graduate grained paper. I used a photo by K R Deepak in The Hindu as my reference.

Sanlynn...Thank you. Yes, I do consider myself very fortunate.

This is a watercolour sketch on 8.5" x 5.5" 250 gsm Canson Graduate grained paper. I live right next door to this beach. When the December 2004 tsunami struck the South Indian coast, this beach was hit too, and the waves crossed the road that you see in this sketch several times. I was at home...

This is lovely! I like the way you have brought out the curves in some of the petals.

Margaret, Anne...Thank you.

Txomsy...Thank you. I was focusing only on the gesture and the clothes, and I am therefore very happy that you like the clothing effects.

Thank you Txomsy.

My wife got me two Tara Notes Flukebooks last week, in two different sizes. I could not wait to try them out and decided to inaugurate the smaller one immediately. From past experience I knew that these books are very nice for ink sketching. But this time, I tried out an ink and wash. Since I...

I like your painting of the skier very much. In the other one, I like the way you have painted the crowd of people a lot, but I find the snowflakes (?) distracting.

This is a quick, ink and wash, gesture sketch, approximately 4" x 5.5", on 130 gsm cartridge paper.

Thank you Donna. I am sorry, but I missed seeing your comment when I visited this page earlier today. I have learnt to cope with both, but on some days the problem is a little more than on other days.

Thank you Jo. 🙏