Balaji
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It is nearly two months since I touched a paintbrush. This, unfortunately, has been a constant theme ever since I took up art as a serious hobby in 2002.
This is a watercolour sketch on A4 size 270 gsm Chitrapat watercolour paper (matt). I used the picture on the cover of a book that I'm reading as my reference.
I noticed a conflict in what seems to be the source of light and some of the cast shadows, but I decided to follow the reference picture with regard to the general lighting and shadows. I did make some changes to the background and several of the details.
I did this without doing any pencil lines ( directly with brush and paint), working from dark to light to preserve the paper as my white. In the process I got some proportions wrong, but I kept pressing on without trying to correct them.

This is a watercolour sketch on A4 size 270 gsm Chitrapat watercolour paper (matt). I used the picture on the cover of a book that I'm reading as my reference.
I noticed a conflict in what seems to be the source of light and some of the cast shadows, but I decided to follow the reference picture with regard to the general lighting and shadows. I did make some changes to the background and several of the details.
I did this without doing any pencil lines ( directly with brush and paint), working from dark to light to preserve the paper as my white. In the process I got some proportions wrong, but I kept pressing on without trying to correct them.
