Sketching at Semmozhi Poonga

[Balaji]

Semmozhi Poonga is the name of a small botanical park in the heart of Chennai. Finally, after more than two years, my wife and I met up and sketched on location with our Chennai Weekend Artists (now Arts Society of Chennai) friends. During the last two and a half years or so I had sketched only once outdoors on location. That was at Dakshina Chitra, a heritage museum, with my first year students. I find the act of sketching on location and from life particularly satisfying and invigorating. And this is very much enhanced when it is done among friends, as happened yesterday.​

My sketch is approximately 15 cm x 21 cm in a 300 gsm watercolour sketchbook. I started the sketch with the intention of doing some minimal ink lines, with a Sakura 2 mm calligraphy sketch pen, and then adding colour washes. But I found it very satisfying to sketch with the pen and decided to continue with it.​

 

[CaliAnn]

Beautiful sketch - I love it!

 

[Triduana]

I absolutely love this!

 

[joe1It]

Wonderful

 

[Balaji]

Ann, Kay, & Joe...Thank you.

 

[Andy_in_Vienna]

very peaceful ... a lovely sketch!

 

[snoball]

Very nice! Glad you stuck with just the black pen, I think color would detract.

 

[Artyczar]

Very very good! Wonderful feeling.

 

[Balaji]

Andy, Snoball, & Ayin...Thank you.