30 Days Painting Challenge 2016 - Day 3

Todays painting is of Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. Sketched it last year. Painted it today.

30 Days Painting Challenge - Day 2

I have tried an imaginary seascape for Day2.

30 Days Painting Challenge 2016 - Day 1

I am taking up the 30 Days painting challenge starting September 1 through 30, will be posting one painting each day. Sounds interesting. But today was a long day and i got little time to work on my painting. Here is an attempt at watercolor.

I am going study waters of oceans in different shades of blue. Its my favorite theme - Thousand shades of blue.

Here is my Painting for day 1. Hope you all like it.

Watercolor Studies

Watercolor is an inteesting medium to work with. With brush pens and a pan box it is easy to carry anywhere and do plein air. The fluidity of the color creates interesting effects. Here are pics of watercolor studies I did recently.

Rock Garden

Mahabalipuram is full of beautiful rock cit temple and numerous rock lying everywhere is a beauty in its own. I tried different approaches to sketch rock. Initially they all looked flat. With some browsing and tips online I made it look somewhat matching to rocks in real. Here are some sketches done recently.

You are caught!

Conference of Rocks

Rolling Butter

Sketches of Mahabalipuram

The excitement of sketching is not over yet. I took out some of my old pics of Mahabalipuram and sketched a few days back. Mahabalipuram is a wonder , each monument, each rock speaks of its glory. Here are some i did immersed in its beauty.

This is old Light house.

The shore Temple standing as a testimony to time. I Wish it stands for some more years challenging the global warming and raising sea level.

A rock cut cave. 

Sketching at Mahabalipuram

Its been long time i sketched outdoors. A week back I headed out with my CWA friends to Mahabalipuram. Last couple of weeks had been busy at work and at home because of my sis in law's engagement. I was awaiting for a break and right then Muralidharan Alagar announced the outdoor event.  We were a group of around 20. The sun was burning hot though summer is yet to start. I bought a hat and sketched standing near the fences of Five Rathas. Here are some of my sketches.