Happy new year...

Here are some 2 value composition studies to end an amazing year of 2017.  Looking forward to learn and improve a lot in upcoming year.

Candle Monster...

Another one based on a theme from daily art challenge in our office :) 

Feeling hungry?

Sketch I did for one of the themes in our office daily sketch challenge  :) 

tea time sketch...

A study in Red...

I wanted to experiment with just one color and came up with this painting. It was really an interesting exercise as it gets very difficult to create different color temperatures while painting with different tones of just one color. Will be doing a few more studies like this :)

    

Kitchen interior...

Another kitchen interior sketch for today.

Interior sketches...

Need to get back on track after a long break due to sickness. So here are some indoor sketches to get started  :) 

warm-up studies and sketches...

Here are some  virtual plein-air studies using mapcrunch for reference. I spent around 15 to 20 mins on each of em. Goal is to reduce this time to 10 mins which will help me to learn to observe and capture the essence of what is in front of me in less time without getting trapped into details. Hope you like it :) 

And here is a warm-up sketch inspired by my Ladakh trip last month. Will be posting some photographs soon.

Daily practice...

Here is a quick warm up sketch before work. I used mapcrunch for reference and tried to imagine that location in different color and lighting to convey an emotion.

City on a mountain...

A quick warm up sketch to start off  the day :)

Free time sketch...

A quick warm-up to start of the day... :)

Sketch inspired by WW2 ...

Into the woods...

Quick warm-up sketch before work...
Just wanted to lay around some random colors and ended up with this one 

:)

Bhrigu Lake trek....

Here are some pics from my last weekend's trek to Bhrigu Lake, Himachal Pradesh, India. To me, mountaineering was and will always be the best way to spend a long weekend in peace.

Cloud Studies..

Here are few cloud studies in my sketch book. 

Just having fun with red ink and watercolour brush. Hope you like it :)

Edge practice...

Still life study in free time...

Composition Practice...

Some 3 value composition studies for today :)

Whenever I do these studies I give myself a subject and then try to come up with different compositions conveying different mood in each one.I try to vary my values, camera angle, horizon line, lighting and vegetation in each compositions to hit different emotions.

For these studies, my subject was Konkani house.

Quiet night…

Free time sketch from a while back :)

Monsoon...

Rainy season has begun in India and Konkan is definitely one of my favourite place to visit in every monsoon. Here is the sketch of a traditional Konkani house to give you an idea of what it's like to be in konkan during the monsoon.

Virtual Plein-Air study...

Film studies...

Few film studies for today...
I'm usingcinematicpaintings.com to get references for these studies. Really great site to visit if you want to study cinematic lighting and composition.

Ride...

I'm in desperate need of a long vacation.... :)

 

 

Ship..

A quick study before bed :)

I'm using MapCrunch for these studies. I wanted to have something as a focal point for this one so I added a pirate ship.

Wind...

Quick free time sketch before work :)

Daily practice...

Here are some color studies I did for warm-up before work :)

Evil Robot...

Here is a robot concept I did for fun. 

 Initial 3 value studies.

Finished concept

3 Value studies...

Some 3 value composition studies from imagination. I was trying to find out different ways to draw same composition using just 3 values and different lighting. Which one do you like?

Free time sketch...

Guest...

This one started out as a daily warmup sketch and I ended up with the second sketch of a canyon and Scifi architecture. I wanted to add a little bit of story in it so I came up with the one with spaceship and caveman. Hope you like it :)

 Initial warmup Sketch.

Process