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

Above The Timberline...

Above The Timberline, a novel by one of my favourite artist/ illustrator Gregory Manchess is up for preorder on Amazon. Go check it out. You can also see some of his WIP paintings and progress updates on Muddy Colors. Enjoy :)

 

A Quiet Morning...

Quick warmup sketch before work :)

Mysterious tree house

I almost forgot to post the finished version of the tree house painting that I posted a few weeks ago. So here it is with the process :)

   

Free time Sketch...

Here is an interior sketch inspired by my friend's room. It was really a fun exercise to use his room as a reference to design space for my character.

   

Kareri Lake trek...

Whenever I get some time off from my daily routine I try run away from the comfort of the city and spend some time in the mountains. I had a day off on last weekend because of Holi and I found myself  packing my rucksack for Indrahar pass trek in Himachal Pradesh. Unfortunately Indrahar Pass trek was closed because of the heavy snowfall. Unwilling to give up just yet and go home without trekking, we decided to attempt Kareri Lake trek and it turned out to be a right decision. We could not complete this trek because of the heavy snowfall but it was an amazing and refreshing experience.

 Beautiful Kareri village, starting point of the Kareri lake trek

    Dhauladhar mountain range

Mysterious tree house WIP...

 Work in progress of the piece I'm working on recently. I'll be posting the finished piece soon, so do not forget to visit my blog ;)

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Process...

Here is the process for the painting that I posted last week.

The Mountains...

Sunset in the mountains...

Space dacoits value study...

Here is a quick value study over one of my Inktober sketches for warm up. Hope you like it :)

Door...

Last week I had an opportunity to visit Udaipur, Rajasthan. It's a beautiful city with a lot of amazing places and architecture with the sense of culture. Here are the sketches inspired by a photograph I took at the city palace, Udaipur.

Pencillati Blog post...

Last month, I did a little talk about Composition and its importance in story telling at Pencillati Studio's Art Meet-up. This session was all about the Fundamental principles of composition, how they are used for storytelling and how to study artworks created by great artists to improve our knowledge of pictorial composition. It was really an amazing experience to share what I have learnt through my studies and from my teachers with fellow artist.

First part of my session is now up on Pencillati Studio's blog. Click here to checkout the post.     

Daily practice...

Some 3 value composition studies for today,s warm up.

#composition #studies #environment #value #sketch

House on wheels...

Here is the finished painting from the color studies I posted earlier. Hope you like it :)

#environment #design #schoolism #landscape #painting #illustration 

Color studies...

I decided to paint one of my inktober sketches from last year for final assignment of Environment Design class with Nathan Fowkes, Schoolism. Here are some color studies that I did for 8th week assignment before getting into final color. Hope you like it :)

#schoolism #environment #design #sketch #colorstudy #landscape #illustration

Happy new year everyone....

Sunday morning quick sketch inspired by the movie 'Fly Away Home'.

#painting #landscape #sketch #color #light #composition

Merry Christmas...

Here is the house design I did for 6th week assignment of Environment Design class

 with Nathan Fowkes.

#schoolism #environment #design #architecture #house #snow #Christmas #art

Flight...

Watched 'Fly Away Home' today. Beautiful movie full of awesome shots and beautiful landscape. I had to do a sketch, hope you like it :)

#landscape #sketch #painting #colour #light #art #environment #design #composition 

Shadowline...

I just received my copy of the book 'SHADOWLINE the art of the Iain Mccaig. I still can not believe that I'm holding this book in my hands. 

Here are few pages from this book. 

Temple Ruins...

Here is the painting I did for Schoolism Environment Design class. Hope you like it :)

#schoolism #environment #design #architecture #temple #ruins #conceptart #color #landscape #painting #waterfall

Daily Practice...

Some color studies from imagination for today's warm up.

#colour #lighting #study #imagination #composition #digital #sketch #art

Film studies...

Here are some film studies that I did from one of my favourite film, The Third Man (1949). I started doing these studies after reading a post by Samuel Michlap on cinematic composition. Goal is to reach 1000 of these studies and I just have finished around 250 of em with each frame being drawn within 2-3 minutes. This exercise is really great to study composition. 

Here is the of few movies that Sam recommended for these studies :- The Third Man, Touch of Evil, Citizen Kane, The Night of the Hunter 

#cinematic #composition #study #filmstudies #cinematography #ink #sketching #thethirdman

Daily practice...

Some  3 values composition studies from imagination before bed.

#composition #studies #value #comps #sketching #environment #design