More studies...

Doing some color studies before work as warm up

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 :)

    

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 :)

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.

Virtual Plein-Air study...

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 :)

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

A Quiet Morning...

Quick warmup sketch before work :)

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

Process...

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

The Mountains...

Sunset in the mountains...