My sketching kit ( While travelling )

I carry the following, while I am travelling or out of the house, ie my small travel kit for sketching.

If there is an oppurtunity then I get to do a few sketches. It easily fits into my handbag.

Few cut out coloured papers ( inexpensive ), and white papers.

Most of them are of size 3.5" X 4.5"

I love doing thumbnail sketches on these.

My sketching box which contains charcoal pencil, eraser, kneaded eraser,

paper blender, cloth blender, white pastel pencil, white pastel chalk.

compressed charcoal, willow charcoal and ear buds.

I place the papers on top of the sketching box and then use a rubberband  to keep it together. 

I also take a small sketchbook and a butter paper cause the sketching once 

completed needs to be protected with a butterpaper placed on top

so that it does not get smudged.

I carry this kit with me most of the times when I am out for a few days and it is a very

satisfying experience. There are always situations when as an artist you feel the need

to sketch something for later use.

Grand canyon - soft pastel painting

I used a reference photo to do this Grand Canyon painting using soft pastels.

Added lot of bright and warm colours in the painting to give it

a fiery look.

Grand Canyon

Size 10" X 18"

Soft Pastels on fabriano paper

Available for sale

Forest - pastel painting by Manju Panchal

Painted this forest scene with soft pastels. Used dark brown Canson Mi tentes paper and Gallery

and Mungyo brand of soft pastels. The painting is not framed but placed under black mount board ( thickness 2" all around it )

Forest - the lighted pathway

Size 9" X 14" ( including the mountboard )

Available for sale

When the pastel painting is not framed it needs to be kept safely so as to avoid the smudging

of pure pastel dust. I normally place the mountboard on top of it and then place a butter paper 

on the top so there is a space between the painting and the butter paper.

Then I fold the butter paper carefully at the edges and put few office clips to

secure the artwork. Then I place it neatly in my drawer with the other collection.

( Image shown below )

An apple - oil painting

Original oil painting of an apple created on canvas.

An Apple

Size 5" X 5.75" ( unframed )

Oil painting on canvas

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Thumbnail sketches

Photographed six thumbnail sketches together. One beach scene, rest all are still lives

done on grey paper and black paper. Tomato, ginger, cup etc.

Early morning sunlight casts beautiful shadows

and I enjoy capturing the image on paper.

All of them are of size 3" X 4.5"

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ART STATION - The art and craft stationery shop

I am posting below photographs of an art stationery shop near my house, where you will
find most of your art stationery be it from India or abroad. It is situated at four bunglows,
quite close to Ambani hospital.

Art Station
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Two bananas - soft pastel work by manju Panchal

I have lost count on how many times I have painted bananas in different mediums. Yet i never

get tired of doing it. One reason is it is all the time available in the house and one can paint

it in different positions, rendering diffferent colours in the background each time.

This particular painting is an old work of mine and has been done on fabriano paper 

using soft pastels.

Size 6" X 6"

Two bananas ( SOLD )

An apple and a sweet lime.

Still Life - Soft Pastel paintings of an apple and a sweet lime. Both Paintings are done on
fabriano paper. The size of painting is my standard 6" X 6".

SOLD WORKS

Size 12" X 12" ( including frame )

Still Life - Peeled Banana ( Acrylic painting )

Framed painting of a peeled banana. Used Camel acrylic paints. Finished painting in three layers.

Blending is pretty difficult in acrylic painting as it dries fast but the biggest advantage

is that the time taken to finish the painting as compared to an oil painting 

is much fast. Retarders can be added to slow the drying but I have

avoided using it. 

Size 9" X 9"

Peeled banana.

Acrylic painting on canvas.

( Available for sale )

An artist,whose acrylic paintings are just amazing and someone whose site

I have been following for years for guidance is Roger Bansemer.

A Tree - shades of green

Soft pastel painting of a tree done on Canson Mi tentes paper. I enjoyed doing this one.
It was a small size ie 6" X 6", and so many shades of green. But the end result was very
satisfying. I have framed the work with a 2.5 inches of dark brown mount board around it,
followed by a thin brown fibreboard frame.

Size 12" X 12"

A tree

Soft pastels on canson Mi Tentes paper

Available for sale.

If you are located in mumbai then , you can find canson sheets 220 gsm at

Art Lounge in Churchgate. They have a fairly good collection of art materials.

For the above painting I have used a red canson paper. 

Still life - some oil paintings

Adding images of still life oil works on canvas. Both are done on 6" X 6" canvas using camel
oil paints. They have a one inch thick fibre board frame around it.

Size 8" X 8" ( including frame )

Single Capsicum

Oil painting on canvas

Available for sale

Size 8" X 8" ( including frame )

Pear by itself

Oil painting on canvas

Available for sale

Still Life painting of fruits - soft pastels

Both these still life paintings are done on fabriano paper. They are framed under glass, 

hence I have tried my best to photograph them without reflections.

6" X 6" ( without frame )

Soft pastels on fabriano paper

( The sweet lime were on my kitchen granite platform and the reflection was

so good, that I could not resist doing this work at night 9 pm or so. After the

first 2 coats, I finished the final touch up in the morning )

Size 6" X 6" ( without frame )

Soft Pastels on fabriano paper

This Pear was on my center table and the sunlight falling on it from the right was casting a 

beautiful shadow. So I did this particular painting by taking the top view of pear.