The light and shadow in a landscape - Soft pastel drawing

"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."

Michelangelo

The quotation as above says it all. Hard work and passion play a very significant role in achieving what one has in mind.

The early morning rays totally transform the landscape. One moment it is enveloped in darkness and then miraculously when the morning rays gently fall all around, the scene comes alive. The light and shadow play and its effects on the landscape continue to fascinate me and I constantly look out for such "Subjects" so that I can paint them and create a memory.

Posted below is one such beautiful scene that I came across while I was at Karnala Bird Sanctuary in the early morning hours. I have yet again used my "Soft Pastel"medium to create this original art. 

The Morning Shadows

Soft pastel painting on Canson Mi Teintes paper

Size 6.5" X 8.5"

For this painting I have used the "Twilight" shade of Canson MT and I am pretty happy with it. Next I am working on a beautiful seashore painting referring to my study sketch and photograph from Phuket island. 

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Painting another scene from Nako village

Just completed another soft pastel painting of a street scene in NAKO, the beautiful town in Himachal Pradesh.

This was a scene during the morning hours when we were walking around the narrow lanes of Nako appreciating the beauty of the surroundings.

The houses in Nako are very different and have a unique character.The walls are made of stones and mud. It was interesting to capture the texture of the walls. Since I am new to this subject , I decided to just focus on the composition and values and therefore did not spend much time on doing the details in the foreground.

The morning light

Soft Pastel painting

Size 6" x 9"