Rocks and pebbles at the beach - A water colour painting

"The only source of knowledge is experience." Albert Einstein

In my last post I mentioned about my newly purchased Arto Campap Cold Pressed paper ( 300 gsm ). I created a small water colour study of "Rocks" on it. I have been photographing close up of rocks since very long but never really got into creating an artwork referring to it. Rocks make an interesting subject to paint as it helps understanding the shape, shadow and textures on its surface.

I kept my water colour palette limited to just three colours, namely burnt sienna, ultramarine blue and paynes grey. Burnt sienna and ultramarine blue when mixed in different proportions create beautiful shades of grey. In fact these two are the maximum used colours in my palette.

Working on textures was lot of fun, though I need to improvise on it. In all this was a quick experimental work and it was an exciting experience. I am waiting to create some more works where in I will get to work on rocks.

Rocks and pebbles

Water colour painting on Arto Campap CP paper

Size 3.5" X 4"

In the past I have created charcoal drawing of "Rocks under the water" using my charcoal tools. 

I do get tempted to pick up my charcoal tools once again and I will do that eventually, however for now I want to spend some more time working with water colour medium.

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Charcoal sketching of another tree trunk

In my last post I mentioned about having come across some beautiful trees and tree trunks

in Lonavala. After having created one tree trunk sketching, I decided to do another one. This

particular tree as in the image below caught my eye because of the deep hollow midway and the texture of the bark.

It is interesting to observe the different features that each tree has on its body and it gets more

interesting when the pencil movement has to be changed in order to get the texture forms.

The more I draw and sketch, the more I observe trees as I am travelling and I realise that today

I see more details in trees than just a simple standing form in nature. 

To me art is a lot about observational skills. We observe, we understand and then we put it down on paper. Creating something from nothing.

The handmade paper that I have used for this work is from Sun Enterprises in Fort as 

mentioned in my last post.

Standing Alone

Charcoal and white pastel sketching on grey handmade paper

Size 6" x 8"

I have personally liked this handmade paper and would recommend it to all those who use charcoals and pastels. It has a smooth side too but I have not used it so far but will try it out soon. I have started a portrait, a beautiful Indian face on the same paper and would be posting the image soon.

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Tree from Lonavala - sketching on toned paper

"Drawing is not the same as form; it is a way of seeing form." Edgar Degas

During my last visit to Lonavala, I came across some tree trunks with beautiful forms and shapes and interesting textures of the bark. I always marvel at "Nature's creations". There is so much art all around us. So perfect and so beautiful.

I decided to do the tree trunk on a textured steel grey hand made paper that I had recently

 picked up from Sun Enterprises at Bora Bazaar, Fort. This shop has a variety of hand

 made papers and some of them can be used for charcoals and pastels. One has to try

them out.

Tree Trunk

Charcoal and pastel painting on hand made paper

Size 6" x 8"

Posting an image of the three tools used to create this art work.

A. Camel soft charcoal pencil

B. General white pastel pencil

C. Kneaded eraser

Hope this helps. Thanks for browsing through my works and if you like my works please do leave your comments.