Monday, August 2, 2010

Kolkata Street

Watercolor, 15 x 20 in.

Hi all! Had been to kerala last week. And what a proper time it was to visit such an exotic place...i.e., during the monsoon! Its truly God's own country! I've captured many pics of rain drenched streets and the backwaters and the beach. Enough to keep me busy for now! Will post them here as soon as I paint. Have shared some of those pics on my Facebook page which could be viewed by FB users here.
For now I'm posting one of my personal favorite watercolor paintings. This is a street scene from Kolkata, capital city of the state of West Bengal and one of the metropolitan cities of India. The reference photograph for this was provided by Shubhangi Athalye. Thanks so much Shubhangi!

13 comments:

  1. Can absolutely see why it's one of your favourites Ramesh - it's great! And although I don't know how to do the facebook thing, I did get there to have a look at your amazing pics. Looking forward to seeing the resulting paintings.

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  2. Ramesh, It's a very nice painting. You have a lot of nice reference photos. Especially the one with the boats in the water with the nice reflection. That would make a great painting. Thanks for sharing. It looks like it's beautiful there.

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  3. Very nice painting. I really like how you rendered the cars...You said just the right amount!

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  4. Very lovely! I like the depth of the street!

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  5. Liz, thanks a lot for always appreciating and encouraging me :) So happy that you took the time to see my photos on FB. Really appreciate it!

    Michelle, thanks very much! Appreciate your taking the time to visit my FB page. I'm so glad you liked that boats' pic! It sure is beautiful here. You must think of visiting India :)

    Kathy, thank you for your lovely words!

    Alex, thanks for liking this!

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  6. Ramesh recent magnificent work, color therapy, I really like. Congratulations.
    Regards

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  7. Un muy buen dibujo y el colorido da una buena idea de la atmósfera de la calle , me gusta.
    saludos.

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  8. I envy you, Ramesh!I am sure you enjoyed Kerala a lot and also got some great photos from there!Can't wait to see them transformed into paintings:)
    This one is as usual a very good streetscape.You are a pro at this now!Love the values here.

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  9. Great composition and sense of space with the wide street receding to the hazy blue in the back ground. I like that I can sense the texture in the buildings in the foreground. Looks like a great place.

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  10. Concha, thanks for appreciating!
    Thank you F.M.Marrouch.

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  11. Arti, you are right! I really enjoyed my trip and now planning to put my reference pics to good use!
    Thanks for liking this one!

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  12. Catherine, thanks for appreciating this work :)

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  13. Another wonderful street painting from you, Ramesh!

    -Dean

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