Friday, June 8, 2012

Sketchbook studies




Since I've got guests in my home right now (my sister and niece have come on summer vacation), I've got a little busy and haven't been able to paint much!
Recently, I got this new brand of paper called Decapo mainly for watercolor sketching. Its size is big (24" x 36") which, I then cut into 8 parts of 9 x 12", got them binded and BINGO...I have now a very affordable and nice little sketchbook.
Tried painting a few compositions of basically the same place from my photo references. Hope you like them! Have a great weekend :)
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19 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 8, 2012 at 9:18 PM

    Good job Ramesh..
    I think it's a nice watercolour sheet. From where we can buy this sheet.

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    1. Ramesh JhawarJune 9, 2012 at 9:07 AM

      Thank you Amitji! I got the sheets from an art supplier store in Bangalore. Hopefully, you will get it even in Delhi.

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  2. DPS BoseJune 9, 2012 at 1:04 AM

    Very good ,I like it three works

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  3. Gatepost productionsJune 9, 2012 at 11:48 AM

    Love the freshness of the greens, Ramesh. Brilliant idea with the sketch books - you should patent the idea ;0))

    I've just returned from London - my granddaughter's 21st! Will try to get back into 'working' tomorrow

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    1. Ramesh JhawarJune 9, 2012 at 7:13 PM

      Thank you Mr.John! Now that you've said, I might consider it...LOL

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  4. Eriko KawamuraJune 9, 2012 at 2:54 PM

    Thank you to make my eye and feeling happy.
    It's all so beautiful landscape of watercolour.

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    1. Ramesh JhawarJune 9, 2012 at 7:14 PM

      Many thanks dear eieri! Appreciate your kind words :)

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  5. ashokJune 9, 2012 at 10:18 PM

    wow!lush and beautiful!well done!

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  6. indiwriterJune 10, 2012 at 2:19 AM

    Lovely sketches.. and that bound book idea. :)

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  7. Balaji VenugopalJune 10, 2012 at 3:15 AM

    All three are lovely, and each has a different emphasis and mood...wonderful!
    Is it less expensive to cut the paper and bind a sketchbook than to buy one off the shelf?

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    1. Ramesh JhawarJune 10, 2012 at 8:29 PM

      Thank you sir. Your comment is deeply appreciated.
      Many sketchbooks I found were either expensive (like Arches/Fabriano) or of low quality. This was quite reasonable and has a good medium textured surface. The only bad side is that its not 300 gsm although it really doesn't matter when its cut into a such small size.

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    2. Balaji VenugopalJune 12, 2012 at 3:58 AM

      Thank you. I appreciate your taking the time to reply to my question.

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  8. Liana YarckinJune 10, 2012 at 11:51 PM

    Very clever of you for your sketch book. All 3 of these studies are very nice. Good, clean colors.

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  9. JANE MINTERJune 16, 2012 at 11:32 PM

    super sketches ramesh ..paper looks good for sketching ...all the best with your collective exhibition .

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  10. UnknownJuly 26, 2012 at 10:22 PM

    Ramesh, I like your submission for Shanghai (the aerial night scene), I was wondering how you signed your name against the dark color? By brush or pen?

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