PANCHA TATVA II - my group show in Bengaluru

Traffic near Mayo Hall

Watercolor on Arches CP Paper,

14 x 21 inches

This is one of the important landmark buildings in Bengaluru - the Mayo Hall. I did this from my reference photograph that I took when I lived there for a couple of years. The building was painted in white then. Recently it was changed to red, which might look good to people, but to us painters, particularly watercolorists, it might not be so because the red sometimes feels chalky/opaque and may get muddy thereby losing the essence of watercolors- transparency and vibrancy.

A Quiet Moment Together

'A quiet moment together'

Watercolor on Fabriano paper,

7 x 10 inches

A small watercolor of one of my most preferred locations in Bangalore - the Lalbagh botanical garden.

Plein air painting at lalbagh

Lalbagh botanical garden in Bengaluru is my most preferred spot for plein air painting, mainly because its full of trees and foliage and that is one area which I need to learn to simplify in my plein air paintings and not get bogged down by trying to paint the details. So when I saw this huge tree, my main focus was the lovely light on it and its shadows on the ground. The leaves and foliage on the tree and the background were painted minimally so as to avoid unwanted distractions. What's more, while I was painting this, 3 girls just came and sat under its shade for a chit chat, which made the subject more interesting. So rather naming this painting as 'the big tree at lalbagh', I titled it as '3 friends'.
After completing the painting, I decided to do one more before heading back home. Wanted to do a different subject from the first one, so selected this red building at the garden. This was not as interesting as the first one, yet I carried on. It could have been better though!
Hope you enjoy them.

'3 friends'

Watercolor on fabriano paper,

10 x 14 inches

'Red building at lalbagh'

Watercolor on fabriano paper,

10 x 14 inches

Sunday Plein air painting

Sunday at Lalbagh,

Watercolor, 10 x 14 inches

Whenever possible, I go out on Sundays to paint outdoors (en plein air). Painted this one yesterday at Lalbagh Botanical Garden.
The below ones were painted from my earlier tip to the same place...

A photo of me painting on location, courtesy one of my friends from our outdoor group