Brown : People and Places I

A dear friend of mine recently gifted me a sketchbook she bought from Indonesia. Now since the two most popular things in Indonesia are the cinnamon cigarettes and batik, it seemed normal for them to wrap the sketchbook in beautiful batik print. The sketchbook has brown recycled paper, which makes it even more interesting to use. The rough grains of the paper make it an apt medium to sketch on with a pencil. Though, I am uploading a few sketches I made with my pen recently. There are more sketches which I will upload eventually.

Hauz Khas: Tombs of Tughlaq Period

Subject Sketch: My Sister

A quick sketch of a woman in the Delhi Metro

A quick sketch of a man in the Delhi Metro

Hampi and Bijapur

Some sketches from Hampi and Bijapur. July, 2014

Dome at Ibrahim Roza, Bijapur

Hampi - Hemkuntay Hill Temple Column Detail

Hampi - Column Detail

Hampi - Column Detail

Pattadakal - Bull Temple

Plan of Achutacharya Temple - Hampi

Hemkuntay Hill Temple - Hampi

Cave Temples of Badami and Aihole

Back in July, I went for a backpacking trip through Hampi, Badami and Bijapur. Due to limited budget, I had to cut down the duration significantly, although, it was an unadulterated first hand rendezvous with information. I went to Hampi first, then Bijapur, followed by Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal and back to Goa. During the last leg of my trip, I visited a lot of cave temples.

Now I had forgotten my charcoal so I decided to sketch the plans of the cave temples. I sketched a lot during the trip, although only a few sketches turned out good. Lack of practice I believe. More sketches from Hampi and Bijapur in the next post. 

Regards.