2014.02

Capela du Monde, Old Goa.
This chapel sits on top of a hill in Old Goa and has one of the most beautiful views of Goa. In front one can see the rest of the monuments of Old Goa, and then as the eye drifts, one can see Ribandar, Panjim and Betim. Post sun sets (which is also a spectacle) one can even see the Aguada lighthouse. Then on the right hand side sit the islands of Chorao and Divar. This chapel, is in short, a blissful place. I sketched these last December I think. Enjoy!

2014.01

Happy new year dear people!

Sarod and the Beards

Quick sketch of a friends sarod in Pune and the people who tried their hand at it. Very strange one day trip. Enjoy!

Coffee at Aunty Maria's 24X7

Aunty Maria's Cafe at Hotel Fidalgo was the place to be that day. Old sketch. I did it in September. Enjoy. Will post from another old goa trip soon.

A Study in Green and Brown

On the weekend, I went to the Tobacco Square in Panjim to sketch. The difference was I carried nothing with me other than pencil colors, which I have no experience with. Although, the medium was new, I could still manage to sketch decently. As I was using colors, the challenge I gave myself was to sketch things that were green and brown in color. It was exciting to observe things only in two colors. It seemed like I was on a hunt for colors, although, brown and green were not very tough to find. I sketched, in the increasing order of abstraction, the lichen covered bust of Dr. M. C. Dias (eye level), The Mint House (eye level), and a planter with interesting geometry (first floor level, sitting). I think the next challenge might be to sketch in red. I enjoyed using pencil colors. Let's see. Enjoy.

Old Goa 2

My bike has had issues, that's why I couldn't travel, which is why I couldn't sketch. Although, I've been back at it. I went to St. Augustine's Tower yesterday, which I sketched. Here it is. Charcoal + Pen. Enjoy.

Old Goa

Old Goa, has a plethora of old structures and all of them have been competing in the race of most sketchable monuments since the time they were constructed. I went to Old Goa on 15th of this month to try my luck. I wanted to try out a different medium, therefore, I used a chiseled black marker with a 3mm tip. It was enough to give bold strokes, yet the effect was graceful. I was tired of adding detail with a small nib and thought that this was the apt medium to sketch with.

I sketched two monuments to start with. The first one was the  St. Peters Church (on the way to Old Goa), and the other one was the Chapel of St. Catherine. I chose a conventional view for the St. Peters Church (drew the cross in the foreground and the chapel in the background) and I chose an unconventional view for the Chapel of St. Catherine (I sketched the back facade and the perspective was a bit tricky. The slopes were aligned with the vanishing points). I messed up the second sketch a bit (the perspective and the ground to structure relationship), but I was still happy with the new medium I was using. The results were better than a pencil. Here are the sketches.