[Sanjeev Joshi in Bhutan] 25 Urban Sketchers from Pune, India visited Bhutan in the month of May. We sketched extensively during our stay of 6 days. Bhutan is a neighbouring country to India. With the highest happiness quotient, it is one of the most beautiful countries with the nicest people. It has a negative carbon […]
i have tried to do sketches with graphic touch,though live sketching.Sometimes drawing the scene as it is gets boring,so a bit of artisitic freedom is exercised by most of us.
This is a burnt down dzong near Paro.The signs of war and burning of dzong are sad reminders when we see the dzong,but they are artists delight to sketch.i have tried few.
i am travelling to Bangalore,india for next 4 days.I will be coming back with some sketches for sure.I suppose this is my last post on bhutan…Thanks for your support and comments.
Very rarely i attepmt to draw humanfigures,as stationary objects are better subjects! But in this monastery at thimpu,there were so many monks around that it was not posiible to ignore them.They had a hearty laugh when they saw their poses!Even with language barrier we could communicate our feelings.
I carry a pocket diary about 5x 6 inches,in which i make notes and drawings too.it is very handy as can be kept in pocket and a double spread can give a small sketch painting.posting some of these pages.
Paro is a Valley town. The bazar has a very distinct character, straight out of western movies. You expect Clint Eastwood to ride on horse any time! The mountain background and snow capped Himalays completes the perfect picture. Posting a few sketches and photographs of Paro bazar.
On way to taktsang monastary,i came across a small structure built inside the mountain.(see photo). I liked it very much and had a chance to use the rock profiles in graphical way.the steps still remind me of my tired legs!!
When i was in bhutan, it rained for first two days.It was not possible to paint easily in wet conditions, so i did black and white sketches ,and enjoyed doing them too.Generally i dont touch up my sketches after coming home,but this time i had to do it as it was raining and also had […]
Asnee our fellow urban sketcher has posted beautiful sketches on the blog, when i was away to bhutan.i missed seeing them,but yesterday i visited all his posts and enjoyed fellow artisits vision and point of view too.I have sketched similar subjects, so you all may get a bit bored!! Asnee has done lot of explaining,which […]
I am back from a very sketch filled trip to bhutan. i did about 150 sketches in bhutan. i will be putting then on flicker soon,but will be posting them on urban sketchers for next few weeks also.i have done mostly black and white and coloured sketches.I am posting three today.The writing onthe sketches are […]