How great are the new Mickey mouse shorts....Watch one....Sketch Sketch...Repeat!!

As Ganesh chaturthi festivities are on the go, here are some studies from one of my favourite Mickey mouse shorts, Mumbai madness.  A new and unique depiction of Lord Ganesha with the Mumbai city as a backdrop. I so did not see the twist coming at the end. Do watch it if you haven't seen it already.

Blast from the past...Rajasthan diaries. As I was getting ready to discard my old sketchbook and go for a new one, I stumbled upon these early sketches. I still remember getting out early morning, sketching for a bit and then coming back immensely hungry to a satisfactory breakfast. Made me feel like I'd earned that meal.  A little bit of  touch up make up, and they were good to go :D

Hawa Mahal, Jaipur

A palace gate, Jaipur

Composition sketches

Trying to capture the busy streets of Amchi Mumbai with it's never ending traffic, complete with BST buses, auto rickshaws and two wheelers. So I went down and made some quick thumbnails and then cleaned them out a bit. Finding a comfortable spot to sit and sketch is a task for live sketching. Thanks to the mosquitoes, my quick sketches became that much more quicker :p

I just came back from a short but long overdue vacation from Goa, which also happens to be my hometown. I've been wanting to just go out and sketch and paint since forever, but grownup stuff always kept coming in the way. I also realized that waiting for someone to give you company only delays work further. So I set out on my own, (which is a huge achievement by the way) and came across  these beautiful scapes.I have stayed in Goa for 16 long years, but there is so much I don't know. Well like they say, better late than never :)

When in Mumbai, you can't avoid them spitaholics!!

So around two months ago, I went off cycling with some friends at Sanjay Gandhi National park. As we sat to sketch, I came across these lovely folks chilling on the trees. They didn't even flinch as I got up front and close to observe them more clearly. Picking up lice, scratching their butts, hanging on the branches probably saying wheeee  in their minds. These guys were up to some serious monkey business. Do you feel like pulling one of those tails or is it just me. (not in a trying to hurt them kinda way...just a friendly tug)