By Farah Irani and Rohit Kulkarni Pune Cantonment sketch diary by Farah Irani Dear Rohit, The Usk talk by Simo Capecchi and her inspiring diary journaling collaboration with Amanda Roelle made me want to sketch my experiences too. Collaborating with you gave me a chance to take up her challenge “2 halves to a story”...
Urban sketching workshop, Alta Plaza Park, San Francisco with Farah Saturday July 25, 2020 from 10 am to 1 pm Learn how to use colored paper to create unique on location sketches, with suitable color harmonies using mixed media. For this workshop the colored paper we use for our sketch becomes our lens and not...
MY INSPIRATION Standing on Dastur Meher road in Pune, staring at a giant star hanging in the middle of the street, my hands automatically reached for a bright orange sheet of paper. I just felt like that colour was needed and a white paper wouldn’t allow me to capture the festivity I was seeing. This...
Early Sunday morning , the pouring rain almost put an end to my sketching till I found shelter under a makeshift stall of a flower seller opposite Kasba Peth Ganapati’s Mandap. This is the third year in a row Urban sketchers Pune have been invited to share their sketches of the event. The rain was...
Good Luck restaurant Estd. 1935 in Deccan area of Pune, India, is a popular Irani cafe. Sunday morning there was an unending queue for breakfast and I believe it is the same everyday of the week. Waiting for a table I got so immersed in sketching that I hardly noticed how many people in the...
Ever thought of using colored paper to make your sketches pop? Learn how to use coloured paper to create unique on location sketches with suitable colour harmonies using mixed media. This workshop is designed to raise one’s confidence in using any colour paper for your sketches. Learning goals 1. How to compose a sketch on...