Saturday, March 24, 2012

Morning Glory - Oil on Canvas

A4 with palette knives
A palette knife composition done on the spot from Powai Jogger's park, near the lake. I tried to capture an impressionist work of the reflections of IIT Powai, on the lake. These buildings look beautiful , casting long reflections on the pristine lake.

It was an early morning exercise. There were interesting things happening in the park.

There were kids learning some dance classes ( looked like some modern moves), in the garden house there. There were serious walkers and joggers there.
There was a group of chattering ladies, who seemed to have taken a sunday morning off from their husbands, kids and cooking. They looked excited.

Of course after a while, most people stopped whatever they were doing and started joining the group of curious watchers , interested in our painting progress. We painted near an open air ampitheatre today, so there was ample space for them to watch my work in progress.

For all those who came in late to Powai, this park is beautiful, clean, serene and very well maintained. It's worth a morning walk and worth taking some time off for one-self. There were interesting subjects to sketch. One guy was sitting with a bunch of papers and a bottle of water and struck a very sketching friendly pose. But, i stuck on to my oils and knives and finished this work Oil painting en plein air is messy, or I havent Iearnt the right tricks. because I was covered with oils and paints by the time I was done.

Some snaps of WIP:


4 comments:

ekabeka.com said...

Wow! Brilliant. So beautifully done.

Prakash said...

hi Kasturi,

do you teach too? can you msg me your contact info at prakash.dogra@gmail.com - am from powai.
thanks.
prakash

Nick said...

I like the knife! This is full of light and life, keep painting Kasturi! :)

Kasturi said...

@ Nick...Thanks for your comments! Yes I will paint more and with gusto now:)