Cityscape in watercolor

 Watercolor on   paper

Copyright © Shubhankar Adhikari   2021

Watercolour Cityscape

 Watercolour painting on paper

Copyright © Shubhankar Adhikari

Heritage building in Kolkata City

Watercolour painting on paper 

© 2016  Shubhankar  Adhikari 

Townscape - Chinsurah, Hooghly, West Bengal

watercolour painting on paper 

© Shubhankar  Adhikari

While on the way to Bandel Church from Hooghly Imambara , I noticed this beautiful building proudly standing beside the road. I took a snap without delaying. Afterwards I used this snap as a  reference to complete this painting in my studio. 

Here in this work I have drawn the building with ball point pen . Afterwards I have applied the watercolour carefully on the paper. As the paper is not a handmade paper so I have to take extra care to bring the effect of light in this composition. 

Watercolour Naturescape

Watercolour painting on paper

© Shubhankar  Adhikari

This naturescape was created by me last week. You can see the spontaneous flow of the colours on the paper because I have used a very loose watercolour  approach here. This is a fully imaginative work. 

Mahishadal, Rajbari ( Palace) Purba Medinipur, West Bengal -Watercolor Sketch on paper

© Shubhankar Adhikari 

Watercolour sketch on paper

This is a fast sketch of Mahishadal Rajbari made by me in the year 2010. I think Mahishadal Rajbari is one of the finest place for the artists and nature lovers to enjoy the vast water bodies, gardens,trees and historical bulidings. The place is very calm and peaceful, perfect for doing open air artworks.

Mahishadal is famous historical place situated in Haldia subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. It is just a three and half hours drive  from Kolkata. An excellent weekend gateway for artists,musicians,nature-lovers,film-directors,coaches, poets, writers,composers,photographers,players,students,academicians,and tourists.

Kolkata City traffic at Gariahat Crossing

© Shubhankar  Adhikari

Watercolour painting on paper (11" x 7" )

Gariahat crossing is one of my favourite spot in Kolkata  for getting some motivation  to paint busy city life. Here you can view the city traffics coming from Rashbehari Crossing. Trams are also there because  Ballygunj tram depot is nearby. 

Cityscape - Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam City suburb, Andhra Pradesh

watercolour and pen on paper

© Shubhankar  Adhikari

This is a watercolour  townscape  of  Simhachalam, Andhra Pradesh. Simhachalam is a beautiful place situated near Visakhapatnam City. The place is surrounded by beautiful hills and also famous for Simhachalam Hindu Temple .

Kolkata Cityscape - A city tram heading towards southern Kolkata

Watercolour painting on paper 

© Shubhankar  Adhikari 

Sharing another painting from "Kolkata cityscape series". We are aware that  Kolkata is the only city in India where trams are still running  actively. I always like to travel Kolkata by trams, because they are comfortable and pollution free. Still I get very nostalgic when I hear the sound of the bell of a tram. Here in this painting I have depicted a tram passing through the evergreen Kolkata maidan area. Trams are very frequent in this route.