A soft pastel painting of “Frothy Sea Waves” by Manju Panchal

Choose only one master - Nature”.  Rembrandt

The soft pastel painting below is inspired by the beautiful “Frothy sea waves” which 

reach the shore after a long journey. When observed closely, 

the froth creates interesting shadow patterns on the sands 

below. Soft pastel, I feel, is a great medium to capture the beauty 

of these waves on paper.

For most of my pastel paintings, my preferred choice of paper

 is undoubtedly “Canson Mi Teintes” which is available 

in many different shades. 

Frothy Sea waves

A Soft pastel painting on Canson Mi Teintes Touch paper

Size: 5” X 7”

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Watercolor painting of a rocky seashore by Manju Panchal

“The day will be what you make it, 

so rise, like the sun, and burn.” W C Hannan

A water colour painting of a beautiful
Seashore as seen at Bogmolo, in Goa.
Created on Chitrapat handmade paper 

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“One Morning at Bogmolo Beach”

Watercolor painting on Chitrapat handmade paper 

Size: 5” X 7”

For the above artwork I have used

 Winsor and Newton Cotman and

 Camlin Artists water color tubes. 

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Step by step, A charcoal drawing of a landscape by Manju Panchal

"To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong." Joseph Chilton Pearce

Zero Point, ( 15,300 ft ) also known as Yume Samdong, is a small

mountain village in North Sikkim. It is about 118 kms away

 from Lachung. Most tourists spend a night at Lachung

before proceeding to Zero point in the morning. Zero point

 offers stunning views of snow clad mountains

 and soaring coniferous trees.

The charcoal drawing as below is a scene that we came across

while we were travelling towards Zero point during

early morning hours.

                         

At Zero Point

Charcoal drawing on Cartridge paper

Size 6"X 8" 

I decided to photograph the drawing in stages so that the viewers

 can see the simple techniques that I have followed

 in order to complete this artwork.

Step 1. Created a faint outline and then used willow charcoal

for the background mountains.

Step 2. Additional strokes using willow charcoal to block in

 the darker values in the foreground.

Step 3. Lifted out clouds in the distance using kneaded eraser

and used charcoal pencil in the foreground to

to create the coniferous trees and foliage.

In the final steps I added details where ever necessary.  

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