Step by Step - drawing and painting a seashore. By Manju Panchal

"When you start a painting, it is somewhat outside you. 

At the conclusion, you seem to move inside the painting." 

Fernando Botero

The scene below is from Bamboo island, five kilometers off the 

northern  tip of Koh Phi Phi Don, in the Krabi province of Thailand. 

The island has stunning beaches with beautiful rocks, white sand

 and limestone cliffs behind. In the painting below the beach

 is covered by the shadows cast by the tall cliffs behind. 

The source of light ie the sun is behind the cliffs and

 the beach is on the west side of the island.

Reaching the destination

Soft pastel painting on Canson MT paper

Size 6" X 8"

I titled the painting as "Reaching the destination" with reference

 to the beautiful waves which travel a long distance 

and finally reach the shore. It is a beautiful feeling

 to be at a place like this and to hear the sound of the waves 

splashing against the rocks, and then gently kissing 

the white sand and merging with the land.

The soft pastel painting on twilight Canson MT progressed 

in stages and the step by step images can be seen below.

Step 1. Creating the basic outline

using Camlin charcoal pencil.

Step 2. Blocking in the major shapes with respective colours

 keeping in mind the values. Using the soft pastels

from mixed brands.

Step 3. Adding details and final touch up.

At this stage I use pastel pencils at several places.


My paintings can be viewed on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK too.

Charcoal sketching of a Portrait by Manju Panchal

Charcoal Portrait of a young girl from Kutch, with a beautiful

captivating smile.Created on Canson c a grain paper 

which has a slightly textured surface. It is an 

acid free paper and works great for both

 graphite and charcoal works.

A smile

Charcoal sketching on Canson ca grain paper

Size 7.5" X 10"

To view my other works you can visit my

BLOG and FACEBOOK page.

Charcoal and pastel work on toned paper by Manju Panchal

Charcoal drawings

Created the Charcoal sketchings as below on toned paper using charcoal pencil and white pastel pencil. These are more of study works that I do in my spare time to get a better understanding of tree anatomy. 

Exposed roots

Charcoal sketching on handmade paper

Size 5"x 7"

Tree trunk in the wild

Charcoal sketching on Canson toned paper

Size 5" x 7"

To browse through my other works you can visit my blog 

www.charcoalspastelsandmore.blogspot.in

or

INSTAGRAM page

Soft pastel paintings of scenes from Coorg ( Madikeri ) by Manju Panchal

I am Manju Panchal, self taught artist based at Andheri ( Mumbai ) 

and this is my first post in this blog. I am grateful to Arti Chauhan 

for including me as an artist in this group.

I have worked in many different mediums but presently I am 

working with soft pastels creating Landscapes of some beautiful 

places that I have visited in the past. Nature is an ever inspiring 

factor which keeps me motivated.

Given below are some soft pastel original paintings from in and 

around COORG ( Madikeri ) in Karnataka and these have

been done with reference to my study sketches

and photographs.

Standing alone

Soft pastel painting on Fabriano paper

Size 12" x 16"

Light through the trees

Soft pastel painting on Canson paper

Size 17" x 24"

The Fallen tree trunk

Soft pastel painting on Fabriano paper

Size 11" x 15"

Exposed roots

Soft pastel painting on Fabriano paper

Size 6" x 9"

My works can be viewed at myblog www.charcoalspastelsandmore.blogspot.in.

My facebook page is www.facebook.com/charcoalspastelsandmore

All the above paintings are available for sale and for purchase inquiry you can mail me

at manjupanchal@hotmail.com