School In The Heavens

Blessed are the kids who get to attend such beautiful divine school in their childhood! This pencil sketch is of a primary school in peak rainy season. It is located in a remote village named Palsambe in Gaganbawda, the place of highest rainfall in Maharashtra state, India.

Canvas Size: A4

Frame Size: 31 cm x 22.5 cm

Sketch Size: 28 cm x13 cm

The sketch was completed on 14th Nov 2020. It took about 40 hours over about 2 months as I struggled to find time to complete it through my busy work schedule.

My Toolkit: It's drawn using world class color pencils from Derwent that guarantee that color remains the same for 100 years in museum conditions. Good quality tools are vital in crafting accurate and durable art.

The sketch is based on a photo I took of the school on 3 Jul 2016, however I have exercised freedom to do some modifications I thought would make the sketch better. At this particular time in 2016, the school was probably freshly colored, and also being peak rainy season it was lush green all around.

Coincidentally, I happened to visit the same school again on 8 Nov 2020, while I was still working on this sketch close to its completion. It was bright sunny day, the rains were already over by this time and the once bright colors of the school were also faded over years. I hope someone plans to color the school again and next rainy season it restores its beauty from the past ...