Wednesday, November 18, 2020

School In The Heavens


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.

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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 ... 

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14 comments:

  1. PravinNovember 18, 2020 at 10:01 PM

    Awesome sketches Gopi. They looky really amazing.

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  2. TusharNovember 18, 2020 at 10:05 PM

    Awesome! It was fun to read your sketch story and you have beautifully drawn the sketch.
    Glad to see you are able to find time in our busy schedule.
    Would love to see more such sketches from you.

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  3. kapilNovember 18, 2020 at 10:28 PM

    Amazing! So realistic!!

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  4. UnknownNovember 18, 2020 at 11:00 PM

    This is awesome Gopi!!

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  5. UnknownNovember 20, 2020 at 8:48 AM

    Superb sketch n the blog is interesting to read too.

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  6. VinitNovember 20, 2020 at 7:10 PM

    This is just amazing, 40hrs..wow..no wonder its one of your masterpiece.
    Good idea to have a story along with sketch :)

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    1. GopiNovember 20, 2020 at 8:08 PM

      :) Thank you. Every sketch has some history behind it. So I decided to do this same for all sketches coming up.

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  7. Mister AmolNovember 21, 2020 at 1:06 PM

    I zoomed in at many points in the image and the detailing you did is very impressive, Gopi!! Shhhoolliidd effort and amazing output! What a beautiful school location indeed!

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    1. GopiNovember 22, 2020 at 12:53 AM

      Thank you :) And the camera fails to capture all details, including some color shades. In actual sketch you can read the text on the blackboard.

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    2. Mister AmolNovember 23, 2020 at 7:28 AM

      That is exactly what i read and found it very impressive. Your resolution higher and depth deeper than your camera :-D

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