Nature & Park Life Sketching

There is a special connection formed when you draw a place while you are in it. I held up my finished sketchbook to show my pen drawing against the real boating lake at Sanjay Gandhi National Park. My goal is to capture the essence of the scene, not just a perfect copy.

A clean, finished sketchbook spread of the boating area at Sanjay Gandhi National Park. This drawing was done entirely with a green ballpoint pen, focusing on the shapes of the trees, the bridge, and the swan boats on the water.

A close-up view of my sketchbook and the 4-in-1 ballpoint pen I used for this landscape drawing. You can see the cross-hatching and line work that create texture and depth in the trees and water.

This sketchbook page documents a small food stall I found in the park, complete with a sleeping dog curled up at the base. These are the small, quiet moments I love to capture during my on-site sketching sessions.

Here is a photo of me holding the sketch of the food stall. It shows the drawing in my hand, giving a sense of scale and the handmade quality of the work.

Sometimes the best view is right outside your window. This short video shows the breathtaking mountain landscape I saw from my room and the resulting sketch I created to remember it, using expressive lines to capture the layers of hills and clouds.

A page from my sketchbook featuring studies from a monsoon day at the park. I focused on the form of a tree trunk with a scooter parked beside it, and a quick gesture drawing of a sleeping dog I saw nearby.

More studies from nature. This page includes detailed sketches of tree trunks, observing their unique shapes and textures, alongside quick drawings of sleeping dogs I encountered in the park.

This image shows the collective work from a sketching event with Urban Sketchers Mumbai. It's wonderful to see so many different interpretations of the same location, with sketchbooks spread out on the ground, each telling its own story.