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Shubhankar Adhikari Fine Art

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 Abstract painting by Shubhankar Adhikari 

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City Temple Sketch

© Shubhankar Adhikari

watercolour and pen on paper

Found this beautiful temple in the city of destiny (i.e, Visakhapatnam). Liked the design and architecture. Sketched it with the help of pen and watercolour . Happy to share with you all ...........Have a nice weekend ............:)

Wishing you all a Happy & Prosperous New Year 2014

Wishing all my friends ,fans,followers,students and well wishers a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2014. Thanks for your continuous appreciation and support.

An artful tour to Taki - a Heritage Town

© Shubhankar  Adhikari

watercolour painting  on paper ( 11" x 15")

Taki is an extremely peaceful place for plein air painting .Last week I visited Taki to do some plein air painting.
I boarded the Hasnabad Local Train from Sealdah Station,(Kolkata ) to reach Taki Road Station.From Taki Road station I took a cycle-van to arrive at the Zamindar Bari (Palatial building ) on the banks of River Ichamoti in 10 minutes. Two-third of the Zamindar Bari (Palatial building ) property has been engulfed by the river Ichamoti,still this ( Zamindar Bari -Palatial building ) is one of the main attraction here.These Zamindars ruled from the time of Mughals and served till the time of British rules. It is quite painful to see the Zamindar Baris(Palatial buildings ) are now in dilpidated state. This historical Zamindar Bari(Palatial building ) as a witness, has lot more to say, if we all are willing to listen it.

Taki is a heritage town and also the gateway to Sunderban ( Bay of Bengal ). It is situated by the bank of beautiful river Ichamoti. Bangladesh is on the other bank of the river Ichamoti. Taki Municipality is  one of the oldest municipalities in India established in1869. Taki Gov’t High School is more than 250 years old.

A boat ride on the waters of Ichamoti is an activity which I surely cannot miss for speed sketching. I sketched the house of the the fishermen, their boats ,trees near  the shore, boats dancing in the high tide. The murmuring sound of the water and a boatman singing some folk tune enchanted my creative spirit. I spent a lovely day observing, painting,sketching  a variety of birds, trees, sailing boats,motor boats etc.

After completion of my fine art related job wholeday long , I enjoyed rolls, ghugnis ,sweets and tea on the shores of Ichamoti in the evening . It was quite relaxing. As an avid fan of prawn I also tried some prawn items here. Taki is also well known for prawn.

While returning home ,I noticed this beautiful old structure near Taki Municipality. I decided that I will paint it very soon. Yesterday I have made it. In this painting I have applied scarlet lake, lemon yellow,prussian blue,burnt sienna,hooker’s green,and payne’s grey.

Kolkata Cityscape - Victoria Memorial Hall

© Shubhankar  Adhikari (Artist )

Watercolour painting on paper ( 11" x 7" )

This is my recent painting on Kolkata cityscape. I always liked the architectural style of Victoria Memorial Hall. I am happy with the outcome of this artwork.In this work I have applied little bit of lemon yellow,sap green,payne's grey,prussian blue and olive green. 

Presently Victoria Memorial Hall is one of the most prominent building and also an art museum of Calcutta,under the Department of Culture ,Government of India.

Kolkata Cityscape - Cruiser on Hooghly river near Princep Ghat

© Shubhankar  Adhikari

Title - Cruiser on Hooghly river

watercolour paintings on paper

Happy to share with you all my first post of 2013.This painting was done by me last year.  Year 2012 was incredibly busy for me. I hope 2013 will be much busier,happier and peaceful for everyone.

Evergreen North Bengal

© Shubhankar  Adhikari ( artist )

watercolour painting on paper (8" x 11")

I made this paintings in the month of august 2012. This year when I visited North Bengal , I was lucky enough to find a very experienced driver for my rented car. He spotted me various beautiful places on the way to Lataguri,Jhalong, Bindu,Chalsa ,Gorumara ,Murti  ( ...........the list will be a long one ). He stopped the car many a time and gave me enough chance  to do my fine art related works. In this painting you can see a beautiful place between  Jhalong and Bindu.We stopped their for a while to take a cup of tea from a tea stall . The place is so beautiful that I will be unable to forget it ever. 

Delhi bound super fast train departing Kolkata-Howrah station........Kolkata cityscape painting

© Shubhankar  Adhikari (Artist )

watercolor painting on paper 

This is a painting I have completed yesterday morning. Now I am working on Kolkata city life .  I will share more paintings with you in near future, so stay tuned. :)