Exploring the architectural heritage in Kolkata City

Artwork by Shubhankar Adhikari

Pen & Soft Pastel on paper

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Exploring the urban nostalgia in fascinating Kolkata

Artwork by Shubhankar Adhikari 

Watercolour & pen on paper

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Cityscape - Old Structures

© Shubhankar  Adhikari  2013

watercolour and pen on handmade paper

Old structures and their architectural features always motivate me to sketch and paint. While visiting historical towns and cities I always search the old buildings  with special architectural brilliance. Here I have kept my palette limited into  two colours to give more emphasis on values. 

Into Oblivion

Into Oblivion

Oil pastel & Watercolour on handmade paper

Size - 11' x 15'

© Shubhankar Adhikari

This is one of my mixed-media painting I have made on the ancient  buildings still exist in Bengal. The place is near Murshidabad. When I visited Murshidabad first time,I was speechless to see all the beautiful historical structures .Last time when  I visited Murshidabad I saw this beautiful old structure beside a road. It seemed  to say something about its historical past. I made an instant sketch. Afterwards I transformed the sketch into a painting in my studio.