Kolkata Cityscape

© Shubhankar  Adhikari 

watercolour art on paper 

Naturescape

Paintings on cartridge paper (11" X 7")

© Shubhankar Adhikari

A village scene from my sketch book

© Shubhankar  Adhikari

Happy to share another sketch on Rural Bengal. Just a ball point pen has been used in this work.

Rural India - a village scene

Watercolour painting on paper

© Shubhankar  Adhikari 

Sharing another recent  painting from " Rural India series ". You can see that the village people are busy with their daily activities.The presence of strong light has made the painting very vibrant. This is a scene of a village in Howrah district ,West Bengal.

Acrylic landscape painting on board -Wooden Bungalows

© Shubhankar  Adhikari 2013

Acrylic painting on board (size 11" x 14")

Acrylic is one of my favourite medium for painting. This is an acrylic  painting  which I have completed recently. Working with acrylic on board is always a nice experience .

Townscape

© Shubhankar  Adhikari 2013 (Artist)

watercolour painting on paper 

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. 

Chinsurah Cityscape, Mayurpankhi Ghat, River Ganges

© Shubhankar Adhikari

Watercolor Painting on paper 

Chinsurah is a beautiful historical town situated beside the river Ganges in Hooghly district,West Bengal.  I often like to visit this town for a day or two for my creative inspirations. Chinsurah has a rich historical past . The Dutch formed their East India Company (O.V.C.)  around 1602 in Chinsurah.The town is filled with Dutch memories and architectures. Dutch ruled here till May 1825. 

Mayurpankhi Ghat is beautifully constructed concrete boat in the shape of a peacock.This ghat  serves as a resting place for the local residents and passenger boats passing through the river. There were nearly thirty ghats in Chinsurah. Still we can find these following  ghats namely Tulapati Ghat,Battalar Ghat,Seal’s Ghat,Shyambabur Ghat, Shandeswar Talar Ghat, Shandeswar Ghat,Dhala Ghat,College Ghat,Ghanta Ghat,Hanuman Ghat,Dun Sahib’s Ghat, Dutta Lodge’s Household Ghat,Twin Ghat (Joraghat),Shiv Mandir Ghat etc. “Vande Mataram” ,the theme song for the Indian freedom movement was created by Sri Bankim Chandra Chatterjee while staying in a house adjacent to Jora Ghat ,Chinsurah.

  

I also like the Chinsurah Maidan (Chinsurah Ground) ,stretching along the banks of river Ganges. Here we can enjoy the beauty of four huge green playgrounds and several smaller ones. The Chinsurah Maidan  area is enriched with beautiful parks, Rabindra bhawan, a tennis court, swimming pools, historic town club etc.

Bandel Church (Oldest church in Bengal), Hooghly Imambara, Jubilee Bridge, Hooghly Collegiate School (second oldest high school in Bengal) , Chinsurah Court (longest building in Bengal ) Dutch Cemetery,Vande Mataram Bhawan, Hooghly Mohsin College are the must visit place for all. 

North Bengal recalls

© Shubhankar Adhikari

watercolour painting on paper

I have mentioned you earlier that the beauty of North Bengal always enthralls me. I noticed this beautiful roadside wooden cottage while returning from Bindu. Last week I created this artwork. I have used here sap green,viridian hue, ultramarine blue and little bit of burnt sienna.

Way to Jhalong, North Bengal

© SHUBHANKAR  ADHIKARI

Title - Way to Jhalong

Watercolour on paper (11" x 8" )

This is my another painting on North Bengal series . While visiting Jhalong and Bindu I  noticed this beautiful place on the way . Sun was in full swing. 

Watercolour abstract

© Shubhankar Adhikari

watercolour abtract on paper