The Hauz Khas In Chroma

B.S. - I cant do my blogs without my little sis Richa Nijhawan ( b.s. - before script )

The beginning to my perfect day is most of the times an unplanned one and Yesterday was one of that kind . My cousins had came over, so we all decided to go and explore something within a few kilometers , hence we left for Hauz Khas Village.
Hauz Khas , is derived from Farsi , it refers to ' the royal water tank ' . Along with the tank, the complex is studded with doomed tombs of Muslim royalty. It is located at the southern part of the metropolitan , Delhi .Over the time it has become the most conventional hangout place for the young population.  As we parked the car and forwarded towards the monument, i could hear some groovy music and see the walls painted in Graffiti. I being familiar to the place ushered everyone towards the monument . As soon as we reached the gates , i deviated to find a view that i could sit and sketch. I took out my canvas pad and uniball's water proof pen and started capturing the view .

This was my first attempt for live sketching with a pen , other times i had only used graphites , but it was coming up well . While dribbling my pen i would suddenly stop and stare at the pigeons and the gloomy sky , i am a nature lover ,i admit.

Fifteen minutes later i came up with some more of it, that is how it appeared.

I resumed the pen work at this moment and left the rest for later, now i wanted to go Kunzum Travel Cafe, its just in the lane outside the gates of monument. Kunzum is a laid-back coffee shop for travelers . It features photography and travel books, and is a pocket friendly heaven for travelers as the coffee is served absolutely free, but they do have a drop box if one wishes to pay silently. Kunzum was started by Ajay Jain, an engineer by profession and a photographer by heart, he wanted people to buy his photographs, but unable to sell through exhibitions so he started a gallery and promoted it online.
                                                                   
This ends up my visit to the urban artist village of delhi.
I had to bring the sketch to conclusion  as I reached home , so i decided to do it with mix -media. I took a spoon of coffee powder, gloss medium (acrylic) and photo colors. I mixed the coffee into the medium to make a sticky application, with a round brush i started painting the image.
I ended up painting it in chrome yellow, burnt sienna, sap green etc. This is how it came up finally. I titled it  ''The CHROME SAVIOR'' .
               Mix -media on Canvas.