Row of shops , 4″ X 11″, Gouache on paper.

Back from India with a couple of sketches……….a row of shops opposite to my house, in the middle is a typical south Indian petty shop. People gather here to have tea, coffee and discuss local village issues to international matters. This petty shop is owned by a “bhai”, we here commonly call all our Muslim friends “bhai”, meaning brother. 

I usually block-in with a warm orange tone for all my sketches especially for the foliage, here I started sketching the focal point first and as I moved on either sides, felt the sketch was complete by then and decided not to make it too busy.