Again to my favourite metropolis, Mumbai. I spent nearly 2 weeks there, principally educating so I gained’t put up all my sketches (as a result of a lot of them are as an instance a way or make a degree solely) However there are nonetheless numerous memorable moments and locations to share and I’ll do a full sketchbook(s) flipthrough video after I’m all completed posting.
Two sketches from the fisherman’s village in Worli. The primary of fishing boats, going nowhere immediately. (They’re between seasons for 2 sorts of fish.) and the second of Dilip (a dockworker, now retired) as he separates the rope from a tangle of a internet that’s too broken to make use of. This painstaking job takes about two hours, and in alternate for returning the rope to the fisherman, he will get to maintain the online, which he sells to the plastic recycler for 25 rupees. Nets was once handmade and had been repaired often, however they’re getting changed shortly by machine-made nets that price 4500 rupees and may’t be mended.
I obtained to Chor Bazar (actually, the Thieves Market) on the tail finish of the USk Mumbai meetup however did get ot see all of the superior work from the individuals. Chot Bazar is stuffed with little outlets promoting every little thing from antiques to sneakers and transistor radios, all second hand.
At Matunga Flower Market, the already-bright flowers look brighter below coloured lights. Every of these distributors has its personal tiny stall, and in excessive season (Ganesh Chaturti is the height season in Mumbai), every little stall can promote a truckload of flowers in a single day. These flowers could be purchased wholesale to show into garlands and resell, or you may purchase some on your residence altar.
We formally kicked off our workshop in Mumbai at evening with a welcome dinner, however since everybody was on the town this morning, why not go sketching someplace fascinating, proper? So, off to the Spice Market we went. These two guys had been chopping up dried coconut. It makes its manner into Goda masala, Ghati masala, and Konkani masala, solely three of the countless spice mixes they had been grinding up.
On my stroll again residence on the finish of the day, I finished for a meetha paan, made for me by Jishaan who works the evening on the paan stall. An after-dinner delicacy, prospects cease by to have one all evening lengthy, so the paan stall solely shuts down at 5 am.
Tons extra sketches from Mumbai are arising quickly. To date, listed below are the primary two posts within the collection of sketches from India:
Sketches from Pune
Extra Sketches from Pune
