Fish markets may be smelly and messy however they’re additionally one of the crucial enjoyable locations to catch a variety of motion. These three sketches are from three utterly completely different fish-related places.

In Mumbai, I spent a part of my day without work sketching with workshop members at Sasson docks and breakfasted on egg-kheema-pao after that. I do know I’m having a superb time once I fortunately spend my time without work drawing with the group, and I used to be thrilled that they wished to stand up tremendous early on their relaxation day to sketch on the wholesale fish market.

This subsequent sketch is of small fishing boats in Kochi and was a part of an train the place we built-in people-sketches with an attention-grabbing composition of boat shapes. That stand-with-hands-clasped-behind-back is such a basic Indian man pose, I like capturing it in all places. Within the background are the well-known Chinese language fishing nets you see round Kochi.

And this final sketch is from Goa the place I spent the night with City Sketchers Goa. I sketched it simply earlier than I did this fast sketch of the fishing boat unloading big marlin. We ended the night as all USk meets ought to finish: with chai and bhajiya at an area joint.

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Extra posts on this collection from India arising quickly. You may see earlier posts within the collection right here:
• The Examine Corridor of Goals and Hopes
• Crawford Market
• Washing Linen, Fishing Marlin
• Small Areas

Gateway to India is a 10-day workshop primarily based in India that I run with my co-instructor, Zainab Tambawala. The subsequent session is in late January 2025. Workshop particulars shall be introduced by March 2024. If you’re curious about becoming a member of us, write to me at suhita@gmail.com and let me know!