Another progression in my small paintings. The canvas sizes remain the same; I’ve just switched to a box with a larger mixing area.
A visual diary where everyday life becomes art through quiet observation
Soumitra Saha
I am a visual storyteller drawn to everyday life—quiet streets, passing moments, familiar corners.
Darjeeling Town, sketched from a photograph I took earlier. A small attempt to capture the charm of the hill town.
After doing four studies over the last two days, today I stepped out with it. I’m not fully satisfied with the results yet, but I want to continue a…
Trying a slightly more complex scene with people in it. Before stepping out with my tiny painting kit for tomorrow’s sketch meet, I wanted to be a b…
Continuing my tiny painting series. The House at Kumortuli, Kolkata, painted from a photograph I took a while ago. Trying to see how much I can incl…
It’s another tiny painting I did yesterday, and I must say I’m really enjoying it right now. A painting based on a photograph I took at Bartir Bill.…
Trying for the first time to do a tiny painting with watercolor and white on my portable small watercolor palette. I don’t use that palette anymore …
After a couple of weeks, I attended the Sunday meet with the Urban Sketchers Kolkata group. The place—or maybe the subject—didn’t excite me much, bu…
A quick watercolor sketch from the Babughat transit camp. Just a small moment of people waiting and talking, painted loosely with simple washes.
The morning at Mallick Ghat Flower Market is always a burst of color and movement. On one of my visits, I took a photograph of a flower seller quiet…
Painting from a photograph I took during our Silk Route journey. The place was quiet, almost whispering—a thin river slipping past stones, hills la…