This article is about Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple #047ZÂ Watercolor Painting #938, which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. This is my watercolor painting of Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple in Trimbak, India.
Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple Watercolor Painting #938. Key points to this work are as follows:
- Composition.
- Shade and shadowing.
- Composition: This is a complex composition because of the location of the temple in the village of Trimbak, and is juxtaposition with the mountains behind. The temple lies at the edge of town near the market of Trimbak and so it is always full of visitors and worshipers.
- Shade and shadowing: I have made extensive use of hatching and cross hatching in this work of art. The nature of the design of the temple immediately lends itself to intricate linear detailing. This kind of structure certainly does not fall into Mies Van Der Rohe dictum of “less is more”. Nonetheless, this wonderful temple offers plenty of “more” and my watercolor is here to display this. I have played down the greenery in the landscape behind the temple so that it does not force its way between the mountains that form an amazing backdrop to the inspiring scene. The richness and beauty of India stands before us.