Trip painting

When she was in college, Jack Kerouac’s book The Dharma Bums helped the author find her place in wilderness and in life. She hoped it would do the same for her 16-year-old son as they embarked on a mother-son California road trip retracing Kerouac’s adventures.

artmonia: “The Journey Begins by Stahlberg. ”

I am Harigovind Sathees, a self-taught Indian artist and painter based in Kerala. I was born on 29th April 2002 in Kerala. I work with watercolur art, acrylic painting, pencil drawing, oil pastel drawing, soft pastel, and almost all types of art forms.

This is an Amish boy walking back to his home from the field he was working in... he turned and waved as I drove past - such a genuine wave. I felt badly that I had stolen this picture of him. They so intrigue me. In driving around, I saw an Amish school house too - there are so many - but this one had horrible graffiti on the outside of it. Big black spray paint depicting a gun pointing in the side of a big smiley face. Why? All the while the kids in the yard were just playing away. I just…

I had recently been to Leh, Ladakh and this is one of the scenes I was itching to paint. I loved the varied landscapes there and there's some more sketches and paintings to come . . Used procreate to paint this. . #lehladakh #nubravalley #ladakh #leh #digitalpainting #procreate #digitalartwork