19th January 2016- At the Red Fort

19th January 2016- Sketching at Red Fort

We set out with the intention of sketching at St James Church, the oldest church in Delhi but we were in for a rude shock. We were told rather rudely and abruptly that we could not sketch there without taking permission. Having come all the way, I earnestly requested to meet the priest and even showed our sketches and spoke about our blog. I was told that he was away and that I would have to write a detailed letter as to what we planned to do at the church. Disappointed, we went away. Then my fellow sketchers suggested "Red Fort" and we all brightened up at the idea. We surely did not want to waste any time and hurried to the destination. It was foggy and cloudy. Yet the sights of the bazaar and the beautiful Red Fort made our hearts light and joyful. We spent some time at the photo exhibition, "Kesa-vinyas"on the elaborate and gorgeous hairstyles of those days and finally ventured for some late afternoon sketches at the Red Fort. Braving the cold and the wind, we sketched for a couple of hours. We will be back with more sketches at this dear place. Thats a promise!

Note- Just for clarification as to which part of Red Fort our sketchers did, I will name the sketcher along with the sketch below-:

Jitesh Beriwal- Part of Diwan-i-Khas
Nikita Chhabra- Moti Masjid
Vikram Kumar- Moti Masjid
Shantala Palat- The building on the right of Diwan-i-Khas

               Jitesh,(Left) Nikita(above), Vikram (middle), Shantala (bottom right)

Vikram Kumar- Moti-Masjid (Pearl Mosque)

Shantala Palat- on the right of Diwan-i-Khas