THE FIRST RAINS - From Line Art to Water Colours

GOA AFTER THE FIRST RAINS.

This scene is from the days of my growing up in the late 1950’s/early 1960’s in Goa. View of Bastora hills seen from Guirim, Cumbiem Morod, Bardez, Goa, India. On the left is my cycle leaning on the coconut tree. On the roadside nearby is a cross where we sang litanies and prayed for rain. Sitting on the bridge parapet are my buddies having an idle chat. One of them has a cycle. On the right is the Portuguese Primary school “Escola Primaria”, flanked by houses of my friends. In the foreground donning a red shirt and grey shorts is me with my selection of boats while my buddy has just arrived  with his. In the distance from left to right  is the main road from Mapusa to Betim ferry crossing, at the time when the bridge over the River Mandovi was not even on the drawing board. The boys from different wards met at the junction before proceeding to school at Monte de Guirim. The small rivulet from the hills of Parra runs through Guirim and joins the Mapusa river tributary that lies little beyond the main road.

Water Colours from Line Drawing. Size 12" x 9"  by Tony Fernandes.