Nandalal's work depicts changing landscapes, portraits of people, sketches from life and places at the time of changing outlook in the modern Indian cultural domain. His nature to explore the various materials and mediums allowed him to make a prolific body of work in different mediums.  Bose's sketches captures lived life, people and animals, in the settings with the context and references, with fine rhythmic lines be it pencil, brush, or any medium.  Most of his sketches have a strong tendency of documentation and  show a continuous involvement with the surroundings that the artist was present in.  He sketched from his observations of nature in watercolours.  This water colour rendering shows the sketch of slender plants grown around.

He sketched from his observations of nature in watercolours.  This water colour rendering shows the sketch of slender plants grown around.