HYDERABAD: Ambadas Mahurkar, a reputed artist and one of the oldest in the breed of those who used water colours passed away here on Sunday, after a cardiac arrest.He was 75 and is survived by wife, three sons, two grandsons and daughter-in-law.He was specially known using transparent water colours in all their splendour, using the wet-in-wet technique and is credited with the distinction of keeping the rare technique alive in the country. He was a recipient of `Chitra Kala Kaushal’ from Swami Shivananda in Rishikesh, way back in 1965 and several other national and international awards for contribution to the art. Ambadas Mahurkar taught art at the Little Flower High School for three decades and also ran `Kala Mandir’ an ashram for art.