Ramesh sleeping 2

This time I tried to be clever and sketch Ramesh from behind. But I think he has a sixth sense that alerts him to the fact that I’m trying to sketch him! After sleeping like a log he shifted positions when I was a few minutes into my sketch and then i [...]

Keya - Monsoon Flower

All Indian names have meanings. Keya means a monsoon flower. I was hoping to do one of her from Life but it didnt happen. These are from photo references taken when she was a couple of years younger. I’m still optimistic that I’ll manage to get one done next time [...]

Father and child

This time I was determined to visit the art supply store on my own. I did not want to bore the others to tears and nor did I want to rush over what was a big treat for me. I did pick up a few new things to try and one of them [...]

Late at night

It has become quite clear that I’m a night painter. Whatever schedule I was planning to come up with for learning had better keep that fact in mind.
The self portrait was made in Chennai and the last one which is supposed to be of a friend, Annie was made earlier in Bangalore. [...]

Restating Lines

It was after reading Danny Gregory’s website that I took to restating lines with a pen without a care and have now grown to like them. Soon after, I joined Every Day Matters (EDM) the group started by him. Without doubt this is one of the best groups that I belong to. [...]

Another Upside Down

One of the art blogs that I consider a must read is Katherine Tyrell’s “Making a Mark“. I visit it often. It contains all kinds of useful information and links for artists. A couple of days ago I followed a link from there to Margaret Stiefvater’s post on “How to Juggle [...]

Colourful Rickshaws

I grew up in Kolkata, a city with hand pulled Rickshaws. I must’ve sat in one just once and my friend pulled me along up and down the road to her house for a lark! At that point there were a few other cities with hand pulled rickshaws but they were soon upgraded [...]

Sona the Buffalo

Well, a bad tummy bug and no internet connection has kept me out of action for a while.  This one is not recent.  We went to Ranthambore in January this year to look for Tigers.   I had a sketching companion in Nicolas.  We went exploring a village behind the hotel we stayed in.  Sona was [...]