Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Latest works..

I've been busy travelling and drawing/painting a lil too...My husband and I took of on a 7 day trip to Himachal pradesh. We managed to visit shimla,manali,dharamsala,dalhousie and on our way back spent some time in amritsar and a day in delhi. For those who dont know Himachal Pradesh is a state in India known for its scenic beauty, tibeten monastaries and a lot of mountains since it is situated on the western part of the himalayas..It was a fun trip and I sure would love to go back to dharamsala since it proved to be the best part of our trip..We did manage to get a glimpse of the dalai lama while we were in dharamsala as he was attending a ceremony in a school near the dal lake. We spent a few hours at amritsar visiting the golden temple which was an awesome experience and also sometime at the jallainwala bhag.
I'll post some pics as soon as I download them and until then lemme show you what I've drawn and painted in the last 1 month.













The pencil drawing is still a WIP.The koi fish painting was done as a perp painting for a larger painting in the beginning of june as a birthday gift for my mum..Unfortunately the painting is now at my mom's and also too large to scan.I forgot to take a picture of the painting which I intend to do the next time I'm visiting my mum. The tulip is done in oil pastel and is more of a sketch rather than a drawing.The paper is some sort of art paper, I liked the texture and was interested in experimenting with some oil pastels. I'm also working on the colored pencil licorice painting I started looooong back and then lost interest in which I intend to finish soon and post real soon too....until then take care...

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Fruits anyone?


This is my first post after I moved back to India..I havent had much time to paint considering the fact that I'm still settling down and getting used to the life here..Here's what I managed to finish a couple of days ago.The paper isnt good and I dont think the painting came out as well as I had expected.I followed the instructions in a art book to paint this..

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

I'm moving!!!! -an update

We've(my husband and I) decided to go back to our country India for good and so we are leaving this weekend.The last 5 years that we've lived here in the US we've had a lot of fun and made a lot of friends.i will definitely miss them but then thats why we have the internet rite? I'm gonna get to go back and now set up a nice permanent place to draw and paint yay!.I think thats what excites me the most cos obviously my country and situations have changed a lot in the last 5 yrs and though I go home every 6 months I was always in the holiday mood so never really got the hang of a normal life there.
I intend to sketch a little on the plane but hey, intentions are different from actions right?.Well,I'll try to sketch(if I dont fall asleep) and will definitely post what ever I've drawn as soon as I get home and settle down.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Bells


I love bell peppers...I believe its also called capsicum by some people..I think they taste extremely nice raw or cooked..I like still life setups with these peppers cos I think they add intersting shapes and colors to the whole set up..they are also fun to draw..heres a quick sketch of a couple of peppers I was making a few days ago..I wanted to add color but thought these looked nice.Am seriously considering doing a watercolor painting with peppers.I was looking around for some intersting pics and found a whole bunch of them on Wetcanvas.I'm surely gonna do a painting once I get home..Oh!..did I mention that we are heading home.All my stuff is packed and am set to leave in 2 weeks..That also means that all my drawing and painting stuffs been packed.I've managed to keep my sketching kit out so that I can sketch a little..Also the 18 hr journey back home may get me to draw some people on the plane.

Sketches




Here are a few sketches I managed to take pics of today from my sketchbook.


EDM#12 & 16



Heres a couple more..my dinner y'day nite a chicken pot pie and a can of coke.My fav tool is obviously the eraser

Some More EDM challenges..





I've been doing a whole bunch of EDM challenges but never got to take any good pics of them.Also the light here is so bad in winter that I need to play around in PS to make them bright,sharp etc which is waaay too much of work for me..But...I managed to take a few pics today morning of a few of the sketches and here they are

EDM#6.My well loved objectis obviously my laptop.

EDM#7.Bottle/Jar/Tin from the kitchen..
















EDM#8.Watch or Jewellry.My fav.pearl earrings













EDM#10.My Hand(right after I got my nails done)

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Some more Licorice..


Heres what I have been working on of late...Its again a plate of yummy licorice...I think its coming along real nice since the black paper does seem to let the colors pop...I have been thinking of posting this for a while but never got to doing it..Thot I'll start the new years with something yummy looking and tasting...its still a WIP and I've got a lil bit more to get done with..I hope to finish it in the next one week...the thing that most worries me is the background...the lower left corner has a table cloth that needs to be drawn and that really worries me...I guess I'll take care of that when I get to it...rite now I'm gonna work on the plate and the candy...