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Experimentations

All kinds of experimentations happened last week. I wanted a poem to illustrate in ink, an online friend suggested one by Langston Hughes, I did it using printing techniques with graphite on rice paper instead. I like the unusual effect that has resulted and I will...

Week 15, The strange farmyard, part 3

These are the new hens for this week’s HES. I also added a bit of vegetation. The next week will be spent drawing a few brooding hens and more plants. Soon, there should be enough material to work on a final collage. Gesso, acrylic, pastel pencils and white gel...

Week 14, The strange farmyard, part 2

I’m starting to get the hen « attitude ». They feel looser and spunkier than the ones created last week. I’ve also been more efficient at drawing them; a big seven, plus eggs and houses instead of the three made the week before. The background that eluded me is...

Keep on Drawing

Right from New Year’s day I was on the go. Since this is the holiday season, I had friends visiting from other parts of the world and from India itself. It made for many enjoyable moments, like sketching in Lalbagh with one friend after a very long time. I had...