I have been so caught up in life and in ‘production’, that I found I was loosing that little spark that kept me happy. Finding my old sketches made me realize just what I was missing. So it’s back to the drawing board for me. Quite literally!

I hope you enjoy these sketches. They are still a work in progress.

These next two sketches were done on bits of old paper that I found in my stash. So they are a little yellowed. The paint you see was already on it, remnants of some old work.
These two are Lucky (top) and Kajal (bottom). I have painted them before, you can see those images here.

The existing paint gave me ideas…
This next one is of Lucky with further work in water colors.

Lucky- It really is all about the light in her eyes.
She is moody, doesn’t like everybody. Very picky. But, if you are one of the lucky few that she likes?… Her eyes light up. She is adorable and incredibly affectionate. Which translated means, you better pet her and keep doing so

This next one is of Bolt. It still needs a lot of work. Both highlights and darks.
Here, he is looking out at the world…

( This one is on white paper. It looks grey, because it’s not a very good photograph!!)

‘It really is all about the light in her eyes… ‘ reminded me of something I wrote last year. I hope you like it.
And no, I did not write it for Lucky
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I love your beautiful brown eyes

(March 2011)

Did you know your eyes smile when they look at me?
They turn from plain brown to gold.
I see affection most days.
I see question some days.
Some days, they are just warm and melting.
On days, I see anger and frustration too!!
But, they’re always alive when they look at me.
They can pull me together.
They can also tear me apart.
They shout out to me and then…
sometimes, they just whisper my name!!
But, they always light up when they look at me.
You can try and hide from me.
You can also stay away.
You can try and be merry without me.
But, I thought I should let you know…
your eyes always always give you away!!

I should get back to pure drawing and sketching. It’s been a quite a while since I did that.

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Mojo

     
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Sirius

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See the post here.

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Now I know, this might not seem to really align with what I do… but what closed the decision for me was the ‘Best of the web’ section itself, and the people and blogs that have been covered. The write up on each blog is short and sweet with a single image. I stumbled on many blogs that I did not know existed, and after having gone through them, I find myself having book-marked a few!!

Happyness!

Thank you Nidhi for the wonderful write up. It was great to chat with you at the Poonchh Collection exhibition at 100 ft here in Bangalore. And thank you to the photographer Nithin Sagi for a wonderful picture.

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Also, I thought I should show you some work instead of just press clippings You can see the step-by-step progress pictures here.

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Now, I was busy trying to finish the Theyyam piece in time for the extremely tight deadline that the team over at BBC GoodHomes had set. Supreet and Reza were of course, just salivating at the equipment they would get to work with. What you see are the usable clips, from an otherwise insane evening of fun and experimentation.

You can see the step-by-step progress pictures of the painting here.

I hope you all like the film. Do tell me what you think of it.

Since the Theyyam piece is a gift for GoodHomes the Magazine, I also want to take the time to tell you all about the absolutely wonderful new layout they have.  And it is their 4th anniversay this month.

Here are a few sneak peaks…

And to be featured with like minded souls, is truly wonderful. I want to bring to your notice the amazing work that others are doing.

Project Akshar- projectakshar@sifecbs.org
Forty Red Bangles- www.fortyredbangles.wordpress.com
Project Play – theprojectplay@gmail.com

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