Michael Schumacher

Wishing Michael Schumacher a speedy recovery

Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969) is a retired German racing driver who raced in Formula One for Benetton and Ferrari. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers and regarded by some as the greatest of all time. In December 2013, Schumacher suffered a traumatic brain injury in a skiing accident. He was placed in a medically induced coma for six months until 16 June 2014. Then in September 2014, he was relocated to his home where he continues to receive medical treatment and rehabilitation privately. (Info- Wiki)

This sketch is my first work with ‘Faber Castell Polychromos’, I used ‘Staedtler Luna’ before that. The shades in Polychromos are different than those in Luna. I took me some time to pick ones suitable for skin tones. However, as these are oil based, these blend easily and do not pose the issue of ‘wax bloom’. 

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Cherry Basket

Completed my drawing today! 'Cherry Basket' in Staedtler Luna pencils and Derwent pencil blender and burnisher on A4 130 gsm watercolor paper

(Image from Pixabay)

Caricatures II

Some more caricatures 😀

Recreated from HT edit pages

Cherries

I love cherries! Well, who does not?? 

Medium- Pencil Color

Scenery in Soft Pastels

Tried creating something with Soft Pastels (Chalk Pastels) today and it was such a task! 

This medium is not only messy but cumbersome as well.

Caricatures I

There are some random caricatures recreated from 'The Hindustan Times' newspaper's edit pages. I did these a few months back and really enjoyed sketching them! 

R D Burman

Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) 

He was an Indian film score composer, who is considered one of the seminal music directors of the Indian film industry. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the only son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman. 

Read more @ Wikipedia

Medium- Color Pencil

Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene

Thomas Hardy’s ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ is one of my favorite fiction works. The protagonist, Miss Bathsheba Everdene is a proud and independent woman who comes across as inspiring as well. This is also an important feminist character in English literature. This portrait is of British actress Carey Mulligan who played Bathsheba’s character in the movie based on this novel (by the very same name).

Medium- Color Pencil

Ref Pic

Lady in a Bar

Reproduced from HT Brunch magazine. Pictures in newspapers and magazines are a great way to practice human figure drawing.

Meduim- Pencil

Portrait of a Friend

Medium- Pencil Colors

Arundhati Roy

Suzanna Arundhati Roy (24 November, 1961) is a famous Indian author. Her debut novel ‘The God of Small Things’ won her the much coveted ‘Man Booker Prize’ for Fiction in 1997. This novel then went on to become the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She was born in Shillong, Meghalaya to a Bengali Hindu father and a Keralite Syrian Christian mother. She is the cousin of media personality Prannoy Roy of NDTV.

Medium- Pencil Colours

James Bond Daniel Craig

Medium- Pencil Colors

Life

Medium- Aquarell Pencils