Goddess for Nine Days

 

In mixed media on A5 paper

The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Music

Maria Von Trapp (actress Julie Andrews) from 'The Sound of Music' 

This Oscar winning 1965 musical drama is one of my most favorite movies! It was inspired by a real family of Captain Baron Von Trapp, an Austro-Hungarian Navy officer.

Medium- Camlin poster Colors, White gel pen and FC Pitt pens on Brustro 5*7" watercolor paper. 

Earth

Medium- Color pencils and soft pastels on black card paper.

Happy New Year 2019

Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2019 ! 

May the new year days be as bright as the sunshine and as calm as the moonlight!

Sparrow

The ubiquitous little chirpy thing, the house sparrow has become a rare sight these days. Thanks to all the fast urbanization and factors like cell phone towers, lack of trees and greenery, more concrete, widespread use of pesticides and many others, sparrows are fast becoming extinct. I miss them so much. 

Medium- Soft pastels on A5 pastel paper

'Still I Rise' - A Portrait of Maya Angelou

Tried Derwent Pastel Pencils today. This is a pastel portrait of Maya Angelou, the great American writer and reformer. pastel pencils are far more easier than bar pastels for these provide much control and neatness.

Medium- Pastel pencils on Brustro 160 gsm A5 pastel paper. This paper is not smooth but is slightly dotted in texture which I think, is not very easy to work upon.

Her poem 'Still I Rise' is one of my favorite poems. Read more about Maya Angelou@ Wiki

Wings

'Far and wide my wings I spread

Cutting the untamed winds I fly

Calm is my mind, high is my head,

This whole universe is my sky'

I did this work using masking tape (for this indicative bird). Done in watercolor and Pitt pens on 5*7" watercolor paper.

Grapes

Done in mixed media on 5*7" watercolor paper  

Fisherman

Done with Camel soft pastel bars. This medium is fun but messy and finished works give a

 'blurred' look as sharp lines are not possible unless one is using pastels in pencil form.

King of Pop

'King of Pop' Michael Jackson. I am still a fan of his awesome dance slant! The secret lied in his patented shoes! :)

Done in Pitt pens

Buddha in Sky

बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि/ Buddham Saranam Gacchami / I go to the Buddha for refuge. 

Buddha's teachings light up the universe. The word 'Buddha' means 'enlightened one'.

This work is done in mixed media- Pitt pens, white gel pen, watercolor and touch ups with color pencil.

Buddha

This is a rendition of 'Head of the Buddha', a sculpture dating back to 4th-5th century AD which belonged to the frontier region of Gandhara. Ref pic from 'The Story of Art' by E H Gombrich.

All Buddhists follow five moral Precepts that are abstaining from-

1-Harming living things

2-Taking what is not given

3-Sexual misconduct

4-Lying or gossip

5-Taking intoxicating substances

Medium- pencil

Home

In this big bad world, home is the only beautiful place! Home is where the heart is, so true!

Medium- FC Pittpens, gel pen and sketch pens

Old Bridge

Old bridge in 'pen &wash' 

Mangoes!

Medium- Pencil color

Go Bananas!

FC Polychromos on 130 gsm paper

Berries

Color pencil on 130 gsm artist paper.
Photo by Sally Robertson–Copyright Released

Captain Von Trapp

Actor Christopher Plummer as the charismatic Captain Von Trapp of ‘The Sound of Music’

This 1965 musical drama is one of my most fav movies and was inspired by a real family of Captain Baron von Trapp, an Austro-Hungarian Navy officer.

Christopher Plummer (born December 13, 1929) is a Canadian actor and is the oldest person ever to win an Academy Award for acting.

Color Pencil on 130 gsm artist paper.

Caricatures II

Some more caricatures 😀

Recreated from HT edit pages

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.