Vrishchikoltsawam

Vrishchikoltsawam It happens on Nov-Dec, this year I'm planning for it(for those who do not have any idea of what I'm saying, here is the link Vrishchikoltsawam. It's a great source of inspiration, filling up with positive energy for rest of the year. In fact its a going back/remembering my old days, when I was a kid, used to travel holding tight around the neck of my uncle standing on his bicycle. To experience the concerts, panchavadyam, chendamelam, the view of Caparisoned elephants the heat from the pandams(you may not get this pic in google :)) held next to front of elephants and of course the smell of dust and dung :)(even after returning from the temple, that smell remains on the cloth). This time if I'm lucky enough, I'll make a blog marathon on this for sure :).

Inspiration

I was just going through drawing/sketching in about.com, there I found an interesting basic thing about how to hold pencils while drawing(yes its very important and here is the link how to hold pencil). While scanning through, I thought of my uncle who told me about this once,"see when you hold a full length pencil to its mid, you can move your wrists freely and have a more easy sketch than when you hold it in the writing position, for more control and detailing go for the writing position" when he told this I was not that mature enough to grasp it, he was not an artist, (I've never seen him even doodling anything) but I think he had a better understanding of 'how to do it' about almost anything.