Sreenivasan portrait

 Here is a speed sketch of the malayalam Actor/Director/Screenwriter, Sreenivasan

If you would like to see the process, please visit : YouTube

speed portrait Sasi Kalinga

for a quick look at the making follow the link to : YouTube

 

mayflower

graphite stick on A5 sketch book.

angelina

Pencil sketch on A5 sketch book.

anusree

A5 sketcbook and pencil

speed sketch

graphite and a bit of steadtler EE pencil on A5 sketchbook!

speed sketch

speed sketch plus one, graphite on paper

speed sketch

Another speed sketch - graphite on paper

speed sketch

Medium: graphite on A5 sketch book

mayflower

speed sketch

This started as a slow one, but ended up finishing it in a quick pace.  That can be easily read from the detailing that went in to the eyes.  This was a disaster since it failed to capture the likeness of the subject which is the ultimate aim of a portrait study(at least for me at this budding phase).

speed sketch

Another speed sketch, but this time with staedtler EE

page #2

This sketch was also done while in a meeting where I was not really required. Not editing (cropping or trimming away)the empty space. Here it is...

page #1, 2018

Meeting sketch, martial artist...

#salmahayek

Mars Lumograph in action...

Selfie

I've heard this kind of story many a times.  Once you deliver 100% of your efforts to bring out the best in you, you die.  Yes, myths say that. I'll share one here...

It goes like this, there was a great artist sometime back and he did an idol of a goddess(I don't know the artist and goddess). The sculpture was so perfect that it inherited the best form it can acquire.  This artist on returning home just fainted and passed.
This  thought was looping in my head the whole time I did this portrait,  and just to make it safe I've not completed it.

nayantara

This lady is a leading actress in the south Indian film industry. For no specific reasons I never liked this lady. As always this beauty also fell prey for fame and controversies. Despite the controversies now I'm a great fan and if given a chance, would love to make a live portrait of hers!!!

Arundhati Roy

Here comes the second one for the year...

Hariharan sketch

This sketch was done while at office. Most of my colleagues left early as it was thanksgiving.  I had no plans apart from making a few phone calls.  Later I plugged in my ear phones just to escape from the silence of that big glass building(my office :)). Here come the result.....

Unlike my other endeavours this one has limited access to materials. This was done on half of an A4 sheet. I didn't had access to erasers which left me with the option of darkening the areas, which otherwise would've been easier by picking the graphite to get the shading right. Moreover this was a quick one!

portrait of sis

The original photograph was clicked long back, found it from an old album :), but the portrait made in pencil was clicked just couple of weeks back.

Medium: Pencil 2B.
Size: A5 sheet.
Status: Private collection.