Take that First step

following the old post... I think I'm moving to bit philosophy, I started this blog actually to publish my works in graphite. But as I'm not finishing enough works to upload, I'm planning to utilize this space to improve my writing skills :). (Most of the works are unfinished because, either I loose the reference picture which I usually get from newspapers/magazines or I loose interest in working on them, don't ask why. May be, sometimes I could not produce the beauty of the subject as I had in my mind, so simply I drop those).
I've read about many blogger turned author stories, Preeti Shenoy- Just a mother of two, that's a good read. I've gone through one of her post, telling about a 10 day challenge.... and simply gave a second thought. So from today onwards for the next 10 days, I'm gonna post something. Hopefully as this blog does not have any traffic (and since there is a possibility of heavy traffic in future) I'm going to write my own version of 10 day challenge...

sps.

people

The thought of some people gives a seotonin(happy hormone) rush, while the thought of others makes us feel depressed and gives a sting of hatred. All this happens because of the experiences we had with them. I'm not discussing about the fair people around me, whom I had known for a long time. This is about the "sthayi bhavam", after all first impression is the best impression(its not so- at least for me). I've met lot of people with a facial expression that reflects 'all the troubles in the world is with them'. And I've also met people (note: who are not fair) but have a pleasant smiling face, oozing with confidence. I admire them and wonder what thoughts are going inside them. I wish I could chase them and learn how they maintain that bhavam. Its not the makeup, color or build that makes them stand out, but the mere pleasant mood. But how did they manage to get in that mood? and, remain in that mood through out? I'm still searching for the answer...

oil pastel

This was my first endeavor in oil pastel. It was a fast work, have not spend more time on this and wanted to complete it as soon as possible, (because if there are no timeline I may not finish this work aswell, I've lots of unfinished works in my list and doesn't wanted to addup this also). This was made on a sketchbook with camlin oil pastels.

There Comes Papa

Publishing an unfinished artwork, for me, is like taking an unborn from the womb. But I couldn't help this. lot of effort has gone for this, but unfortunately I couldn't complete the painting. And I'm sure that the paper might have lost its grip as this was done long time back and the photograph was clicked on Jan-2-2008(luckily I could make out from the properties of the image :)). This was done on simple chart paper, with water color. Here is the link for the original creator, Raja Ravi Varma.

vidya_balan.

in workshop, to make a portrait of vidyabalan.

Cherishing memories of a lifetime.

ravivarma

Today I've freed my senses to the paintings by Raja Ravivarma. I'm not a critiqe or an expert to flash out my views on his works. If I add up something here its obvious that it'll reflect or repeat the wordings of the experts in the field. But I'm posting some of the features tat struck me while I had my eyebrows raised!!!

1.The mood of the protagonist. Psychological intrepretation will be different for different viewers.

2.Colors.

3.Lighting effects. Shades.