jagathy sreekumar

I tried a speed sketch of a Malayalam actor, it didn't turned out well.  It has the mistakes that I've made which deviated from the likeness of the subject.  So, at least it holds good as a reference in the process of improvement.

Charcoal speed sketch

speed sketch

Another speed sketch, but this time with staedtler EE

speed sketch

A4 sheet with staedtler stick 430m blue pen, filtered.

speed sketch

Here's a speed sketch in A4 sheet with staedtler stick 430m blue pen, I'm copying the image from my instagram where I've applied a filter :)

tonal values and composition

I've been watching lots of watercolor painting tutorials lately.  Many of them were stressing these two points:
1. Tonal values (get this right and no matter what colour you use, everything ends up well).
2. Composition (what goes where and how much of it is visible in terms of shapes).  Some artists adds something from their memory, some removes the clutter and give more breathing space/environment to their work.
Here's two of such studies.  I was not giving importance to the details in it.

lonely

This picture was posted by one of my friend in instagram. It was really appealing since the light and shadows were making patterns and reflections which we couldn't resist to mark in to the sketchbook.  I don't believe I've done justice to this one. But with my limited watercolor skills I've captured it and here's the result.