May Flower Challenge at Lori Moon Studio

Ok....so I have jumped into another challenge. This time its the May flower challenge hosted by Lori Moon of Lori Moon Studio. The rules or the lack of them make it easy :) Thanks Lori! So every day in May you have to post a flower - either a painting or a photo or any art/craft or anything and anywhere you see a flower. And the best part is Lori says you can participate any number of days you wish to. 

If I had come across this earlier, I would have started earlier....but better late than never. And I love flowers too! So here goes my first flower entry-

This is a pic I had posted earlier here. But I love the urli (that's what the container is known in India) filled with bright yellow flowers.

29 faces - Days 5,6,7 and 8

I'm clearing the backlog of 4 days. 

I tried to sketch a famous personality but it didn't come out as intended. :( The resemblance hasn't come out at all. Well, all I can do is...keep trying.

 This is my first 'own' face i.e I drew it on my own without any reference. Although Budhha doesn't seem like a handsome man in my sketch but at least all parts are in the correct place :)

This is a Rajasthani man with his camel. Can I consider the camel's face as another one in the 29;) Rajasthan is the only desert state in India. To make up the lack of color in the terrain, Rajasthanis wear wonderful colorful costumes. They even dress up their camels with lots

Goddess Durga is said to have killed a fearful demon to save the world from his atrocities. The day the Goddess slayed the demon, is celebrated as Vijayadashami. Week long celebrations are held in India and huge clay statues of the Goddess are put up in public places accompanied by fairs. 

Sorry for the poor quality of the pics. I felt too lazy to scan and took photos in the fading light of the evening.

Kathakali Dancer

This is my entry for 29 faces May (Day 4) and PPF Week 8, Year 2.

I used acrylics on sketching paper. And I'm happy with the outcome :)

Kathakali is a dance-drama form from the southern Indian state, Kerala. It is said to have its origins in the 17th century. The most striking feature of this classical dance form is the elaborate makeup of the characters. They enact parts of the great Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana and other stories from Indian mythology.

I had this dream of painting a Kathakali dancer and finally...thanks to PPF and 29 faces I did it!

29 faces May - Day 3

To catch up with the delay, I sketched both day 2 and day 3 faces today. And both are from the feline family. I think this challenge will help me learn draw faces.

It's a cat today -

29 faces May - Day 2

I'm late by a day :)

This time its a pencil sketch of Cheetah or Leopard. 

I keep the drawing/sketching/ painting for late evening as I hardly get time during the day. But the downside is poor quality photographs.

29 faces - May Challenge

Yipee! Martha of Ayala Art is back with another 29 faces challenge! I was so interested in the February's 29 faces challenge but didn't have the courage to take it up. :( and have been kind of regretting since then. But now I have been given a second chance. I've decided to take it and try my best. I might not be able to make it every day but I will try to and of course will have a lot of fun trying :) Thanks Martha!

So here's my first face, a pencil sketch - Swami Vivekananda deep in meditation. 

Swami Vivekanada is one of greatest spiritual Gurus from India. There's a postcard on our desk with this portrait and one of his quotes "Do not spend your energy in talking but meditate in silence and become a dynamo of spirituality". 

Though I can't say I'm anywhere close to that...I still talk a lot ;)

The resemblance isn't too great but I was happy with the outcome nevertheless! Now am off to enjoy what others have made and hope to be ready with another face tomorrow!

Still Alive!

I'm back after a loong hiatus. My last post was on 18th Feb! Well the long gap was due to a vacation, some work and then plain laziness. And I wasn't even visiting the blogs I usually do and not checking PPF entries either. I only had to go through them today to get inspired to make some art and participate in PPF!

This time I took my Indian style doodling to a pot! Some Indian sweets are still served in earthern vessels as they are said to retain the original taste better than steel and plastic vessels. One East Indian delicacy is more often than not found to be served in these small earthern pots - Mishti Doi or Sweetened Yogurt. That's how this one got into our house and became my canvas for today's PPF entry. 

Happy PPF and I hope to be back every week again. And I'll soon have a long post (or a series of posts) on my vacation to Andaman and Nicobar Islands - a piece of Paradise! And you cna bet it'll be full of the pics I took :)