Happy dipavali to all

Wish all cdrawers a very happy n prosperous deepavali

diya

Find my coffee painting for 'lamp' here : Diya

Happy Diwali!!

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Today's topic is Deepavali.

"The sun does not shine there, nor do the moon and the stars, nor do lightning shine. All the lights of the world cannot be compared even to a ray of the inner light of The Self. Merge yourself in this light of lights and enjoy the supreme Deepavali!"
~ Advaita Vedanta
Happy Drawing :)

Ulsore lake

Yediyur lake

Ulsoor lake

The Eyesore Lake!!

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Today's topic is Lake.
“A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.”
~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Happy Drawing :)

An old sketch from my Sketchbook!

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Today's topic is Sketchbook.

"Once I start making marks on the paper, it becomes more about responding to these marks and less about copying the image."
~ Mark Demsteader

Happy Drawing :)

Birthday cracker!

View my Lamp entry here

Happy safe Diwali

Happy birthday cd.thanks to cd because of it sketching has become a daily dose of drawing

Cracker!

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Today's topic is Crackers.

Chumma Draw completes one year of ChummaDrawing! Thanks to all Chummadrawers for making it happen!! Bring on the crackers!!! :D

Thanks to Sridhar for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing :)

happy diwali

Happy diwali to all chumma drawers

Advance Diwali Greetings!

Festive glow

a shop near my house all set up for diwali

Diya

watercolor + photoshop~touch-up

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Today's topic is Lamp.

“Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.”
~ Buddha
 
Thanks to Charu for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing :)

mohabbatein and violin

Violence?

Stringing along

happy to doodle after days

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Today's topic is Violin.

"I was playing the violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin."
~ Kevin Eubanks
Happy Drawing :)

Shyness!

Sorry for the bad photo, that paper does not photograph well as it is shiny. Will take a better photo & post it tomorrow.

Laj ka gehna

Shyness?

"Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes. "  
  -Jonathan Katz

"Do not be shy but rather be daring and be bold if there is something that you can do, then do it."

  -Dick Gautier

See my entry for 'Courage' at     bravery award

Camera Shy/Spy?

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Today's topic is Shyness.

"I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out."
~ Steve Martin
Happy Drawing :)

Courage?!

Well I used the down escalator as there was no choice. But did I over come fear?!

Bravery award

Om Prakash Yadav, aged 11, showed courage while saving 8 children from a burning van. 
He received burn injuries on his face, back and arms, when he broke open the van door to pull out the children.  He won the 2012 Sanjay Chopra award.
   You have to face your fears, fight with conviction , to be master over them.

courage

I know it cant possibly work but I Wanna DO It ANYWAY

instead of festive season n lot of work I m courageous to cook ,clean ,draw n post.where are all drawers .come on be BRAVE :-P

Shankar Nag as the courageous Gandugali

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Today's topic is Courage.
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”
~ Mark Twain

Thanks to Akhila for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing :)

basket of flowers

The future with Walmart coming!

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Today's topic is Basket.

"Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket."
~ Andrew Carnegie

Thanks to Nandita for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing :)

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Vegetarian!

 Poster from the net. Found it funny so recreated it!

Typical lunch comments at my office!

On a lighter note:

VEGETARIAN.

Ancient tribal slang for the village idiot who can't hunt, fish or ride.

(He he he! Suits me cause I cannot hunt, fish or ride ;) )

Nanu Veg or Non Veg????????

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Today's topic is Vegetarian.

"A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children."
~ David Brenner

Happy Drawing :)

358_Eye of the Tiger

aankhe bhi hoti hai dil ki zubaa

Drama with Eyes -Nangiar Kuttu

I had been to see the performance of this artist (Margi Usha ) at the Parasurama Temple in Thiruvallam , Kerala, recently
All the characters of the story will be enacted by one person to the accompaniment of the mizhavu played by the Nambiar's , the male members of a drummer sub-caste of temple dwellers and the kuzhithalam (cymbals) played by the Nangiar, the female members of this community.
As the name indicates, Nangiar koothu is performed by a woman of the Nambiar community.
With the founding of  the Ammanur Chachu Chakyar Smaraka Gurukulam (Training centre for kutiyattam) in 1982 in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur district, by Padmasree Ammanur Madhava Chakyar, the last of the outstanding kutiyattam guru like Parameshwar Chakyar and Mani Madhava Chakyar, the revival of Nangiar koothu as the only artform of women in Kerala was taken up, too.
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Thiruvallam Parasurama Temple is a 2000 year old temple, which is based on the banks of River Karamana. This temple is the only temple in the world that is dedicated to Lord Parasurama, who is believed to be the mythological creator of Kerala. During the Karkidaka Vavu day, devotees pay homage to the departed souls of their forefathers. As part of the religious ritual, devotees pray after taking a dip in the holy water of this temple.

According to history, this temple was built during the 12th and 13th centuries. Managed by the Travancore Devaswom Board, this temple is a protected monument under the Archaeology Department of Kerala. Located about 9 km away from Kovalam Beach, this temple can be accessed by taxi or auto-rickshaw.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nangyar_Koothu
Iam sorry , this Quick  painting do not do justice to the artist..

 

nocturnal eyes

For ur yes only!

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Today's topic is Eye.

“The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.”
~ Meister Eckhart, Sermons of Meister Eckhart

Thanks to Priya for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing :)

happy rajyotsava

nanage Karnatakadalli iralu tumba khushi idhe

Rajyotsava Award Winner

Girisha's hard work and great display in sports has won him many laurels, the latest being the Rajyotsava Award. Hearty Congrats to him and all the other awardees who are going to be honoured today by the Karnataka State Government.

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Today's topic is Rajyothsava.

For more, see HERE.

Happy Drawing :)

spooky

Ha ha ha

HelloColorPencil Made this Image

and the vampires turn bats !!!!

You guessed it!

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Today's topic is Halloween.

When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.
~Author Unknown

Happy Drawing :)

Chat pata swaad

grandma's pickle

my grandma was the best chef in the whole world

I still remember whenever I used to take pickle in my lunch my friends used to fight to have its bite:-)

Wanted: Good Ingredients!

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Today's topic is Chef.
"A great chef is an artist that I truly respect."
~ Robert Stack

Thanks to Nandita for today's topic suggestion.

Happy Drawing :)

doli saja key rakhna

T(w)ogether!

Together in sunlight, rain and rust..
A couple retrospect in their twilight years...
Its not always roses;
But sometimes lichen and dust
That life offered;
But they stood undeterred
Through the tests of time...
They were together in sunlight, rain and rust..!
                                 -Spoorthy Murali

(PS: I made this painting from a reference painting and
 would like to dedicate this little painting and the poem to my parents :) )

Starting Trouble?

This is a very old creation of mine. But posting it now here as it is suitable for the topic!

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Today's topic is Marriage.

"You know what getting married is? It's agreeing to taking this person who right now is at the top of his form, full of hopes and ideas, feeling good, looking good, wildly interested in you because you're the same way, and sticking by him while he slowly disintegrates. And he does the same for you. You're his responsibility now and he's yours. If no one else will take care of him, you will. If everyone else rejects you, he won't. What do you think love is? Going to bed all the time?"
~ Jane Smiley, novelist (b.1949)

"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution."
~ Mae West

“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.”
~ Albert Einstein

 “Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary


Happy Drawing :)