Birthday wishes Ramya

Hope u dont mind if i post the old card...........have a lovely day

Happy Birthday Ramya and many happy returns of the day.

A word about this sketch as :Din says we may choose to say something. When I saw the profile pic of Ramya on PJ, it reminded me of a Modigliani painting. (Photographer to be congratulated too for this delightful photograph!)  I wanted to do a portrait based on this picture right away. When I asked Ramya for a bigger picture, she was all grace and kindness and sent me one.

I tried my hand at it a dozen times and failed. When I saw the CD subject today, I went for it again and here is the result! 

Wish me luck, I plan to pursue this, to do this again more like a Modigliani work, sooner or later!

Thanks and best wishes once again Ramya.

Happy Birthday RR!

Belated Birthday Wisehs...But I already wished you on FB!!

426_Ramya Rajagopal

Today's topic is Ramya Rajagopal.

Super ChummaDrawer Ramya Rajagopal celebrated her birthday yesterday. Wishing her all the best for every endeavor!

Happy Drawing :)

Belated birthday wishes to Rahman sir AND bIRTHDAY wISHES TO Ramya

A.R.Rahman.{pencil and adobe illustrator}

Happy birthday Ramya......dont want to break the chain of wishing C-drawers:)

ARR

A R Rahman

425_A R Rahman

Today's topic is A R Rahman.

The award-winning Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer and musician celebrated his birthday on 6 January.

Happy Drawing :)

Sunset at Kanyakumari

the southernmost tip of India

Vivekananda Rock and Thiruvalluvar statue give beautiful contrast to the rising sun.It is a mesmerising sight.Its one of those mornings that makes you fall in love with getting up really early,groggy eyed and you know its worth it. 

Kanyakumari

The land blessed by Vivekananda

424_Kanyakumari

Today's topic is Kanyakumari.

"Tri sea confluence accompanied by confluence of hues

And the east is glittering with colors motley; 

Till the Sun has not come out and it is not shining

The pink color is showing, He is slowly approaching."

~ Sun Rise At Kanyakumari by Ratnakar Mandlik

Happy Drawing :)

When Heaven meets Earth!

Jannat is jahan ka-Kashmir

423_Kashmir

Today's topic is Kashmir.

"Arise, O Gardener! And usher in the glory of a new spring.

Create conditions for bulbuls to 

Hover over full-blown roses."

~ Mahjoor

Happy Drawing :)

home

Mumbai is family,vada pav with garlic chutney,heavy rains,pointless umbrellas,train rides,train friends,dense crowds,silent balcony mornings,rush hour planning.this is a view from the balcony at home.Mumbai has so much i have never seen,and i hope i see all of it some day :)

Please see my Bangalore post here

India's best known monument

Marine drive

I went to Mumbai when i was very small. What i remember is a a glowing necklace of Mumbai.......called marine drive:)

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Today's topic is Bombay.

"They call it a city that never sleeps, 

Dreams at large; everything in heaps

Buzzing all the time, different people different cons, 

It got its roses and it got its thorns."

~ Fahim Sayed

Happy Drawing :)

Life in Bengaluru

Bangalore palace

As a teenager I had a crush on Rahul dravid so always wanted to meet him and to meet him i wanted to come to Banglore so very soon my wish was about to come true when our Botany teacher announced a trip to this beautiful place.but alas for some reason the trip was cancelled.......anyways got a chance to visit this garden of city when my husband got transfered from Delhi to here......i was really happy as i always wanted to visit this place(of course before marriage for some other reason.i wanted to meet my crush}
It has been 6 yaers now.and I just love this place-- lush greenery,huge trees ,food ,tradition,culture ,atmosphere...everything:)
Here i got Pencil jammers,chumma drawers .so lots of thing i got here thankyou Bangalore:)

Bangalore beauty

421_Bangalore

Today's topic is Bangalore.

"Oh  where  have  you  gone

My   old  Bangalore ?

The  old  charming  Bungalow

With  red  bougainvillea

Framed  by  trees

With  yellow  forsythia

The  city  of  lakes

With  an  abundance  of  shade

And  tree-fringed  boulevards

Like  South  Parade."

~ Aubrey Millet

Happy Drawing :)

Yummy Calcutta!

what else can a foodie like me think of :) 

Staedtler Colour pencil work.

Kolkata _the city of joy

The City of Joy!

420_Calcutta

Today's topic is Calcutta.

"Calcutta beckons me

In familiar names,

Calls me close in the midst of anonymous crowd

On an intense, familiar bent,

I fall back on its stones."

~ In Calcutta by Arun Mitra

Happy Drawing :)

Lotus temple, Delhi!

Quick sketch of the Lotus temple, Delhi!

India gate by Poorab

Delhi-India gate

.Delhi's India Gate is one of the heritage place in India ......I still miss this place as i spent a lot of time here having fun v my cousins .I joined my college of interior designing and had fun learning lot of things .I remember we used to go to this beautiful and historical place v our friends and  spent quality time watching children ,people,hawkers walking around.I remember how cold it is in winters and how hot n humid it is in summers,but i still enjoyed a lot doing shopping at Lajpat nagar,palika bazar,chandni chowk.......and h can i forget yummy snacks like gol -gappey,aloo chat,dahi bhalley,choley bhaturey,faluda kulfi...yummmmmmm.
I love this place but as far as safety  of women is consider this place is really not safe..that is really really sad.......I was  doing job in Delhi at a place called Vivek vihar ,my timings were from 2pm to 8pm......but had a horrific incidence one day while returning back home so decided to quit tht job which i dint want to do but because of the incidence i had to quit.
Sheila dikshit has done so much for infrastructure of this place but it is still a hub of crime against women......which is pathetic ,shameful and Sad.

The latest issue about Nirbhaya

419_Delhi

Today's topic is Delhi.

"Humpty Dumpty, hocus pocus, hurly burly

If there is a paradise on earth, it is Delhi"

~ Kushwant Singh

Happy Drawing :)

Happy 2013!

Wish u all a very happy and prosperous new year

First water colour on wc280gsm for this year(trying to be more specific;))

Happy New Year to all Chumma drawers

Wishing all CD'ers a very Happy Prosperous Peaceful 2013!  Good health and cheer to all.

Happy New Year 2013

Minor changes to yesterday's work...

418_Happy New Year

Today's topic is Happy New Year.

Wishing all the ChummaDrawers that the coming year is a glorious one that rewards all your future endeavors with success!!!

Happy Drawing :)

HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL

Please check my old posts here

Prince charming-Grimm's brother

Nataraja

Gangnam style[year review]

ship

i know my homework is incomplete will post more work .........in new year soon

2013

Okay, I got a bit excited with my new gold pen on my diary cover, but then who wouldn't?

Hosa Varashda Subhasheyagalu

Wishes may come true !!

I wish , to go up this mountain, with a bucket of paint, a huge canvas, and a big brush to paint atleast for a day in 2013.

Goodbye 2012

let this coming year fulfill resolutions of the past

Happy New Year 2013!

417_New Year Eve

Today's topic is New Year Eve.

"Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time."

~ Jean Paul Richter

Happy Drawing :)

I love colours..........

will post my Home work soon anna

Karnataka State Anthem

Honestly I did not understand what Vidhu and Prabha have posted bcoz Anthem is usually a musical composition. We have the National Anthem, the state anthem. 

I can I will I do

The Town Red

416_Anthem

Today's topic is Anthem.

“I am. I think. I will.” 
~ Ayn Rand, Anthem

Happy Drawing :)

The end

2012 and an innocent life comes to a horrifying end.

Gangnam style

They were in the news

415_Year in Review

Today's topic is Year in Review.

"But time growing old teaches all things."
~ Aeschylus

Happy Drawing :)

Vacation at Somwarpet

Exploring Vacations

A Vacation at my Grandmas place, with my little sister, a huge house yet to finish with Searching for the unknown and old stuff,caught small fishes,from the stream across,did antique search in the attic, checked on Grand dads medals from state army then,old photographs, huge Glass Jars,Mango trees to throw stones at,a well to catch fresh water, hot sun, sometime, sudden rain at dusk,Chasing Neighbours cow grazing on our Hibiscus plants,there were no compound walls around,Pineapple plants with fruits,thorny rose plants with out flowers,running with out shoes, with out any TV shows, listening to Drama in the All India Radio, Grand dads long resting cloth recliner,waiting for some fried,baked food from grandmas Kitchen, which had no Gas stove,Tea had the flavour of firewood,a water pot ,where always water boiling,Steam cakes with papad and boiled Green grams, curd and pickles hanging in the store room ropes,sun falling through a glass tile,watching thru louvers to see who is coming, custard apple seeds thrown around,Jack fruit smells ,and we know the crow is eaten half,a huge wooden box(pathaayam) which had rice grains, and bananans kept there to ripe...2 months werent enough for all.. love in "Bhavani Ammas "wet eyes..for a journey only 6 kms away.till the next time we see...

Had a lovely Vacation...........now missing my dear ones:(

 Sewagram[bapu kuti]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SevagramGandhi dham

414_Vacation

Today's topic is Vacation.

"No man needs a vacation so much as a man who has just had one"

- Elbert Hubbard

Happy Drawing :)