The House boat drawn in very few lines

Kerala

I am reserving this space here pah, will take some time to finish off this Kerala picture. Several days maybe.

kerala .....

this was my first experiment v wc sheet

439_Kerala

Today's topic is Kerala.

God's own country, banana chips, backwaters, kathakali...the list goes on.

Happy Drawing :)

CD438_Paris: Gesture Studies of Parisian models on the catwalk.

Word Play!

Paris

What better way to represent Paris than by its famous food and its iconic Croissant? Crisp, buttery and flaky. Served with a little pot of jam. I didn't even need a reference for this one. The happy memories of a holiday were enough :-)

eifel in wc

Eifel tower

438_Paris

Today's topic is Paris.

“I've seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.” 

~ Ernest Hemingway

“Paris is a place in which we can forget ourselves, reinvent, expunge the dead weight of our past.” 

~ Michael Simkins

“As an artist, a man has no home in Europe save in Paris.” 

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Happy Drawing :)

The Most Famous Statue

statue of Liberty

NYC

437_New York City

Today's topic is New York City.

“The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.” 

~ John Updike

“There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.” 

~ Simone de Beauvoir

“When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere.” 

~ Jimmy Breslin

“New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world.” 

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Happy Drawing :)

frangipani flower of Bali

Paradise!

436_Bali

Today's topic is Bali.

"Green rice fields float by

Workers knee deep in water

Eels thrash underfoot"

~ Haiku

Happy Drawing :)

MARRAKESH

Some of the Chumma Draw subjects are difficult given the many possibilities combined with the time constraints. This subject is one of them.The challenge is to come up with the simplest and most effective solution. 

I arrived at this after stuffing up numerous other options and inwardly swearing at Rajni Sir for choosing this. (I would have liked him to choose the subject 'Fish' everyday). Finding this solution got my brain working furiously though. Good exercise :-)

 Two elements that symbolize Marrakesh in nearly all the pictures I've seen are the beautiful arched windows and the colour blue. I've combined both of them here in this minimal drawing. 

The most famous Mosque at Marrakesh

Marrakesh.

Marrakesh???( I dont know anything. But i searched and found something intrersting to me . so done a quick sketch using ink and posting it)

Tea in Marrakesh,anyone?

marrakesh window

435_Marrakesh

Today's topic is Marrakesh.

Salmon-pink

city of the living

teeming, steaming, shimmering

mottled mint tea afternoons

shade seeking shade

arch beyond arch, ‘neath

a cobalt sky

shell-brown beauties

hidden behind black

~ Dave Lewis

Happy Drawing :)

COLOSSEUM

Italy

First exercise this morning - A bowl of Italian Pasta for Chumma Draw.

And I'm back to my DQ Labs book again which is best.

:-)

The Colosseum, Rome

434_Italy

Today's topic is Italy.

“The name of Italy has magic in its very syllables.” 

~ Mary Shelley

Happy Drawing :)

Capricorn

Capri

This of course, is a far better drawing than the previous one.

I'd always wanted to draw Capricorn. The drawing turned out well, but I screwed up the finish due to impatience and a busy day. Therefore I've applied a filter to act as a kind of  veil.

I will do this again, but for now, this is it!

The Goat (Dec22-Jan20)..Resourceful, Determined..

Capricorn

personality:

traits of Capricorn

• Good organizational skills
• Neat & tidy
• Practical
• Realistic
• Strong work ethic
• Materialistic tendencies
• Conventional
• Respects authority
• Egotism
• Cruel taskmaster
• Servility
• Excessive perfectionism
• My favourite capricorn people are my Mom and Rahul dravid.........
• Capricorn r very comapatible v Cancerians:)

The Capricorn

433_Capricorn

Today's topic is Capricorn.

Capricorn (♑) is the tenth astrological sign in the Zodiac and the constellation is usually depicted as a goat with a fish's tail.

Happy Drawing :)

Martin Luther King Jr

Martin with a vintage look

432_Martin Luther King Jr.

Today's topic is Martin Luther King Jr.

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

Happy Drawing :)

Happy Pongal

Happy Makar sankranti,pongal n lohri to all

Happy Festvities

431_Winter Hindu Festival

Today's topic is Winter Hindu Festival.

Wishing all ChummaDrawers a Very Happy Magh Bihu, Lohri, Pongal, Vishu and Makar Sankranti!!! The harvest season begins...

Happy Drawing :)

Monk

tried to draw him in Illustrator without a mouse/ wacom

swami vivekanada

Arise, Awake....!!

430_Swami Vivekananda

Today's topic is Swami Vivekananda.

"Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal.

Do this either by work, or worship, or mental discipline, or philosophy—by one, or more, or all of these—and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary details."

We celebrate 150th birth anniversary of the great Indian monk and philosopher.

Happy Drawing :)

Rejected

Regret Iyer!

Today Regret Iyer is a well known media personality!

429_Rejection

Today's topic is Rejection.

"Constant acceptance breeds complacency and mediocrity. 

 Rejection breeds determination and ultimate success."

~ Robert Wade

Happy Drawing :)

have a nice weekend v idiot box n pop corn

It's Breaking News!

428_Television

Today's topic is Television

Television is intensely personal. 

~ Jessica Savitch

Happy Drawing :)

I will slap....

A tight slap to the most deserving

427_One Tight Slap

Today's topic is One tight slap

to the most deserving perhaps?

Happy Drawing :)

426_Rock on, Ramya!

Happy Birthday Ramya

Happy Birthday Ramya!

After many unsuccessful attempts (including getting inspired from Anil and trying pencil) 

i could attempt this in watercolor.

I hope there is likeness at least.

Hope you had a great time yesterday Ramya! :)

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 :)