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!

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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

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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

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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

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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 :)