Flower bouquet

501_Bouquet

Today's topic is Bouquet.

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
~ Earl Nightingale 

Happy Drawing :)

500_Five Hundred! :D

A BIG THANKS to all the Incredible ChummaDrawers who made this possible! And a SPECIAL THANKS to Prabha and Rajni Saar who doggedly kept up the daily posts, providing us with toon fodder to keep those creative cells ticking! :D

500...

WIP will add more photos & upload the updated version. This was made with existing photos. 

The right hand bottom picture has 100 sketches, that was a crazy thing I drew for CD when we hit a century. 

Thanks CD & CDers, it has been a interesting journey of 500 sketches. Hope to walk the next 500 sketches successfully with all of you!

Hurry!!!

A logo for CD!

As we celebrate 500 days of CD, I thought of this idea! A logo  for CD. This logo explains what we do at CD daily. Obviously the letters C and D have been given importance in designing the logo. The C is drawn to show like the right hand of the Artist and the D the left hand. The face of the Artist merges with the top of the easel. The face is also shown like a clock to represent the time limit! You are free to make use of this logo or dump it! Alternatively any changes for the better are also welcome. As a regular CD I thought this is the least I can do for I have gained a lot by drawing the topics daily. Also the face is shown at the top to suggest that we can go higher and higher in the Art field by using CD, Suggestions and feedback welcome.

Woo Hoo!

When Donna gave us the humble DQ pano-format books,

our CD journey began on 10 November 2011. 

We mark our 500 days milestone today.

Mainly thanks to Dinesh (and Rajni Saar), 

this CD journey has been a wonderful daily fix.

This isnt easy at all to keep at it, 

so all the credit goes to him and him only.

(well, impossible is possible when rajni saar is involved)

Also thanks to Sridhar Sir and Charu being regulars 

(among others) who have kept the fun going.

I can only wish that we draw daily 

and share with other ChummaDrawers

(with or without the nice comments) :P

Cheers to ChummaDraw...Hip Hip Hooray!

500_Five Hundred!

Today's topic is Five Hundred!  :D

ChummaDraw celebrates the 500th unbroken Post today!!! :D

Every single daily topic has been illustrated by at least one fabulous ChummaDrawer, and every single day has been a journey of delightful creativity! And so, to ALL the incredibly talented and committed ChummaDrawers, a HUGE THANKS for sharing your uniquely creative talents through this forum, and inspiring joy, happiness and daily smiles on the faces of millions across the world!! :)))

Cheers to CD, and here's looking forward to the 1000 Milestone!
 
Happy Drawing :)

Dont Play with me!

fire in my belly

499_Fire

Today's topic is Fire.  
 
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
~ William Shakespeare

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
~ Buddha
 
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Happy Drawing :)

Waterfall

Droplet

The precious droplet..

save water

Save Water,Save Life,Save for the future!

498_World Water Day

Today's topic is World Water Day.  For more on World Water Day, see HERE.
 
Water is the driving force of all nature.
~ Leonardo da Vinci

Happy Drawing :)

Poem : Wind chime!

Sketch to follow soon

Poem:

Sing o chime
for the wind to carry your song
through the ear to the heart!

ekla chalo rey

This beautiful poem By legendary poem by Rabindranath Tagore inspires me a lot

যদি তোর ডাক শুনে কেউ না সে তবে একলা চলো রে।
একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো রে॥
যদি কেউ কথা না কয়, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি সবাই থাকে মুখ ফিরায়ে সবাই করে ভয়—
তবে পরান খুলে
ও তুই মুখ ফুটে তোর মনের কথা একলা বলো রে॥
যদি সবাই ফিরে যায়, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি গহন পথে যাবার কালে কেউ ফিরে না চায়—
তবে পথের কাঁটা
ও তুই রক্তমাখা চরণতলে একলা দলো রে॥
যদি আলো না ধরে ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি ঝড়-বাদলে আঁধার রাতে দুয়ার দেয় ঘরে-
তবে বজ্রানলে
আপন বুকের পাঁজরা জ্বালিয়ে নিয়ে একলা জ্বলো রে।।

Open thy mind walk alone
Be not afraid, walk alone
Jodi tor đak shune keu na ashe tôbe êkla cholo re
Jodi tor đak shune keu na ashe tôbe êkla cholo re
Tôbe Êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo re
Tôbe Êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo re
Open thy mind walk alone
Be not afraid, walk alone

 http://www.lyricsmint.com/2012/02/ekla-cholo-re-lyrics-song-kahaani.html#ixzz2OALB0S46

[edit]Romanization of Bengali (Bengali phonemic transcription)

(Jodi tor daak shune keu naa se tobe ekla cholo re
Tobe ekla cholo, ekla cholo, ekla cholo, ekla cholo re)2

Jodi keu kothaa naa koye, ore ore o abhaagaa, keu kothaa na koye
(Jodi shobai thaake mukh phiraaye shobai kore bhoye)2
Tobe poraan khule (o tui mukh phute tor moner kothaa, eklaa bolo re)2

Jodi shobai phire jaaye, ore ore o abhaagaa, shobai phire jaaye
(Jodi gohan pothe jaabaar kaale keu phir naa chaaye)2
Tobe pothera kaantaa (o tui rokto maakhaa choronatole eklaa dolo re)2

Jodi aalo naa dhore, ore ore o abhaagaa, aalo na dhore
(Jodi jhor-baadole aadhaara raate duyaar deye ghore)2
Tobe bajraanole (aapon buker paajor jaaliye niye ekalaa jolo re)

My Khanapur Days

497_World Poetry Day

Today's word is World Poetry Day.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
~ T. S. Eliot

 
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
~ Plutarch


Always be a poet, even in prose.
~ Charles Baudelaire


Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.
~ Charles Baudelaire


I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.
~ Steven Wright


Happy Drawing :)