Imaginary Rooms - 2

When the skies look a little grey (like they do in my part of the world nowadays) & the sun is playing shy, mornings look perfect for a little extra snooze time & maybe some leisurely reading in bed.

Painting up my Imaginary bedroom with some bright pops much inspired by the heavy sky & sleepy mornings!

Art makes it better - Introducing Indian Art to children

My folks didn't actively introduce Art into my childhood.I was a student with moderate drawing skills & a more than average inclination to understand Art.Based on my own interests i surrounded myself with whatever art prints i could lay my hands on. An early memory is one where i collected art prints of works by Amrita Shergill & Jamini Roy from a table top calender. The memory came back to me while i spent a gorgeous afternoon at the National Gallery of Modern Art, absorbing the great works of Jamini Roy, an Indian artist who is renowned for his inspiring contribution to the Modern art scene in India. 

The bold strokes, the simplicity of the compositions & the deep hues resonate with me as strongly now as they did when i was a 12 year old cutting out art prints from the calender.

These simple subjects make a great contemporary statement while doing up the decor of a child's room & also serve as a interesting way to introduce a child to Modern Indian Art.

My top picks would be these:

 1 - Cat with Shrimp

The flowering of the cat's tail, that offbeat stroke of pistachio green paired with solid colours of blue & ochre, the very presence of a shrimp in the frame adds quirk to the composition.

2 - Black Horse

The Indian interpretation of  Anna Sewell's 1877 novel, Black beauty could be this.Standing tall in black against a deep red background make this a powerful image to use.My favorite part about the horse would have to be the effortless stroke that becomes the mane.

3 - Bird

The bold dots bordering the picture, the fish motifs, the "bandini" like dots have a folk appeal but yet look so contemporary with its minimal use of detailing & choice of pastel colours. Who wouldn't love that shade of Avacado ?

Life in the indutrial estate-Oshto and the embroidery machine!

You take a piece of paper (possibly, one that is dirty and lying on the ground) and grab a pencil....you draw wobbly lines and add details...you make the person come alive with some colour and you try to capture detail irrespective of the lack of technical drawing...you tell yourself midway..."oh i need to change my style"..."I have done stuff like this before......new new!!"

...And then you finish it.....look hard and smile.....(u like this piece).......oh shit**...(i ought to kill my darlings and not fall in every little crap of paper i doodle on.....) but then .......you still go on and upload it :)

P.S: Ostho, the tailor is called Ostho cause he is the eighth child to his parents and they decided to name him "eight" in bengali to keep it simple.

Evelyn!

cruel witch duck woman from duck tales.

crayon on handmade paper

please forgive the pciture quality, this was what i could manage without a scanner and irritating lighting.hope it serves the purpose

one of those illustartions that took a life of its ow and grew by itself without my knowing :)

Piece of Bombay!

A quick sketch done between escaping a bunch of sleazy eve teasers and taking a cab to VT to meet a friend.

The upper half of my body is constantly craning outside the cab window between colaba and mahalxmi trying to soak in the amazing architecture and glimpses of peoples homes. A pista green living room with huge chandeliers, a clinical tubelight lit room with metal accessories, empty balconies, bunk like rooms in blue that are scattered along the sides of the road, theres lots to see if you have the time in a fast- fast paced Bombay.

WOrkk it!!!

There is no way i could live with myself after eating all that food i love and not doing anything to work it off. So there are my morning gym sessions and my evening walks which cut down (on calories) and on the guilt i might have when i binge on a goey fudge cake with ice cream at the next opportunity i allow myself.
So after drenching myself in sweat and becoming disgustingly out of breath , i reach home and realise that my last tyre is as loyal, faithful and clingy as the the pet i never had. Its here to stay...dammit!

Ink ILLustration!

Me is currently home, hogging and happy!!! on a particularly good day after a good sunday meal post starter, main course and 2 servings of dessert, i felt like i was a stuffed turkey on her way into the oven again! Was trying to get my metabolism to treat me with some sympathy after i had done the damage! In my balcony that overlooks the road.....On a surprisingly cool evening in an unbelievably hot Vijaywada!