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Whose favourite drink???

2009-10-13T14:38:00.000-07:00

Dear All,

Finally, I got chance to finish this one. hmmm!!! quite a long break after coming from India, but its never too late to start again. Its kinda absurd that very few of us have 'Water' as favourite drink, isn't it? Anywayz... I had decided to draw transparent object and thought glass of water would be ideal. Initially, I thought I would just draw glass of water. But while searching for some resource material, I had come across a great artist who had worked on this subject. Immediately, I had decided to rework on his idea as it will be good practice for me. I am fairly happy with the outcome and very happy with the scanning output (unlike old drawings shot by camera).

So folks leave your comments/ feedback on this one. I had already decided on the next work, but I would be taking a break before I start drawing, as I am busy preparing for SQL DBA (Thanks to my friend - Amit for training me :)

Tools used:

Bristol smooth 300 gsm board

Derwent 4B, 6B, 2H, 4H pencils

Blutac

Eraser

Ear buds for blending

I had spend 6 hours to finish this one.

Cheers,

Joy (Completed Version)

2009-07-12T14:57:00.001-07:00

Dear All,

I had finished working on ‘Joy’ this afternoon. I am very happy with the outcome especially Scarf. This is the first time I had tried something like this…. thanks for all the encouraging comments & feedback (while WIP). I really wanted to complete this one before I go back home for 2 weeks. For those who don’t know… I will be in Hyderabad from 17th July 2009 – 3rd August 2009. I am looking forward to meet old some mates & Nishta - (My niece).

I had already decided on the next piece and this time I am planning to finish it little early. Please feel free to leave comments/ feedback/ ideas. I am really looking forward to improve.

Duration: 30hrs in 1 month

Tools used to draw:

Bristol Board 250 GSM Paper
2H, 2B, 10B & F Graphite Pencils
Blu Tac
Daler Rowney eraser
25-30 Ear Buds
12-15 Facial Tissues
Blending Stumps

Cheers,
DV

Joy (Work in Progress)

2009-06-26T23:51:00.000-07:00

Dear All,

This is my new work - Joy. Could not think of better name.... This is 70% completed and there is lot of work left on the scarf. I am happy with the progress so far. This is supposed to be a Birthday present to my friend but I guess its too late now.

I had spend approx. 25 hours on this piece. I will upload the completed version very soon.

Cheers,

Hide & Seek (Completed Version)

2009-06-26T23:29:00.000-07:00

Dear All,

Finally, I had managed to finish Hide & Seek. Yesterday I went to my friend's place to take a snap from his Nikon D60 camera (which requires no intro on how good it is....) and very happy with the quality of the picture. I had learnt a lot with this piece as it helped me to understand how to control dark shades of black. I personally liked the eyes in blue color and I had used PRISMA COLOR PENCILS. I hope you guys also like it. Please leave feedback/ comments/suggestions.

Cheers,

Hide & Seek (Work in Progress)

2009-05-17T03:27:00.000-07:00

This is my latest pencil drawing and its 40% completed (hence WIP). I am having trouble handling the dark shades of black. I had experimented with new tools and fairly happy with the result. Though I am loosing motivation to finish this one.... Hope I would complete it soon.

Sorry for the poor quality picture... I had taken this picture through my PC's webcam as I dont have a camera or scanner.

Comments/ feedback are most welcome to make this much better.

Cheers - DV

Hunger

2009-05-17T03:23:00.001-07:00

This is my recent pencil drawing. I got this picture while looking in a social organisation site. After looking at the picture I had immediately decided to draw this one. I am sure more than the drawing the subject is vital. Hope you guys like it....

Gandhi

2009-05-17T03:14:00.001-07:00

This is my first attempt on portraits with pencils. Though It could have been much better with rich contrast... which I was not aware at that time. I would definetly wanted to try this once again while I am improving to benchmark myself.

Pirate

2009-05-17T02:55:00.001-07:00

I had worked on this one in December 2008 and I had

learned a lot while working on the hat.

moment but I now feel that this should had been much better. Anywayz... learning from each one of them. That's what matters isn't it?