To the point - 2023/05/01

 

"So you have dismantled the machine without seeking permission.  You say it was for learning purposes.  I don't like it. I will suspend you for a week as a punishment. "

To the point - 2023/04/30

 

"I have read in news that you are corrupt and money minded. You start educational institutions to make money. You start hospitals to make money.  And you have deposits in foreign banks. Really disgusting!!"

"You stupid fool. Stop all these talk. You should not believe in news so much.  Anyway I forgive you.  Now get out from here."

Kalki Krishnamurthy

 

Thick white A4 sized paper 

Brolaviya mobile stand 

DaVinci eye app 

Staedtler Mars Lumograph Drawing pencils 

Balraj Sahni

Balraj Sahni was an old bollywood actor.  He was an intense actor.  And I tried his portrait using all the correction plans I made earlier. I marked the shadows holding my pencil for an arc. Clothes were cross hatched with dark pencil. Hair were also cross hatched with a suitable grade pencil. I used dots for stubbles region. Of course I used my own cosine hatching generally for the face. And the Staedtler Mars Lumograph Drawing pencils are so good that I wanted to go on and on.

Willing to go forward

Funny cartoons 

My funny cartoons were not correct and some of my funny cartoons were relatively positioned in a wrong way.

Error correction steps - I shall practice drawing my funny cartoons in a 3d framework of cuboids, cylinders and spheres. This 3d framework will be drawn in a 2H pencil and once the frame is correct then I shall draw using 1mm and 0.8 mm black gel pens. Later I shall erase the framework.  And then color using Staedtler Luna watercolor pencils. 

Portraits (both colored and monochrome)

I am unable to handle shadows, stubbles, hairs and clothes.

Error correction steps - I plan to practice the above a lot in my local drawing notebook.  I plan to mark shadow regions by holding pencil in an arc fashion. I plan to do cross hatching for hair and clothes. For stubbles I am planning to do dots hatching .

I have managed to motivate myself for above corrective steps.

I shall be practicing the above for a few days and say after a week I'll be doing my art posts.

Till then. Have a nice weekend!!

To the point - 2023/04/20

 

"No, it is not that I have called you all for revision of plans. Neither is that our MD wants a fresh look in our approach. Actually my wedding anniversary is next week. I wanted to know what is the best way to surprise a wife and impress her. "

Prem Chopra

 

Brustro Ochre Drawing Notebook 

Brolaviya mobile stand 

DaVinci eye app 

Brustro skin tone colored pencils 

Normal HB pencil 

To the point - 2023/04/19

 

"As usual we workers were given a new pair of high quality shoes by the management. And as usual we sold them off to footwear shops for some money"

Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar was an old bollywood actor. He was famous for his role as kings and emperors. 

(I used Staedtler Mars Lumograph Drawing pencils for this art. The pencils are awesome.  Sure and smooth strokes)

To the point - 2023/04/18

 

"You can't be sleeping all the while and be depressed.  Beggars have to be active and imaginative to be successful. "

Rinku Singh

This young man made headlines by hitting many sixes in final over of Indian premier league of cricket and making his team win that particular game.

Brustro Ochre Drawing Notebook 

Brolaviya mobile stand 

DaVinci eye app 

Brustro skin tone colored pencils 

Nataraj HB pencil 

To the point - 2023/04/12

 

"I am sad for the foul mood between us for the last two days due to the heated argument.  So today I have booked tickets for cinema. Later we shall have dinner at our favorite place. Cheer up guys !!"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Our very own Ranchi man

Brustro Ochre Drawing Notebook 

Brolaviya mobile stand 

DaVinci eye app 

Mont Marte skin colored pencils 

Nataraj HB pencil 

To the point - 2023/04/11

 

"I am sorry. I made you angry. Here is a gold chain to compensate and make you happy "

"You have made me more angry dear husband.  This design of the gold chain is already with Mrs. Sharma"

Aamir Khan

 

Brustro Ochre Drawing Notebook 

Brolaviya mobile stand 

DaVinci eye app 

Mont Marte skin colored pencils 

Nataraj HB pencil 

Sivaji Ganesan

Started at 0540 hrs. Finished at 0640 hrs.

Sivaji Ganesan son Prabhu is the Vellar in Ponniyin Selvan movie. Sarathkumar and Parthiban are Pazhuvettarayars. Vellars and Pazhuvettarayar have bitter enmity.  Though they are fairly certain they have respect for royal family. 

Sivaji Ganesan is equated with Ashok Kumar of bollywood.  By me.

Thick white A4 sized paper 

Brolaviya mobile stand 

DaVinci eye app 

Yissvic 4H pencil

Yissvic 2H pencil 

Yissvic 3B pencil 

Yissvic blending stumps

Dilip Kumar

 

Brolaviya mobile stand 

DaVinci eye app 

Yissvic 7H pencil 

Yissvic 2H pencil 

Yissvic 3B pencil 

Yissvic blending sticks 

My orders in Amazon

 

I have ordered Brustro Ochre tanned drawing notebook.  My old Brustro grey drawing notebook is over. Only two pages left. I didn't want to use the backside of my grey drawing notebook. 😔 

My mother believes in quality food and she requested that we get Mantra groundnut oil. 

Also Ragi flour for breakfast cereal 😋. 

I am waiting for Ochre tanned notebook for drawing portraits. 10th of April. 

Till then. My best wishes.  Stay in luxury.  Indulge in style. 

Have a nice day !!

Portraits Drawing

Once one get compliments in resemblance, be it portraits or be it caricatures; one can use digital aids. Digital aids could be using square grids or using Brolaviya mobile stand and DaVinci eye app. I use the latter method.

Shading method is crucial and coloring portraits is not just an application of colors but being with the gradience.

White sheet of thicker variety or grey sheets of thicker variety may be used. I have never tried tanned sheets. Tanned sheets may be good for Indian skin tone. 

All the skin tones pencils have some drawback or the other. If Mont Marte skin tone pencils does not blend with each other then Brustro skin tone pencils are unsuitable for accurate skin colors. Crayola skin tone crayons are thicker and unsuitable for my type of shading.

The best approach would be to go for 120 or more colored pencil set and take up portraits. I feel you must know the resultant blend that you will get when you mix up colors. This is very tough for me.

I read somewhere that drawing art is a skill. And like a skill it can be developed. 

I hope you have found this blog post useful.

Have a very nice day !!

Gautam Adani

 

Brustro grey drawing notebook 

Brolaviya mobile stand 

DaVinci eye app 

Brustro skin tone colored pencils 

Local HB pencil 

Luna watercolor pencils 

Camlin watercolor brush dipped in tap water 

Two frames drawings

When my cartoon joke  requires two drawings then I draw them on the same sheet. This way I can get resemblance easily. And also paper is saved.

This is what, I mean to say.

To the point - 2023/04/05

 

"I have been treating you all as equals. Myself included.  Equals !! What ? . . . And that is why I didn't get promotion.  Equals. I have found an answer from my own statement.  Eureka!!"

To the point - 2023/04/04

 

"Solutions baba, this man has a problem. His wife ran away with a neighbor.  And they got married.  He wants to lodge a complaint with the relevant authorities because marriage is void , he says. I brought him here for a solution,  Solutions baba."

"The problem is indeed gambhir.  Therefore I am showing my face.  He can go to the concerned couple and bless them a happy married life. Alternatively he can enjoy his free lifetime. "