Sphere, cone and cylinder

 

These have been given a skin colored pencils shading.

How are they?

Hema Malini

Crayola skin colored pencils and Faber Castell polychromos pencils in Brustro grey drawing notebook 

My art objectives

I am thankful to internet community for Crayola skin colored pencils sets. These are most suitable to me. I now have the pencils which are the most suitable to my drawings. 

The portraits are coming out fine. But not quite.  Here is what I mean.

DaVinci was a master artist and in his Mona Lisa painting , the dark becomes lighter and the lighter becomes dark. Both. ( Winston  Churchill said "The skirts go up and the pants come down"). This is an important necessity and the masters did their drawings admirably.

While in my portraits the darker becomes lighter to a professional level but the lighter does not reach towards dark. (Only the pants come down. The skirts don't go up. Ha!! Ha !! Ha!!)

I will be working on it. And I  shall master this aspect too, to a professional level. I will strategizing on this challenge. 

Above is one thing I will be doing.  And of course the practices for comic drawing; I am doing them. The left hand, mirrored left hand, 3D modeling app images at different perspectives and the humans at different perspectives. And their inking. 

Have a nice day !!

Edwards Deming

Crayola skin colored pencils and Faber Castell polychromos pencils in Brustro grey drawing notebook 

A better tree and bushes now

 In June, 2022, my trees and bushes were like this.

Now they are like this.

I think they are better now. Thanks 😊.

To the point - 2023/10/21

 

"When I said I needed improvement,  I meant improvement in your language and writing style.  Not improvement over my ideas. "

To the point - 2023/10/18

 

"Why this sudden help in roti rolling? Ohh !! Got it !! You want to have a drinks party with your friends.  Right?"

To the point - 2023/10/17

 

"Just look at this idiot !! He wants to start business through ideas and bank loans. Can't believe this !!! Ha!! Ha!! Ha!! Businesses are started by giving parties, booze, fun time and fun trips, dear friend. "

A complete comic art

 

To the point - 2023/10/11

 

"Masterji,  I am from lower middle class. I am only very average in studies.  Is it the end of my life? Tell me, Masterji. "

"Studies can give you fame. If one is not good in studies,  the fame route goes away. However,  money and power route for success exists.  One can try to be successful in money and power, if not good in studies. "

To the point - 2023/10/10

 

"I have not called you for discussion on new civil construction projects. Nor I want to discuss the profits made in recent months. Actually there is a seepage in my flat from above. I want to know the best solution to rectify my problem of seepage. "

To the point - 2023/10/09

 

"It is true that today is Sethji's birthday.  It is also true that there are news that Sethji is going to donate lots of money and food to beggars. However the news is for gaining publicity only. There is no truth in the news. You can all go back to your places "

To the point - 2023/10/08

 

"It might be a Sunday morning and both of you may want to sleep more. But we need our Horlicks and Bournvita in time !!"

Comparision

Three portraits of Anil Ambani drawn.

Faber Castell Polychromos pencils in Brustro Ochre Tanned Drawing Notebook 

Brustro skin colored pencils in White paper 

Mont Marte skin colored pencils in White paper 

The Mont Marte skin colored pencils and the portrait I manage to draw with them is my favorite.  The last one.

Anil Ambani

Mont Marte skin colored pencils in White paper 

My world of portraits

The general public may be confused as to what is the world of portraits.

In history, kings and other VIPs were subjects for portraits. There were no technology in earlier days. The king or the VIP had to sit in front of the artist and the artist will draw their portraits. Usually oil painting was used. These portraits cost a lot. In millions.

But today is a modern world. There are apps for making sketching outlines easy. I use DaVinci Eye app to draw outlines. After lightly drawing the outlines, I use either Mont Marte skin colored pencils or Brustro skin tone pencils or Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.

What paper do I use to draw portraits? I have used three types of papers. Thick white paper, Brustro Grey toned paper and Brustro Ochre tanned paper. If I use Brustro Ochre tanned paper the amount of work needed is slightly reduced as most of the skin tones are Ochre colored. Brustro Grey toned is better for monochrome portraits; though not necessarily. 

Why use only colored pencils? Why not water colors? Why not oil? Why not acrylic? This is because I have a technique which I named cosine hatching. This technique can be used with colored pencils only.

What are the drawbacks of my portraits? I am self taught artist. I can handle only ambient lit faces. I cannot handle faces with lot of lights and having shadows.

Why draw portraits? I want to be self sufficient and want to have an earning capability. I plan to draw "ambient lit selfies" of customers in paper with colored pencils and charge 1000 rupees for that. This business idea is a last resort idea and will indulge only when things really get worse like post-pandemic, post-war, post job loss etc. 

If you have any more queries, you may ask them in the comments section. I shall be happy to answer them.

To the point - 2023/10/02

 

"I went to a massage parlor to get massage. I removed my clothes and kept them in a allotted place. After the massage I came back to get my clothes. But my clothes were not there. In its place this bundle of cash was there. I was greedy and took the bundle of cash and came to my bank to deposit them. The cash clerk informed me that these notes are fake. I am now in underwear and with useless fake notes. "

Steven Spielberg

Faber Castell Polychromos pencils in White paper