To the point - 2020/10/29

 

"Masterji!! Yesterday in the class you said one should not do corrupt practices. But today I saw you paying bribe to school inspector !!"

"That is because yesterday was a lesson in theory. And today in practicals."

Chiaroscuro

 I was looking at ways to improve resemblance in my drawings. Be it caricatures or portraits.

Then I came across the book "The artist's complete guide to drawing the head" by William L Maughan. I learnt the term chiaroscuro. Leonardo da Vinci followed the principle of chiaroscuro.

Firstly I ordered the book "The artist's complete guide to drawing the head". Then I ordered derwent proportional divider.

The book is available as a free pdf. Still I ordered a hard copy.

There are problems working with white and black. But nevertheless I took the chance to work on chiaroscuro in black and white.

Here are some snapshots.

I applied chiaroscuro and I think the resemblance has improved. Rajendra Kumar and Harry Baweja portraits.

Resemblance is an old concept. Today it is hyper-realism. Nevertheless I want to work on resemblance.

Have a nice day, dear blog readers !!

And of course my obeisances to my guru Da Vinci. For chiaroscuro !!

To the point - 2020/09/18

 

"Sir, are you working on computer ?"

"No. I am minding my own business !!"

To Do

 

I do realize that I need to include background in my cartoons. And I need to be humourous at the same time.

Currently, I draw only once. That is, my drawing cannot have any errors. In other words I do not use my erasers at all. And because I don't use erasers I am unable to take risks and my drawings do not have background.

The solution is a digital drawing pad of course. With this I can erase my previous lines, group of lines, draw built up frames etc. depending on the features of Adobe Photoshop (I think). 

My favourite cartoonists are Satish Acharya, Sudhir Tailang and of course Manjul.

To the point - 2020/09/09

 

"You are trying to be smart. Giving donations to charity and fooling people. Become a minister. And that's my challenge !!"

"And you? Meeting VIPs like me. Trying to get publicity. Get out I say !!"

To the point - 2020/09/08

 

"I have worked hard to be here. Worked hard in being unethical, corrupt, in cheating !!"

To the point - 2020/09/07

 

"If I were a millionaire then I would have had 5 cars and 12 air-conditioners !!"

"And if I were an IAS officer then I would have had you behind bars !!"