Happy Birthday to my dear husband...

Pencil Portrait of a little girl

The grey eyed cutie of our family

This is one of my favorite pencil portraits. I love her eyes and she is my pet too.This portrait was done as a gift for her.

Portrait of South Indian Actress Meera jasmine

Meera Jasmine

This is a mixed portrait using both charcoal and pencil.

I used kneaded eraser for the highlights.

A Pencil sketch of Little Krishna

This is a pencil sketch I did of Lord Krishna as a baby.
I got it framed and kept it in the pooja room at home.

Charcoal portrait of a small girl

Charcoal portrait 

My usual method is to use pencil to get the outlines correct and then sharpen it using charcoal.
In this I used only charcoal for drawing also.
Charcoal is a bit difficult to erase and hence in some areas the portrait is a bit dirty.
But I loved it anyway....

Creative Writing Tips From established Authors

All aspiring authors at one or other time find themselves at their wits end. So many doubts and questions plague them and a little tip from an established author can go a long way in their literary journeys.

I found an extremely nice write up by my favorite author, Jaishree Mishra.

Here is the LINK

Another one HERE from Preeti Shenoy, another one of my favorite authors.

Hope you found this useful.

Never Let Go by Bryan Adams

A scene from Mask of Zorro

I heard this song, Never Let Go by Bryan Adams for the first time today. I liked it so much that I thought of putting it down as a post so that I will remember to hear it everytime I check this post. Stangely it reminded me of the movie The Mask of Zorro.

Here is the link to the video:

My sincere salute to all those true life heroes...

Pencil portraits...

A few of my early pencil portraits..

Random portrait

Random portrait

My friend and neighbour

You and I

My art




When I am with you,
I am a splendid soul,
All the vile thoughts,
All things dull,
Just cease to exist.

You are my devoir,
Your arms my sanctum,
Your eyes my mirror,
The warmth of your hug my favored wrap.

My heart beats echoing your amour,
My blood gushes in rapture,
My lips are tinted by your ardor,
My skin blooms in your fervor.

You wonder why we forget,
The entire world throughout.
Our ornery paths converge,
Our thirsty souls forever merge.

You and I, we contrived this world,
This cozy microcosm of ours.
You and I,  we will enshrine our love,
Just here beneath the stars;

The waves and the golden sand,
the silent deponents...


-Preethi Venugopal

My first watercolour portrait

Watercolour portrait

This was my first attempt at a watercolour portrait.

I have done portraits in Acrylics, oils, charcoal and pencil.

Watercolour is a bit messy compared to others. But the fancy effect that watercolour gives is just awesome.