Photo of the Week–New Canna Lilies

 

 

 

I’m thrilled with both of these, but particularly the magenta one. It’s my favorite color, and- continuing with my saga of forgetting things – I don’t even remember getting this variety.

Sketchbook– Pritam Nakil

This is from September actually, during the Ganesh Utsav. I went to a really wonderful cultural program, Nashik Kalawant Ganesh Utsav 2011 - dancing, classical music, and poetry reading – at the Kulkarni Hall in town, organized by Mohan Upasne, Vived Garud, and others. I painted on the sidelines during the performances. They were truly inspiring. The above sketches are of Pritam Nakil, who is an absolutely amazing singer; I wish I had taken along a video camera to record everything. The sketches are on cardboard packing; I’d forgotten to take along sketching paper too. :-)

Sketchbook–Hands

I seem to be more fond of drawing hands than feet. Mrs. Jasani, back in art college, wasn’t impressed – she reviewed the assignment she had given (100 drawings of the hand) and said, “I’m giving you eight marks out of ten only because you completed the assignment. Don’t think it’s because you are good.”

Illustration – Tree Collage

I’m playing around with collage again, and it’s such fun!

Drawing–RainGirl

I like to see a thunderstorm,
A dunder storm,
A blunder storm,
I like to see it, black and slow,
Come tumbling down the hills.
A plunder storm,
A wonder storm,
Roar loudly at out little house
And shake the window sills!

- Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893-1986).

Sketchbook–Dattatreya Square

As the title says, this was done in Dattatreya Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal. We used to have many similar old buildings over here, but most of them are being torn down in favor of modern, totally unaesthetic  monstrosities.

Photo of the Week – New Hibiscus

We have added two new hibiscuses to our garden. This one was called ‘American Beauty’ at the nursery. They have a whole range of American Beauties, and I’m going to add all of them to my garden one by one.  The second one is a beautiful creamy pink; I’ll post the picture when it blooms.