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Paan khaye
2007-08-20 14:13:00
I first noticed him standing across the road, hands akimbo, watching us take photographs. After a while he came over unasked and posed confidently for Anil. He had this glint in his eyes, a wide open smile showing teeth stained with betel nut juice and a look suggesting we were ...
More About: Painting , Bangladesh , Oil , Portrait , Dhaka

My father-in-law 2
2007-08-08 15:44:00
I’ve made several sketches of my father-in-law from life but those haven’t been posted (as yet). He’s a real sport and will sit patiently. He’s good at drawing too and great at encouraging. He doesnt mind if his nose is drawn a bit too long or chin too wide. I ...
More About: Paper , Father , Portrait , Dhaka , Fath

Lady from Ashulia
2007-08-01 18:23:00
One more from the exciting references provided by Anil after our road trip to Ashulia . He’s been a gem and has allowed me to use any of them for my art. The paper has been provided by another friend, Kuhu who is a well known figure artist here in Bangladesh . ...
More About: Lady , Paper , Portrait

Manish
2007-07-19 15:13:00
Recently, a friend told me that my charcoal pieces looked good. That was all the encouragement I needed to use the medium again. This portrait of Manish is one more for my College of Art portrait series. I’ve inadvertently made his eyes look a bit like Sylvester Stallone’s and I ...
More About: Paper , Portrait , Dhaka , Nish

Linocut Print
2007-07-15 11:31:00
I’ve been back from my exciting and terrific holiday for over a week now and given myself a 101 reasons for why I wasnt painting as yet. 2 nights ago, armed with all the equipment I’d collected, I decided to take a proof of the Linocut that I’d been working on a while ago. This ...
More About: Print , Paper , Self Portrait

Patience
2007-06-19 13:45:00
I enjoyed this mornings Life Drawing class at Kuhu’s. My last class for a while as I’ll be away on holiday starting Friday.  Of the 3 models who have posed for us recently, this one holds her poses well and has a lot of patience. Today I laid down some proportions before adding detail to ...
More About: Patience , Paper , Pencil , Dhaka

Charles P. Sovek
2007-06-18 14:22:00
CHARLES P. SOVEK March 23, 1937 ? June 8, 2007 We are deeply saddened to report that Char les Sovek passed away unexpectedly on June 8th. Our plans are to keep his memory and artwork alive through this website, but please be patient as we work through this difficult time. www.sovek.com I am saddened to discover that Charles Sovek has ...
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Learning to use charcoal
2007-06-13 15:48:00
Full of enthusiasm after this mornings session at Kuhu’s, I got back home and tried another portrait using Sudha crayons ( Indian equivalent for Conte Crayons ).  Its overworked but if i dont do some of these how will I learn?  I’m thinking of making the background darker hoping that it will help the face ...
More About: Life , Bangladesh , Paper , Learning , Portrait

Birthday Girl
2007-06-10 12:28:00
For 3 days I’ve been sitting in front of the computer and procrastinating. Luckily Uma’s birthday was incentive enough to make me stay up late last night to make this. Added a Polaroid Photo frame ( from About.com ) today to make a homemade digital birthday card and sent it ...
More About: Bangladesh , Girl , Birthday , Paper , Portrait

Photographed!
2007-06-06 17:20:00
Most people are self-conscious when being photographed. I too feel the same especially if the photographer takes time to compose and take his shot. I do however like looking at pictures and would like to see some that include me. This is incentive enough to put up with the process cheerfully. Some photographers ...
More About: Watercolor , Portrait , Dhaka , Graph

Life drawing at Kuhu?s - 3
2007-06-05 10:34:00
I was disappointed with my work at last weeks life drawing session and havent got around to taking photos to put it up.  Todays class went well in the end. We were supposed to do several small sketches to improve our compositional skills.  I misunderstood.  Initially, I got carried away and spent the larger part of ...
More About: Life , Drawing , Bangladesh , Paper , Pencil

Drinking Tea
2007-06-03 12:05:00
Ramesh doesn’t like being photographed at least not when he has just woken up. As you can see I havent let that stop me I was trying out my father-in-laws new Canon S3 and its 12 X zoom and caught Ramesh in the act of swallowing some tea. This is my ...
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Life drawing at Kuhu?s
2007-05-26 14:10:00
I went for my first lesson at Kuhu’s today. We started with a still life and moved on to figure drawing with short duration poses. This was the last one made and since I had run out of newsprint by then it is smaller in size and on drawing paper. There ...
More About: Life , Drawing , Bangladesh , Paper , Draw

Ramesh sleeping 2
2007-05-19 15:13:00
This time I tried to be clever and sketch Ramesh from behind. But I think he has a sixth sense that alerts him to the fact that I’m trying to sketch him! After sleeping like a log he shifted positions when I was a few minutes into my sketch and then i ...
More About: Life , Sleeping , Ping , Ames

Keya - Monsoon Flower
2007-05-19 10:17:00
All Indian names have meanings. Keya means a monsoon flower. I was hoping to do one of her from Life but it didnt happen. These are from photo references taken when she was a couple of years younger. I’m still optimistic that I’ll manage to get one done next time ...
More About: Bangalore , Flower , Paper , Pencil , Wash

Father and child
2007-05-17 13:26:00
This time I was determined to visit the art supply store on my own. I did not want to bore the others to tears and nor did I want to rush over what was a big treat for me. I did pick up a few new things to try and one of them ...
More About: New York , Paper , Child , Father , Wash

My little niece
2007-05-14 07:09:00
Some babies smile soon after they are born and some dont or so I learnt when I first met my niece. She was a frowner and we laughed at and loved each little one that she chose to share with us. Here’s one of her asleep and frowning. Though this ...
More About: Paper , Portrait , Litt