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Stay Home and Stay Safe !!!

Lockdown-day 63

“If you are sad, add more lipstick and attack” – Coco Chanel

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 58

“Bored of being bored because being bored is boring” – Unknown

The pen keeps blotting, its getting on my nerves now and the shop I usually go to is far so I am not risking it!!!

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 57

“The world doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?” – Picasso

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 52

“The only thing that travels faster than light is weekends” – Unknown

 

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 48

“I always find something to keep me busy” – Amy Sedaris

Zodiac sign – Cancer

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 47

“You really can change the world if you care enough” – M W Edelman

Zodiac sign – Taurus

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 46

“Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one” – Frank Miller

Zodiac sign – Aries

Happy Doodling…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 44

“Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature’s mandate” – Marquis de Sade

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 43

“To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short” – Confucius

Zodiac sign – Libra

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 42

“A goal should scare you a little, and excite you A LOT” – Joe Vitale

Zodiac sign – Sagittarius

Happy Painting…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 40

“Let the world change you and you can change the world” – Che Guevara

Zodiac Sign – Pisces

Happy Painting…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 39

“Silence is the most Powerful scream” – Anonymous

Zodiac sign – Leo. While drawing a Leo I wanted to make a roaring lion but when I looked at the Leo I married I wanted to make a lazy lion, fearless, intelligent, dominating but still a lazy lion.

Happy Painting…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 37

“We are like parallel lines: always close – never together” – Unknown

Happy Painting…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 36

“You live but once; you might as well be amusing.” – Coco Chanel

Happy Painting…. Happy Blogging !!!

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Lockdown-day 21

“An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity” – Robert South

May Ganesha help with all the obstacles we face. Last day of the first phase of the lockdown. We are still going to be on lockdown until May 3rd. I am running out of paper. Let me see what else I can do further. Do I have to become totally digital? My digital skills are still rough as you can see above. Maybe this is an opportunity to learn Photoshop properly.

I am getting a hang of doodling, amazingly I find it very therapeutic and I can concentrate or focus for long.

Happy Doodling …Happy Blogging !!!

Stay Home and Stay Safe !!!

 

Lockdown-day 20

“Everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits” – Albert Camus, The Plague

This is all I could do today, not out of boredom but I am mentally and physically exhausted. I need a break from this break so that I don’t break down. Physically exhausted because there is a lot of cooking and cleaning, mentally because the lockdown has been extended till April 30. I need to drive my car, go to office, get bored at work and come back home to whine about it. Wouldn’t that be amazing !!!

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

Stay Home and Stay Safe !!!

Lockdown-day 18

“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself” – Coco Chanel

 

It took me almost 5 hours to do the detailing on this one. It was like a 5 hour meditation. My fingers hurt badly but it was all worth it. I need a break – a woman’s gotta eat !!!

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging !!!

Stay Home and Stay Safe !!!

Lockdown-day 16

“Your body can stand almost anything, It’s your mind that you have to convince” – Hari Harish

I have been wanting to make this since some time and guess this is almost the right time … 😀

Remember it’s all in head, stay strong and stay healthy.

Happy Sketching…. Happy Blogging!!!

Stay Home and Stay Safe!!!

Lockdown-day 13

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud” – Coco Chanel

I never believed in the myth or logic behind the number 13 being a bad number but today was a crazy and scary day for me. The job market is in a lamentable state creating lots of uncertainty and disarray. And guess what – IT’S DAY 13 … Could it be just a coincidence….!!!

For fun tell me how many silhouette are there?

Did a little rough and quick Photoshoping (Guess that is the only shopping I am going to do for a while now… 🙂 ) Trying to improve on my digital art skills now that I can’t run out and buy painting supplies anymore… at least not for a while.

Stay Strong … Stay Positive !!!

Happy Painting… Happy blogging !!!

Stay Safe… Stay Home !!!

Lockdown-day 3

“Evil societies always kill their consciences ” – James L. Farmer Jr

May the head of Medusa  protect us from all evil.

Lockdown Day 2

“Nobody wants to get locked up, although ‘locked up’ is a matter of perspective” – Wesley Snipes

True to my form – I went overboard with this one. Just can’t draw small !!!

Anyways there are too many flaws in this one hence the Photoshop effects.

Happy Painting … Happy Drawing … Happy Blogging …!!!

Stay Safe … Stay Home !!!

Lockdown Day 1

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” — Jack Kornfield

India is going on a lockdown for 21 days starting 25-Mar-2020 due to Corona 😦

So I just thought let me try to make the most of it and make it fun. Planning to do a drawing\painting\something and post daily for these 21 days.

Happy Painting … Happy Drawing … Happy Blogging …!!!

Stay Safe … Stay Home !!!

Mandala 2

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” – Bruce Lee

I think I went a little overboard with green and messed up with this one. It doesn’t look like one integrated piece … What do you say???

Mandala 1

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities” – Stephen Covey

With my new job and new challenges I am not able to take time out for painting. So I went looking for Van Gough in a box, not that I would endorse that idea very much but this is the best I could do in my current situation and came across this Manadala book – Coloring for Calm. So now a days I am trying to satisfy my artistic itch by filling in colors into the patterns hoping for peace and more free time.

I found this really a good way to meditate also as you have to stay very focused while filling in the finer details. So coloring away and hoping for peace of mind and time so that I can get back to my primitive ways of painting.

Untill then you gotta do what you gotta do!!!