Need a change of Pace.

Hahaha.. I guess the age is catching up with me. I need to accept that fact now. 😉

I have obviously had trouble remembering spellings many times, but usually long words.

I am glad to see that you are trying to post only once you have completed your sketches. I believe we should no longer put an obligation on ourselves to post every second day. It is an additional pressure that would not help us achieve that level of finishing which would be something that will really help us grow our skill.

Also, since we have to post a thing quickly, we would end up selecting easy, or at least comparatively less complex, sketches. Having a longer time frame would give us the freedom to explore and experiment with more complicated art forms.

Having said that, not having a schedule is not the best path either, cause like a double edged sword, we might end up taking things for granted and be very lazy on our endeavor of making art. I definitely might. 😛

So, what would you suggest? How do we quantify our posts and decide at what frequency we should post here?

One thing I can think of, is that we continue the initial idea of posting every second day. If we have a sketch half complete, lets post that and continue working on it. That way, there is a track of our progress too.

Another option would be to try one in three days, like it has become now, so we can keep continuing this format.

If you have any other idea, please do share with me.

The first thing that comes to my mind when I see your sketch is ‘why didn’t you use perspective lines to help you with the placement of books.’

The aesthetic of your art is really precious. The wooden floor is shaded very well, but I really believe it would have been an even more powerful sketch if you would have used perspective lines to help you align the books properly on the floor board.

Unfortunately, I don’t see any deep meaning in this sketch, I do fell it looks like a winter/fall season, since the tree outside of the window doesn’t have any leaves on it. And the book and a tea cup signify an introvert’s haven.

What is the connection you feel with this sketch? If you fell comfortable sharing it, please do. If not and it is something private, I can totally understand, just ignore this question. I will not probe.

My weekend felt long (pleasantly) and I enjoyed that! After a very long time, on Monday I didn’t feel like I have not even had a weekend. It was satisfying. The credits could go to the fact that since there is less work load, I was not very stressed out on Friday evening, nor Sunday night for the forthcoming working day.

How about you? How was your weekend?

My sketch is a Humming Bird. It is the smallest bird in the world.

Old young man

Remember? I had written in one of my blogmails that am trying to change certain things like posting incomplete drawings, reading fiction, etc. As a part of that same change, am trying to spend more time for self growth. That’s the reason I did not post. I drew a very simple sketch but I feel it has a deep meaning, at least for me. I don’t know why I did not post yesterday, though I had drawn it only shading was left. Anyway, here it is:

I would like to know what comes in your mind after looking at this one. By the way, your sketch was amazing. It was absolutely worth of three days work for that kind of perfection.

Mr. N, how can I forget you are an old young man (after so long I got an opportunity to call you that so just didn’t want to lose one😛), so it is obvious that you will miss out few of my questions😝, completely understandable😆. You skipped the question, “Does it ever happen with you that you forget the spelling of a basic word?”. It once happened with me when I was in I guess 6th or 7th grade that it took me five minutes to understand spelling of “two”.

How was your weekend? I hope you are enjoying nowadays, as work load is a bit less and there’s no winter as well😁.

Delayed…

This picture was scheduled for yesterday, but it took me a bit longer than expected cause I had spent a lot of time on the finishing touches. I hope it has turned out to be worth the wait.

I started this sketch two days back, it took me a total of three days to complete it. Might not look very complex but I just wanted to make it as close to perfect as possible.

So, regarding “Anyway” and “Anyways” I did read it recently and that’s why I changed it. Since I am writing a book, or at least trying to, I am looking up the common mistakes in language and things I should avoid while writing my manuscript. So, if you ever find a mistake in my grammar or find that I have used a word incorrectly, please do let me know. It would most definitely help me!

I agree to your observation that “British” and “American” English have made things a bit confusing for us.

For example: In school, for some reason, I was taught that the spelling for color is “Colour” but later on when I came to college, people actually laughed at me for the fact that I didn’t even know how “Color” is spelled.

I understand it is pretty basic thing, and then I looked it up and realized that we were both right. But well, not everyone accepts the idea of having two correct answers to a question. We artists are very open minded about such stuff cause again coming back to your previous mail, we accept that ‘Art’ can be perceived in more than one ways.

I believe I am running on a tangent over here. Suffice to say that as long as it’s between you and me, you can be as experimental about stuff as you want to. In case I find something odd that you would have had sent me, I would run it by you and get it cleared out, so that we would be on the same page.

Further on, I was glad to finally see the dreaded “questions” on your last blogmail. You missed asking me on the one before that. I guess since it wsa us returning after a long time, you wanted to cut me some slack so I don’t run away. 😉

The new person is a developer, so yes your replacement. And she sits next to me, so I am no longer alone in the cubicle. She doesn’t have any interest in art actually, but since it was a really beautiful shetch I couldn’t stop myself from sharing it around. 🙂

I am glad I didn’t disappoint you on my last post, but I also hope you understand I didn’t mean to delay today’s sketch. I will make up for this and try to post one tomorrow too..

English – A confusing language

You might be thinking why is the title all of a sudden about English😅. Did it ever happen with you that you got confused about spelling of a basic word may be which you are learning and hearing since childhood? I have heard this thing from many people and same happened with me while writing my previous post. Actually I had planned to name that blogmail as “Woah! You are back”. But, when I was about to write I got confused whether it is “Woah” or “Whoa”. I googled it and then got more confused😂😂. So, I simply used “wow”😃. I wanted to mention this in last blogmail itself, but it was getting too long.

Then I read your last blogmail. In your previous blogmails you have been using “anyways” and not “anyway” while writing. But, in the last one you used “anyway”. I read it once somewhere that “anyway” is the correct way to spell it. So, even you read it somewhere or unkowingly you have written “anyway” instead of “anyways”. Actually, the reason behind all this confusion is “British English” and “American English”, I feel. We usually hear and speak a mixture of the two I think and this is what leads to confusion. I would like to hear your views on this.

By the way, it is completely fine if you show my sketch to anyone, I have no problem at all. After all I feel art is a thing which should be spread among the mass and hence, my Instagram profile is also public. The words “our personal experiences play a really important part”, touched my heart. The meaning is very deep and I can’t simply frame it in a sentence. All I want to say is those words were amazing. May be when we will meet I will be able to express what I mean to say.

So, the new memeber as in my replacement right? Is she also interested in sketching? Does she sit next to you? As per out last conversation I remember you were alone in that cubicle?

I found your owl cute. I was not surprised to see ypur post rather I was expecting it😉. My sketch for the day is:

P.S: I had drawn the sketch last night but was too tired to type😅 and got busy with lectures today. Sorry, for posting late.

Different Perspectives.

I knew your idea about that sketch would be different than mine, cause many a times in the past we have had separate interpretations of the same thing.

I hope you don’t mind, but I showed that sketch to the new person in our team. Her perspective to the sketch really made me think how differently a same thing can be perceived by different people.

She thought of the sketch as a man who always has thoughts about his daughter on his mind. She thought of that inner sketch to be a girl cause it was holding a teddy bear. I was so amazed at her idea cause I never thought about it the way she did and she didn’t think of anything on the lines of bottled up emotions.

Our interpretations were still a bit relate-able, I thought of inner craving and you thought of inner suffering as opposed to a fake smile outside.

But in any case, as you had rightly mentioned in the previous blogmail, everyone has a different way of looking at art. I believe our personal experiences have a very important role in how we choose to look at the world around us.

Anyway, your most recent sketch is totally amazing! You were always an amazing artist and I can see how much more you have improved. You are a huge inspiration for me and also a great motivator. Looking at your sketches I feel like I should also improve and hone my skills. 🙂

BTW did you think that after that one sketch I was going to stop? 😛 In case you did, I am happy to let you know that I am back for good this time and here is another sketch for you.

 

Wow, you are back!

First of all a hearty welcome to you. I am so damn happy today that you are finally back. When today morning I saw your mail I was so surprised and happy I can’t even tell you. I felt so great after your blogmail today, thank you for making my day. I don’t know where do I start from, there are plenty of things to share. It was very sweet of you that you thought about me and changed the title of the blogmail😅.

Thank you for all the kind words for my sketches. By the way, the comic was not for the competition; it was for my exam. People liked it, hopefully will show you when we meet or will post it some day. I came back in the beginning of February itself. My classes are going good and were a bit hectic till last week as we had that “Annual Anniversary” of our institute. We had to submit our best works and then there was exhibition. I had submitted 9 in all and 8 got selected. The results are still not out though.

Actually my thought behind that sketch was how the situations of humans have become these days. In front of everyone they smile and just pretend to be happy but they are suffering internally. That’s what I thought, but I liked your interpretation as well. I believe this is the beauty of art. Everyone has a different perspective to look at same things.

After looking ay your whatsapp status I felt that you were too busy, hence I didn’t message you. Even I was thinking from past few days that I will post here, but just didn’t. The case with me is I guess, when you post I feel like posting because then you will reply. But, you were busy and so was I, so I simply dropped the plan. I think the last two lines were a bit confusing, if you felt so, just ignore.

I think I will stop here and keep things for next post. My sketch for the day is:

Long Time Without Sketch

I was going to make the title of this Blog as ‘Long Time No Sketch’ but then I realized how you like positive statements, so I modified it a bit. 🙂

Since last Thursday, I haven’t been using a jacket for commuting to or from office, so officially my three month or so of an excuse of feeling out of energy due to the winter is finally over and I can’t hide anymore.

Not without some serious scolding from my friends. 🙂

I have finally shifted my tables back into the middle room and shifted the beds in the master bedroom. I can’t explain how happy I felt instantly. I did all this furniture shifting yesterday and also made this sketch below.

Well, actually I just made it with pencil yesterday, I inked it today and that made me even more happy! I am pretty glad I choose to get back at sketching.

I understand you would have been busy too, since you were at your hometown, so have you returned now? If so, how are classes going on?

I am really curious to know what you have been up to and the results of the comic art competition. I am very very interested in reading the full comic too, probably when we meet in March you can bring it along. 🙂

Your sketch for Annual Anniversary was very intriguing – A smile on the face of a grown man while his inner child in craving something else inside. That was the way I interpreted it, if you had a different interpretation please share that too.

My whatsapp status was ‘DND’ cause anyway no one texts me, so no point putting something witty. But I guess I should change it to something sensible.

Last Thursday, coincidentally with the end of winter, the 2 big plug-ins were finally released. Since Friday, I kinda am not loaded with work as I used to be.

I agree with what you had said, that we should keep posting here, and I am going to stick to it, no matter how seldom it is, I shall post my sketches here. The thing was, I haven’t made any sketches since the last winter one and I don’t feel comfortable just posting a blogmail here without a sketch. I thought of sending something to you many times and I have been checking the website often to see if you have something for me, but every time I want to post, I feel like I will when I have a sketch and it just gets delayed.

Your sketch of the boy was very cool!! it looked totally amazing! I am so sorry I couldn’t tell you that before. It is one of your very best sketches according to me.

I am also very sorry that your Mammoth got broken. It is very interesting the things your institute make you do for bringing about the creativity in their students and I am very happy to know that you follow up on all of them.

As much as I know you, there would be incredible amount of things going on with you and you would most definitely not be able to put it all in a single blogmail but take your time and tell me everything!!! I am eagerly waiting for your response.