Painting Skin

I am trying to make myself familiar with painting skin, esp Indian skintones, There's so much variety in skin tones here. I will try to get atleast a few common tones in upcoming sketches. Here's a first try of anxious passenger waiting for his flight boarding announcement in Mumbai airport. 

Painting in Munich - 2

Few more sketches from Munich

Painting in Munich

As I get to spend few months in Munich, I want to paint whenever I can.

This one below is view of Olympia tower from my room. 

and yesterday I went to a huge cemetery near by. There are lots of interesting places  there, I might go early one day and try to capture the light better. 

A Master has left us

One of the great masters of animation - Isao Takahata passed away. what an unfathomable loss. There are some people we never meet in person but we are so moved by their work, that we feel so close to them. His movies made me laugh, cry and think and changed me forever. A true legend. Rest in Peace master Takahata. 

Still life study

Ice skating

Well, close enough!!!

Neighbour next door

Mr. Ramprasad is a very kind man.

 

Thought Monster

My friend Sven, is a master of ideas. There are times we have conversations during the course of which he comes up with a character, mostly based on the topics we discuss. This time it was about how most of us are always anxious and full of  thoughts, mostly though not enjoying the present. And this is one such poor little monster who has a carousel of thoughts and thunderstorms of anxiety waiting to be unleashed.

Digital still life study

This years first digital study

Sketches from Portrait Sessions

My colleague Valentin, introduced me to this weekly potrait sessions at  a cafe in Berlin.

Its a wonderful atmosphere there, with lovely bunch of  people who drop in at 11 am every Sunday and we all write our names on small pieces of paper and someone picks a first name and they pose for 10 mins, after that they get to choose the next one. Fun session in general. I am terrible at portraits and I realised I can manage side views, but I really have to work on drawing faces  in various  angles. 

Here are some better ones from the sessions so far, I rather not show the abominations I did. 

I just dont want to run anymore

yes, its freaking cold outside and my fingers are the first to get frozen. But also I like to run. what to do !