Traditional Art in Pencil

I am a huge fan of all things artistic. Specially if they have tradition attached to it. I havent learned any form of it till date, but I do dream of learning some before it is not too late. But to draw something traditional, I thought I need not wait till I get the formal education. So I set forward to do some traditional art in the form I best know - Pencils. So thats how the picture below was born out of my hand.

The original has been beautifully done in Kalamkari by a very talented fellow blogger. You can find this wonderful artist and her fabulous works of traditional Indian art at http://mathu-art-adventure.blogspot.com/

Sketching my way

Of late, I have been into some amount of sketching. So here I go to record it to check on later if I am making any progress at all in this department. :)

The first of it is a very English house that had filled my imagination as a kid when I used to read all those very English novels. Looking at this house in the latest book I read drew me to sketch this one for a keepsake.

The Dream English / American House

Art in the Cooking List

The second on the list is a list itself. Looking at it for the first time delighted me at the creativity of the artist. Yes, I am only a copy-ist. Well, I added some ingredients to the list but a look at it will say for the original artist. I dont know who the original artist is but I found it on the web with a googling for the grocery list art image. The original image can be found here. Truly creative. My thanks to the original creator if whoever it is, is hearing. Thank You very much.

 This boogie needs a special mention. Yes, this is the original one from which the below sketch was born. Not that I can pride about it in any way. But this original does need a mention, that it was created by a 93 year old. What say?? Isnt it inspiring to find such people who can create such wonderful pieces of art with what might be a lot of energy for them.

This is my humble dedication to the young mind of the creator of this masterpiece in wood.