Finally I completed the second stipple sketch .

Its that time of the year ...when I am completely dejected and my artistic abilities are out of phase with my morale....so new sketches coming soon....
btw thanks all for visiting my blog...not sure if its just me visting to check whether someone has visited ..;)

I got bored with drawing faces and took a break to do some monument sketches. The sketch I was thinking of is the "Cathedral of Learning". It has this amazing building and a number of trees surrounding it. I realized I have no idea how to sketch trees. So started with this one tree. Here is a partial tree...maybe I can do some historical buildings now...Cathedral of learning and Edinburgh Castle top my list right now.

My second stipple : Shirdi Baba

Here is an incomplete sketch of shirdi baba...Thanks for your blessings...I couldn't have made it this far without you

The twins

I wasn't sure it is a good idea to draw pics of people you know...but then I thought ...ok lets give it a go ...here are the twins...The sketches are good and cross hatching is for people with little patience...complete the two in 2 days.

Here is what I had said about the sketches in one of the previous posts:

I completed two sketches...one last week and one today of twin girls...both in pen and ink...I love the cross hatch technique of shading ...so this is what I have learnt so far ...
lesson one : pen and ink is an unforgiving medium... in the sense if you make a mistake there is no way you can correct it ..at least I haven't found one so far.

lesson two: dont get carried away...I made that mistake in the first sketch and the others as well...an area where you start shading can quickly darken...in my first pen and ink portrait I started with a happy women with bright eyes..and before I knew it the overshadowing that turned her into a victim of domestic violence....

like in Khyati's sketch above....I ended up overshading the lips and looks like a 1 year old is wearing lipstic...

My first stipple sketch

Here is my first stipple sketch ...it took me ages to complete but I kind of love the final results

I started with my first stipple sketch yesterday. It started as a regular sketch but then I realized why not try stippling this time. Stippling is great for people who have loads of patience. I am not one of them unfortunately, but I have decided to keep on going. Will post the final results as soon as it is done.