Adolf

Another one from the old stock ca. 1994-95. A pencil sketch of Adolf Hitler.


Don't recall the source of the photo or picture from which I reproduced it. Probably it was a photo in a history book - either Kaanitkar's "NAzi BhasmAsurAcha  UdayAsta" or Shirer's "Rise and fall of the Third Reich".


This one - for a change - was pencil on canvas. I had a piece of canvas left out after a painting and wanted to try the experience of pencil shading on canvas.  Had to use HB grade obviously because canvas wouldn't absorb graphite. So any softer pencil like even 2B would have caused a lot of unintentional smudging and blurring during the handling of the picture. (Even this one has been carefully preserved with a butter paper covering.)


Size: ~15" x 12"


Cheers,
M.

The evening

An old reproduction of a commercial artist's oil painting on particle board. Obviously, it's nowhere near the original one though! But I was very fascinated by the beautiful original painting. And that's why this is still one of my favorites because it always reminds me of that original one.

I used poster colors on drawing paper.
Size : ~ 24" x 10" (60 cm x 25 cm)
Ca. 1993. A bit old. That's why you see some discoloration of the bushes on the hill on right side.

Owing to my affinity to German, it has been fondly titled "Der Abend" (German for "the evening").

Cheers,
M.

Pinocchio

HB Pencil/Black pilot pen on normal (reused) print paper (A4). Thanks to my daughter Ashwinee. It's while giving her a drawing assignment that I eventually did it myself too.