sketches in Mar10 [1]

I did some sketches during a recent official tour... These were done on handmade paper with felt-tip pen and so the lines are very hazy... Next time on, I plan to use a ball point pen instead...

First up is a sketch done while we were being taken to the place where the aircraft was parked...
Second is a view from my seat... This was a ATR aircraft... which I find a bit scary as they fly on a lower height and wobble badly in case of turbulence... But otherwise the take-offs and landings are smooth...

sketches from Feb10

We attended a leadership learning program at Pegasus. Here the learnings were built up through the activities/team tasks. Had a very good time there. The institute is located in a remote village and surrounded by nice hills/farms. The classrooms didn't have any walls and there were times when my thoughts would wander out to find interesting subjects from an artists perspective. The sketch below is one of those... I could not capture the up and down movement of the landscape here...
Next sketch was done while waiting for a friend who was trying out a lot of garments during a recent sale...

sketches at the Fireflies concert

I went to the Fireflies concert with some friends... Its a very cool concept and you can read more about it here... We reached there a little late and had to queue for about 30mins before getting in... Sadly, we didnt find a good spot to sit and so it was a little difficult to enjoy the music...

There was a dance show where the participants had there bodies painted like tigers and the did some awesome things like breaking a coconut with bare hear etc, in addition to some super dance steps... the steps with so fast that I could hardly make a direct sketch; instead did some patterns... one of the viewers was shocked with disbelief and kept his pose for a while so I was able to sketch him as well...

We stayed on for two more performances before heading back... Next year will plan such that we reach early and get proper place to sit and enjoy!

waiting in the queue... what I was seeing then is actually opposite of the sketch... it was a pitch dark background and only the wires and pole was lite-up...
sketch during the tiger-dance...


awestruck audience...

pondicherry trip - I

I went to a trip to Pondicherry with some friends in Feb10... It was a absolutely relaxing trip... Its very difficult to explain in words the calm and timelessness of this place... It doesnt seem anyone is in any hurry/or has any agenda... things seems to be falling in place on their own... I am sure this is what a tourist feels in any city... but Pondicherry was awesome...
The cafe, sea-food, breeze was too tough to let go... Whenever, I plan for a next visit, it will definitely be 4-5 days as 2.1/2 days we spent this time was too less...
I did 2 sketches in the trip... One was a rough sketch of some hills on the way from Bangalore...
second was in Auroville... Its a view of the Matrimandir... Its a very intriguing structure... I will put some colour to it soon...