Pen and Ink Portrait

Pencil and Charcoal Portrait

Charcoal and pencil on smooth Bristol paper

14"x11"

Portrait of my 16 year old niece Diya. Bristol is a bit too smooth for charcoal and tough to keep your darks.

Shades of Gray in Pencil

carbon and graphite pencil on Canson Bristol smooth paper

15"x12"

Graphite pencil on paper

14" x 12"

Just completed this drawing which took me about 32 hours in all.This is a picture of a laborer from India, my friend and a talented photographer  Vikram Raghuvanshi very kindly allowed me to use this as reference.

I liked the way his face shows the hardships of his humble life.

W-I-P

Work in progess

16"x12"

Graphite pencil on Canson smooth paper

I have started a detailed portrait after a gap of a few months.Posting here is the first 13 hours' work.It might take up some more time to finish it.Thank you for being patient with me.

Wrinkled

Graphite Pencil on Paper

17"x11"

Buying Ice Cream

"Buying Ice Cream"

12"x16"

Pencil on Paper

ON my Drawing Board

Work in progress.....four little boys huddled together near the Ice cream stall.

Buddies

Mechanical pencil .7 on smooth A3 paper.This took me about 9 hours spread over three days.

Charcoal Sketch

Willow charcoal sketch A3 size on smooth paper

Asian Girl Portrait

Pencil on A3 smooth paper

Charcoal Sketch

A quick charcoal sketch of my son Arjun, as he sits tired after a long day at Portsmouth.