The Intense Gaze_Completed

Worked about 10-12 hours on this sketch of an elderly woman's face.
16"x12"

WIP- A Weathered Face

A Portrait in Pencil after a considerably long time.Old and wrinkled faces always attract me.This woman's intense gaze made me select her for a close up.So far, about five hours spent on it.
16" x12" mechanical pencil 0.7

Beautiful Girl from India

Publish Post

A Pencil Sketch of my friend's daughter...in traditional Indian dress.
12"x9" pencil on paper

Weathered Face_finished

Completed it last night...
Mechanical pencil on paper , 12"x9"

W-I-P Weathered Face-2

Another three hours spent on this....

W-I-P Weathered Face

A sketch in Progress

mechanical pencil on watercolor paper.............

Innocence

Drawing kids' close ups is a lot tougher than I had thought! They have smooth, flawless skin and every single mistake shows ...like smudging in some areas due to contact with my hand/palm in this drawing! It was on my board for many days, after all! Will have to be more careful in future.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did....
mechanical pencil on pper
12"x9"

The Woman

 Graphic pencil sketch of an elderly woman of India, in her traditional attire- saree.
21"X16"

A Happy Smile

I have used only a 0.7 mechanical pencil on her face, with hints of charcoal in her hair for contrast.
Pencil on paper, 16"x12"

The Holy Man

My latest work in pencil..A holy man of India .What I liked about him was his gaze.His salt n pepper beard was tough to work on, but I liked it.
21"x16"

Faith- Old Man Praying

'Faith'series continues...

This was an old sadhu with flowing white beard, with a satin shawl draped over his shoulders; chanting his prayers aloud on the banks of the Ganga.I thought he would make a great subject for a sketch.My husband took a lot of photographs of him. Finally, this was selected for my sketch. It was done in two sittings-about 3 hours each.

Graphic Pencil on paper,

16"x12"

Faith_ With Folded Hands

Another in my 'Faith' series....A lady devotee I captured in Rishikesh sometime ago.
Pencil on paper, about 26"x19"