Pastels!

                                                                             

This one on the left just shows what happens when you are really out of touch! This was done after almost an year and I feel terrible about it...

The one on the right is recent, done with crayons and a result of a bad and tiring day. Just wanted to scribble with colours and thats exactly what I did! This was a painting (don't know the exact source) shared by one of my friends Harpreet and she wanted me to paint this for her. Haven't gotten to do that yet but I should probably show this to her in the meantime :P.

Landscapes

                                                                                      

                                                                                               

These are again inspired by pictures and drawings off the web. 

The one on the left was made in March 2010, again after a gap of almost five months and the output very well shows it!! 

The one on the right was a painting I made for my mom for her birthday in 2010. I took a picture and sent it to her through email. Last year when we met I gave her the actual painting on 1st September 2011 which happened to be her 60th birthday :)! 

Pictures on paper!

Golden gate bridge!

These were made in 2009. 

The one on the left is a photograph taken by one of my photographer friends Karthick. Hasn't come out like his picture really but gave me a new idea of water to paint!

The one on the right is again a photograph of the Golden gate bridge, inspired by http://goo.gl/11yt8. I visited San Francisco that summer and the bridge was truly one of the most magnificent architectures I had ever seen before! Trying to put it on paper was fun...

Abstract - Shades and lines!

My first few attempts at abstract art.

The one on the left was my very first trial at something from top of my head. Exposes a lot of shabbiness in my painting but was a new experience indeed! It still loyally remains the screensaver on my very first laptop :).

The one on the right is one of the few that have no background or story or reference to it. I have always been fascinated by shapes, line and of course colours. Just a mixture of all of it :)!

Notice how my choice of colours and the fact that I use almost every colour possible hasn't changed all these years :P.

A farewell gift!

This was made back in 2008 just before I left for Canada! It was a gift for my colleagues and friends who were a big part of my daily life then and don't cease to be a part of my life even now. Miss those days...

Colours!

It's been a while since I wrote and updated my blog. Patience was always something that didn't come easily to me and I guess I am not patient enough to write! Since I am trying to now paint/draw/sketch regularly, I guess updating my blog with these would at least keep it alive :)! And yes I will be motivated to keep painting.

This was done almost after a six month's gap. And turned out to be one of my favourites so far! It's a photograph taken off the web, just reproduced. I should be careful to preserve the original work henceforth to be able to acknowledge it.

And here I am....

Its 27th August'09 today and what a day to write my next blog. Exactly an year ago at this time i was busy getting ready to go. My flight was at 1 am and there were relatives, friends to see me off. I was all excited, anxious more i guess! I hopped onto the flight to stay away from home for this long first time ever in my life. I didn't think that way at that time but i surely felt a pit in my stomach the moment i got my luggage off the belt at the Toronto airport and was all alone in an unknown place, unknown country. I don't mean to sound all dramatic but thats how i felt. And there i was, all ready to take on this new life. I did feel homesick many a times, even now sometimes i think i should be home at that very moment but hey isn't it obvious considering i have always been with my family all my life!

Coming to think of the one year i spent here, it does seem shorter than it is. Time has swept by in a flash. I started cooking, which by the way was never my forte. And then so many other things that i did 'for the first time'. Masters has been interesting so far. And now that i know that i'm going to be here longer than i thought i would with my PhD, i think i've slipped into a comfort zone. Weird maybe but i'm getting used to this place thinking in hindsight that i have a long association with this place.Work is amazing, acts as an incentive to be here!

Its been an year and have seen all the seasons now all throughout the year. Just when i had almost arrived at a conclusion that 'Canada can never be hot', the weather showed its new face. Just for a week or so, but the heat and humidity made me forget that it snows here for like 5 months. The green surroundings would soon be laden with snow. And it'll be time for the snow sports! Things have changed and we just get used to this change. The definition of an outing has changed, the friend circle has changed, the eating habits have changed, change in attitudes and the list goes on.

I guess this has been the most dynamic year of all the years i can think of now. Just looking forward to more fun, more work, and many more things to look forward too!!

And after putting all the random stuff in this blog, here i am....