“Textile Design”…. because on seeing this painting my roomie Priyanka asked me to seriously consider Textile Designing as a career option….brings back some fond memories of AB2…:)

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Shield yourself or they’ll get you….this seems to be the new way to survive in today’s world…

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Is this why we are becoming a crowd of lonely individuals….

Oil on paper (coloured part)…tried a new pen for the black part… Staedler triplus fineliner… nice pen but tendency to blot a little.

Made this in my 3rd year in college…in Sonia’s room…was one of those beautiful rainy days – a rarity in Delhi…I surely had lots of time on my hands…the green and black portions were done with a fine tipped ball pen.

By the way…HAPPY CHILDREN’s DAY everyone…:)

It was exam preparation time, which meant that at any given point, I had a piece of  paper and a pen in hand…and I always found it easier to doodle than to study….very soon I was at it and doing it in a certain pattern…not just random strokes…this whole exercise was extremely stress busting and a lot of fun… unlike the portraits this was really quick…in a matter of a few minutes some new designs were ready…I wasn’t sure what I was doing, whether this was qualified as art (to this day I am not sure what category of art it falls under)…not that I cared one bit …the point was to have fun and I was having lots of it…

Starting from there I developed a style which evolved over time…however the basics always remained the same…the base was always a black pen…a cello gripper – a very fine tipped pen…with colors used sparingly…the latter ones took  longer to finish as I had started detailing them more…the funny thing was the best ones came out when I was really down…I am very close to these drawings…they have had such a therapeutic effect …they have been my true friends.