Seven 'piddly' things - a random post!

Nancy was kind enough to award me " the Versatile Blogger" award which is accompanied by a very difficult tag in tow while I was on my self-imposed break. Thanks so much!!

Here are the rules of the tag-
 Add the Versatile Blogger Award picture to your Blog Post
 Thank the Blogger who nominated you
 Share 7 Random things about yourself
 Nominate 15 fellow Bloggers
 Inform the Bloggers of their nomination

I am all set to get back to blogging with this tag, but please allow me to break some rules along the way.

1. I stopped blogging but didn't stop painting. I don't think I can ever. It has now become something I can't live without. I miss my paints, brushes and sheets even when I am on holidays. I love art galleries, art supply stores, art books, artsy cities.. and Artists!!! :)

2. I am a morning person. I can get up at 5am or even 4 am if I have to. I even did this once to finish a student's painting. ( I fulfilled one of my lifelong dreams last year - to be a full time art teacher!! )

3. The first book I read on the Kindle App was 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins. Well, books cannot be replaced at all but this was more out of urgency. At the local library, I am on wait list # 654 or around that. I am eagerly waiting to read the next two.

4. I learnt pencil sketching and portraiture recently and now, I am on a sketching spree. I have sketches of pots, pans, couches, cakes, boats, etc - anything and everything that appeals to me. I am still learning though and believe it or not, I learn from a book. My first sketch was done in a new house with barely any furniture or stuff. We had just moved and I sat put in one corner of an empty house trying to sketch. I didn't stop even after we settled down!

5. Last year I traveled a lot and saw so many facets of India. I cherished the experience so much , each place was so different. I can't even begin to express. (it may also be because i haven't blogged for so long) Its so tough to pick a favorite, but if i absolutely had to, I guess I'd oscillate between Udaipur and Kumarakom.

6. What I miss most about Bangalore is 9XM. Yes, the music channel. Why i associate it only with Bangalore is a mystery even to me. Maybe its the room where i always watched tv eating / reading etc . I love songs and I was always up to date about all the recent releases. I just miss not even knowing which movie is coming out soon and what's the latest hit item number. No, the numerous radio stations and YouTube are not the same. I even miss the poor jokes the cartoon characters in 9XM cracked.

7. Yay, the last one! I have no appetite as such but I cannot skip breakfast. Any other meal I hardly care about. I eat because I have to. I can survive on fruits, greens etc too. But I need a heavy breakfast always. Complete with a tall glass of milk! :)

There! I did it. That wasn't so hard.

I am not able to add pictures now so I would do that once I figure out what the problem is. For the longest time, I just didn't have my laptop and so I put off blogging. I hope I shall stick to it this time. I intend to share my sketches at the very least. I am writing all this more for myself than for anyone as I doubt anyone even passes by this page anymore :-D

Tagging 15 bloggers is no small feat. I did say I am breaking some rules. Viola! The first 15 people who comment/ read are tagged and naturally, awarded too! :-)

If only..

..I was Raja Ravi Varma, I'd be famous for having painting this. But since I am not, I am content doing imitations :-)

I'm getting there

Oil is the toughest medium (for me). I didn't know how artists (such as my teacher) did such life-like works with finesse. I think I am slowly beginning to make some progress in the right direction. I saw a picture while surfing the net and decided it had to be attempted. I gave myself 2 weeks and together with a completed painting, I have gained a lot of self-confidence :) I love oil painting now and ... want to drown myself in all the colours!!

 

Happy new year

                                                                   Mysore painting

Today is New Years' day for us.

 Wish you all a good one and may Goddess Lakshmi bless you with everything that you want !! :-)

Not that easy, but it isn't hard either..

Warli painting

They say .. 

 Where there's life, there's hope.

So me thinks..

When you have a blog, there's always scope! ;-)

Not going to be a regular blogger now, but I shall keep my blog alive by posting my paintings once in a while (that's the plan!). I started this blog with so much enthusiasm and made up my mind to make some time for it (umm...was also pushed to do so relentlessly by my close friends).

Ooooh, and I hope India wins today!!!!!