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My Artistic Experiments (or accidents)

Did I ever have the talent to draw? I never knew, neither do I now. The last time I drew something significant I remember was when I was in eighth or ninth grade (don’t know exactly). It was a brave attempt and seemed to have been a fulfilling one – A lonely deer meandering in a forest. The drawing was well appreciated by my kin and friends alike. My dad even offered me to take me to a renowned artist so that I can develop my skills. A lazy kid as I was, never showed any sort of interest and that was the last time I touched pencil or a paint brush again.

Do pictures come to life? Indeed it did in my case. It was a hiking trip with some of my friends to the marshy swamps of Everglades, Florida. Somebody spotted a stag (maybe my deer’s hubby!) and I promptly captured it in my camera. I did not think about it until recently. It seems like a strange coincidence, a lonely stag(anomalous to my deer), captured in my camera(distantly anomalous to my paint brush).I find this strange as I was the one who got this picture perfectly in the frame even though there was other friends with camera.

I do have the picture, but don’t quite know where the drawing is. Maybe I may pull that out of the huge pile of books at my home in Kasaragod, when I go there next.

Portrait Attempt

Recently, I got a revelation – I need to draw something. Maybe that was an excuse to stay away from my thesis work, which has been pinching my conscience for some time now due to its complexity in thought process and execution.

I googled for pencil sketches, and printed out a sketch of a lion. The drawing took me less than half an hour(actually it looked better than the original one) giving tremendous boost to my confidence. What next – a portrait?. Yes, exactly. But whose? Googled again. The portrait that struck me was that of the green eyed afghan girl of National Geographic fame.

Sharbat Gula, had eyes that depicted the war torn country’s emotions. Eyes that had apprehension and loneliness written all over. It seemed like she was waiting for somebody. These things made the picture very complex. When the drawing was done, it did resemble the original picture even though the resemblance was a bit remote and seemed like the 13 year old was pictured about 5-6 years later! I will buy that, as it was my first attempt.

Do these pictures hold any coincidence for me? A lion meandering in front of me – No, I prefer not. A green eyed girl waiting, that looks like a nice prospect!