Drawing

Gel pen portrait of a woman

Geetha B Art, Artform, Drawing, Portrait , , , , , , 
Gel pen portrait of a woman
18 February 2025

After my yesterday’s sketch of a woman’s head, I decided to use the gel pens that arrived today to make a different kind of portrait. I wanted to achieve a stylized look so looked around for some portraits to emulate and it resulted in the below output. It has very much an animated movies feel to it while at the same time taking after some fashion show sketches. I hope you like it. 

I received today the watercolours from Amazon but they came really late so I did not think it would make sense to try them as the place I am staying at lacks good lighting in the dining room where there is a big table with all my material sprawled all over it. I think I will try the watercolours this weekend as I am working tomorrow from the office and it takes me over an hour and a half each way to go to and come back from London.

I hesitated regarding the hair and was not sure I should keep it just coloured at the tip or colour all of it in black leaving the tips in gel pen

Gel pen portrait of a woman
This is not America – David Bowie

My daughter’s chalk drawings for me

Geetha B Art, Artform, Chalk, Drawing, Flowers, Rose, Sunflower , , , 
Léa's chalk drawings
January 26, 2025

As I proceeded with clearing more items for the move, I decided to post more of the artwork by my daughter, Léa.

She had made them for me when I was unwell and I had put them on the sides of the fridge next to the table so I could see them while I had my meals. Ever since I had them, they have always brought a smile to my lips when looking at them and thinking of the effort my daughter had put into making more than just one for me.


New drawings and paintings

Geetha B Art, Artform, Drawing, Painting , , , , , , , , , , , , 
Additional artwork
January 25, 2025

I am on the verge of leaving my flat in which I have lived for just a bit more than 6 years. While I was packing, I found some artwork that I had not published on this blog before and so I decided to do this now.

The first two items are my daughter's : a pencil drawing of our family with my two boys on the left side and my daughter and myself on the right side and a pastel drawing of two flowers.

The rest are all mine being some quick sketches of semi-clothed models and a couple of oil paintings: a bird, a horse head and two still-life of fruit and vegetables

I tried putting them in gallery mode but my laptop or wordpress was not complying so I just had to insert them as separate images. I hope you like them.
Our family

Lea pastel pink flower

Female model sketch 1

Female model sketch 2

Male model sketch 1

Male model charcoal long sketch

Copy of a Felix Vallotton ink drawing called La Paresse

Sketch of a model head

Oil pastel of a folk woman

Oil painting of a bird

Oil painting of a horse’s head

Oil painting – still life

Oil painting – still life 2

Redesigning the future

Geetha B Dragon, Drawing, Future, Poems, Poesia, Poetry, Shadorma, Spanish poem form , , , , , , , , 
Redesigning the future

30 January 2024
Courtesy pinterest.com


In prayers

I hear the Goddess

She speaks strong

twin voices

They resonate within soul

path where I belong



My birthright

piles through centuries

gifted skin

now akin

to scales of dragon’s body

harbours golden dawn



Pencil drawn

sketches shades of me

foregone hues

reds and blues

redesigning the future

for heart to nurture


Reading of the poem: 
Law of THR3E – Past Lives

Chalk drawing

Geetha B Art, Blogs, Chalk, Drawing, Flower , , , ,

Chalk drawing

23 March 2020

Hello everybody and I hope you are sound and safe at home or elsewhere.

This is my new attempt since a while with chalk. With everyone self-isolated or almost, it seemed like a good idea to start with this again.

 

The last time I drew with chalk was almost 3 years ago so I became rusty again at it. The chalk I ordered was quite small so difficult to maneuver and disappeared quite quickly but I hope you will like this all the same.

 

Stay blessed, stay safe until this whole thing blows over, hopefully in time to let us enjoy some spring.

 

The Illusionist Main Theme Philip Glass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2LvFBlQi5U

Sunday musings : Resilience

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Sunday musings : Resilience

17 March 2019

 

Trying my hand again at sketches with a focus on nudes ; sketching to the tune of jazz.

 

I called the portrait « Resilience ». It is perhaps one of the traits that I favour most in human beings. Whatever we go through in life, a little bit of music, giving free course to our imagination and the exercise of our hobbies together with this trait allow us to go through many situations that we initially thought insurmountable. So here’s to resilience and to the great all at once soothing and stimulating effect of jazz.

Click on the thumbnails to see the larger version

Hey Laura – Gregory Porter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWUAKq-reLQ

Pencil sketches

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Pencil sketches

29 August 2017

Stabat Mater copy

 

Today I am sharing two divergent moods in the sketches. One is of a flamenco dancer having fun and one is a drawing inspired by the cover of the CD of Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

 

I thought the sombre vis-à-vis light mood was quite interesting to look at and hope you like them.

 

Flamenco dancer

How do you leave the one you love – Katherine Jenkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i96nP8KHap0

Sketch and song of Eva Cassidy

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Sketch and song of Eva Cassidy

19 August 2017

 

I was listening to this beautiful soul’s songs and had an urge to connect with her in a deeper way so made a sketch of her.

 

I listened to a number of her songs while I drew and while Autumn leaves was the one I felt she sang with the most fervour, I liked more, for personal reasons, her interpretation of Ain’t no sunshine. The version I had always favoured was Bill Withers but I think she does this as splendidly as he did.

 

I hope you enjoy both the sketch and the song.

Eva Cassidy

 

Ain’t no sunshine – Eva Cassidy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZGzB8TDvD8