Ameet's blog

This is made from a b/w photograph of my mother in 70s, when she was a NCC cadet. My fondest memories of childhood are associated with this picture, thinking of all heroic deeds she did wearing that uniform. At one time, I believed she was a soldier in Indian army :-) If I have been able to reproduce even iota of her calm, steady, sure gaze, I consider it task well done. Drawing this picture has been truly a joyride in corridors of memory. The black corners in sketch are due to autocontrast in Picasa, sketch being too faint for contrast.

A kurta sitting on a chair, with a hand on his tummy, and a pat on his back, can truly come to life, not so much on paper, as so much in person like a cheshire cat with a wicked grin, as I sored my thumbs erasing away the charcoal :-)