Tag Archive | pen and ink drawings
Pen and Ink Portrait of an Indian Tribal Woman from the Gadaba Tribe of Odisha
I completed this pen and ink portrait of a woman from the Gadaba tribe of India. The most important piece of their jewelry is the twin-neckrings they were all their lives. The neck-rings that together weigh about 1.5 kgs are called Khagla that all grownup women of the community wear. The Khagla is put around […]
The Highborn Lady – A Pen and Ink Caricature-drawing.
Read the Story, “The Highborn Lady and the Golden-haired Girl” here. Off to fetch some animal-drawings 🙂
Pen and Ink Portraits of a Different Kind…
… and of a different era 🙂 Here are two illustrations that I did quite long ago (in 2003) and they belong to a genre called fantasy art. The one I loved best was that of a woman warrior. I had got it framed too, but some years ago, our office was robbed and the […]
Pet Portrait Commission: A Cute Border Terrier from Fairfax, VA.
While I am not totally healed, I am trying to return to my normal routine 🙂 For the first time in my life (I think,) I’ve not sketched nor drawn or painted for one straight month. While I’ve tried to blog, most of my blogging attempts have been feeble at best. As I’ve said in […]
Welcoming the New Year with some Crazy Pen and Ink Portraits.
The year was tough…and it ended on a tough note. Actually, I am rather relieved to see the back of this year and I am looking forward with hope and anticipation toward the New Year. Here are a few pen and ink caricature-portraits that just spilled out of my pen, uncalled, unbidden. I’ll shortly share […]
A Pen and Ink Portrait from a Photograph.
First, the story. Quickly. This portrait is of an FB friend of mine and it was inspired by her avatar image (which you see as an inset in the following picture.) I love drawing people too and though this blog has so far not displayed many of my people-portraits, I have done many in the […]
Shafali's Pen & Ink Portrait Art 