classical singer - pencil sketch

 Facial features of a classical singer (Bombay Jayashree) - My pencil sketch

Dr. Jayahthi Khumaresh - Renowned Veena Artiste - Pencil sketch

 

Profile view of Dr. Jayanthi Khumaresh, renowned Veena artist from Tamil Nadu (charcoal pencil sketch)

Harita Kaur Deol - Pencil sketch

Harita Kaur Deol - Pencil sketch

Flight Lt. Harita Kaur Deol (10 November 1971 – 24 December 1996) was a pilot with the Indian Air Force. She was the first woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force.  The flight was on 2 September 1994 in an Avro HS-748, when she was 22 years old.

Career

Hailing from Chandigarh in a Sikh family, in 1993, she became one of the first seven women cadets inducted into the Air Force as Short Service Commission (SSC) officers. This also marked a critical phase in training of women in India as transport pilots.^[5] After initial training at Air Force Academy, Dundigul near Hyderabad, she received further training at Air Lift Forces Training Establishment (ALFTE) at Yelahanka Air Force Station.

Death

She died in an aircrash near Nellore on 24 December 1996, at age 24.^[5] She was one of 24 Air Force personnel to die when an Indian Air Force Avro aircraft crashed near the Bukkapuram village in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh.

(courtesy : Wikipedia)

Prem Nazir - Malayalam Actor - pencil sketch

 My pencil drawing of the legendary Malayalam actor "Prem Nazir'

Prem Nazir was an Indian actor known as one of Malayalam cinema's definitive leading men of his generation. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. A popular cultural icon of Kerala, Nazir is often referred to as Nithyaharitha Nayakan. (courtesy : Wikipedia)

Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar - Carnatic vocalist - charcoal pencil sketch

Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar (19 May 1890 – 23 January 1967), popularly known as Ariyakudi, was a Carnatic music vocalist. Rest of the details can be had from Wikipedia.

Drawn with Camlin charcoal pencil (soft) 

Sulochana Latkar - My pencil sketch

Sulochana Latkar (born 30 July 1928) - My pencil sketch. I drew the portrait with Steadler 6B pencil.

Sulochana Latkar known by her screen name Sulochana is a well-known actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema.She and Nirupa Roy epitomized the "mother" roles right from 1959 unti the early 1990s.

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Young Ashok Kumar - actor - pencil sketch

Ashok Kumar mostly portrayed character roles. Many are not aware how he was looking when he was young. I came across a photo of young and broad-faced Ashok Kumar. Here is my pencil sketch of the legend.  I drew it with 6B graphite lead pencil.
 

Uday Shankar - Indian dancer and choreographer - charcoal pencil sketch

UDAY SHANKAR, Indian dancer and choreographer.

Medium :  Drawing  with Camlin soft charcoal pencil.

I have taken nearly 45 minutes to complete the drawing. Impressed with the profile view of the legendary dancer. For a brief description of the dancer, please click the following link of Wikipedia :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Shankar#
 

Smita Patil - charcoal pencil sketch

Drawn from a photo reference of a movie still. I used Camlin charcoal pencil (soft). 

I used a soft a paper to draw. The soft charcoal pencil moves smoothly on the paper and I don't face any problem in shading. However, every trial has its own problems. The paper being thin there is a possibility of it being torn. 
 

Mother and baby - charcoal pencil sketch

This morning's practice with Camlin charcoal pencil (soft pencil).
 

Aruna Asaf Ali, Indian freedom fighter, educator and publisher - charcoal pencil sketch

This is my charcoal pencil sketch  of Aruna Asaf Ali, an active participant of Indian Freedom Movement.  Indian educator and publisher.  Rest of the details can be had from Wikipedia.

(I love sketching with pencils. This was drawn with Biyanyo soft charcoal pencil. Experimenting with different pencils is very much thrilling)

Neerja Bhanot - pencil sketch

Neerja Bhanot - pencil sketch

Neerja Bhanot was an Indian head purser who died while saving passengers on Pan Am Flight 73 which had been hijacked by terrorists from a terrorist organization during a stopover in Karachi, Pakistan, on 5 September 1986, just two days before her 23rd birthday.

Valathol Narayana Menon - charcoal pencil sketch.

Vallathol Narayana Menon was a poet in the Malayalam language. He was one of the triumvirate poets of modern Malayalam, along with Kumaran Asan and Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer.

He was a nationalist poet and wrote a series of poems on various aspects of the Indian freedom movement. He also wrote against caste restriction, tyrannies and orthodoxies. He founded the Kerala Kalamandalam and is credited with revitalising the traditional Keralite dance form known as Kathakali.

My humble tribute to Narayana Menon with my charcoal pencil sketch.

 

Vasant Desai, legendary composer - charcoal pencil sketch

 Tribute to Legendary composer 'Vasant Desai' on his birth anniversary - pencil sketch

Vasant Desai (1912–1975) was an Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram films like Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1953), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Vijay Bhatt's Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), Sampoorna Ramayan (1961), Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Guddi (1971) and Aashirwaad.

T. S. Soundaram Ramachandran - charcoal pencil sketch

 T. S. Soundaram Ramachandran (1904-1984) - charcoal pencil sketch

T.S. Soundaram was a physician, social reformer and politician. In the year 1962 she was awarded Padma Bhushan for her contribution towards social work. A commemorative postage stamp was issued on 2 October 2005.

(sketch drawn with Camlin charcoal pencil sketch (soft)

Ruby Myers - yesteryear popular actress .. charcoal pencil sketch

Ruby Myers aka Sulochana, yesteryear popular actress. She was honoured with Dada Saheb Phalke award and a commomenerative postage stamp was issued by Indian Postal department honouring her.

 - my charcoal pencil sketch.

A V Maiyappan - charcoal pencil sketch

My charcoal pencil sketch of filmy legend A V Meiyappan. 

Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar (28 July 1907 – 12 August 1979), also known as A. V. Meiyappan, A. V. Meiyappa Chettiar or AVM, was an Indian film producer, director and philanthropist who established AVM Productions in Vadapalani, Chennai. He is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of Tamil cinema, and one of three movie moguls of the South Indian film industry along with S. S. Vasan and L. V. Prasad. His production company AVM Productions is the only production company in Kollywood (Tamil film industry) to run successfully for five decades and three generations.

AVM entered the Hindi film industry with the film Bahar starring Vyjayanthimala. By the time he died in 1979, he had produced 167 film

 

Durga Khote, pen sketch

 My pen sketch of eminent actress of yester years .. Durga Khote.

Satyajit Ray - charcoal pencil sketch

Satyajit Ray was an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. Ray is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

For elaborate details of this legendary film maker, please click the following link, courtesy : wikipedia.

Thank you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray 

Veenai Dhanammal - charcoal pencil sketch

My trial with charcoal pencil of Veenai Ammal. Here is a brief description of the legendary veena artiste.

Veenai Dhanammal - charcoal pencil sketch 

Veenai Dhanammal was a highly accomplished Carnatic musician, and the torchbearer of the school of Carnatic music that goes by her name. She was both a vocalist and performer on the Saraswati veena. The prefix "veenai" in her name is an indicator of her exceptional mastery of that instrument.

Gangubai Hangal, Hindustani classical singer

My charcoal pencil sketc.

Gangubai Hangal (5th march 1913 - 21 July 2009) was an Indian singer of the kahayal genre of Hindustani classical music from Karnataka. She was know for her deep and powerful voice. Hangal belonged to the Kirana gharana. Rest of the details are in the following link, courtesy wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal

Vinoba Bhave - charcoal pencil sketch

 Vinoba Bhave - Charcoal pencil sketch

Vinayak Narahari also known as Vinoba Bhave (11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982) was an Indian advocate of non-violence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Sanskrit for teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi. He was an eminent philosopher. The Gita has also been translated into Marathi language by him with the name as Geetai(means Mother Geeta in marathi).

(source : Wikipedia)

వృద్ధాప్యం - పెన్సిల్ చిత్రం

 

వృద్ధాప్యాన్ని నెగటివ్ గా తీసుకోకూడదు. 

“వృద్ధాప్యం చాలా విలువైనదని, అది జీవన సారాంశ దశ” 

అంటారు . అలాగే “వృద్ధుడంటే జ్ఞానవృద్ధికి తోడ్పడుతూ మార్గదర్శనం చేసేవాడని”కూడా అంటారు.

ఈ క్రింది లింక్ క్లిక్ చేసి చదవంది. వృద్ధాప్యం పై చక్కటి విశ్లేషణ ఇచ్చారు.

https://magazine.saarangabooks.com/%e0%b0%9c%e0%b1%80%e0%b0%b5%e0%b0%a8%e0%b0%be%e0%b0%a8%e0%b1%81%e0%b0%ad%e0%b0%b5-%e0%b0%95%e0%b0%b5%e0%b0%bf%e0%b0%a4%e0%b0%be%e0%b0%b8%e0%b0%be%e0%b0%b0%e0%b0%82-%e0%b0%b5%e0%b1%83%e0%b0%a6/

Pt. Birju Maharaj - Kathak Dancer - Pencil sketch

Pt. Birju Maharaj, My Pencil sketch

Pandit Birju Maharaj (born Brijmohan Nath Mishra; 4 February 1937 – 17 January 2022) was an Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance in India. He was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj. He also practised Hindustani classical music and was a vocalist.^[1] After working along with his uncle, Shambhu Maharaj at Bhartiya Kala Kendra, later the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, he remained head of the latter, for several years, till his retirement in 1998 when he opened his own dance school, Kalashram, also in Delhi.^[2]

Birju Maharaj was a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honor, in 1986.

(courtesy : Wikipedia)

“Maharaj ji could play a woman better than a woman, without being effeminate. As Krishna, he was delicate yet manly,” says Kathak exponent and Birju’s student Shovana Narayan about his exceptional ability to present shringar ras (representation of romance and eroticism in the arts). It was not just a bequest of tradition and lineage but also a work of his formidable mind that took from tradition and transformed it. (courtesy : Indian Express)