Dilip Kumar - legendary actor

 Dilip Kumar, legedary actor - pencil sketche

Here is a brief news about the veteran actor Dilip Kumar. courtesy E Times. Please click the following link and read. Thanks.

shttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dilip-Kumar

laughing pleasure - pencil drawing - Indian lady

laughing pleasure - pencil drawing

Impressed with a photo today  I tried with the above picture of an Indian lady. I used  ordinary graphite and 6B pencil.

Open-mouthed laughter is appreciated most, isn't it?

Jamini Roy, Painter/Artist, pen and ink sketch

 Jamini Roy, Painter/artist, My pen and ink sketch.

I used an ordinary and inexpensive refill pen. I tried  cross hatching technic for this portrait. 

Its my ambition to draw the portraits of various eminent Indian personalities.

Thanks.

Amrita Pritam - charcoal pencil sketch

 Amrita Pritam - charcoal pencil sketch

A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body of work comprised over 100 books of poetry, fiction, ..

She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India's highest literary award, also in 2004.

Bomman and Bellie - Oscar awarded documetary 'Elephant Whisperers' couple - pencil drawing

Bomman and Bellie - pencil sketch

Bomman and Bellie, the tribal couple who are the heroes behind Oscar-winning documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ are in awe as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met them at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on April 09. Bomman and Bellie shared their happiness and excitement with ANI after meeting the Prime Minister. “It is a great pleasure for us to meet him. He asked about our issues. I talked to him for all the tribals here. He agreed to address our issues,” said Bellie.
 

 

Charlie Chaplin - charcoal pencil sketch

Tribute to worldwide icon  'Charlie Chaplin' on his birth anniversary (charcoal pencil work)

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures

Janaki Ammal - Botanist - charcoal pencil sketch

 "Padmasri" Janaki Ammal (4th Nov. 1897 - 7th Feb. 1984)

 India's first female Botanist.

 (charcoal pencil sketch)

Dr. Janaki Ammal was India's first female botanist and was the first Indian woman to receive a doctorate degree in botany in the U.S.

(source : courtesy Wikipedia)