tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074747828777531682024-02-06T18:08:30.086-08:00Ramya's Den...Its a simple blog where I'll be posting my paintings,sketchs,art stuff, few poems i wrote while i was super bored and a li'l bit of my views on subjects that made me think...in short,a li'l bit everything,a li'l bit of me :)RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-31483502262674025952015-02-10T00:20:00.001-08:002015-02-10T00:20:30.681-08:00Valley of Shadows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Valley of shadows...on a silent day....That's my 1st work of 2015...and pretty much happy with the outcome :) Feels great to be back with paints and pencils after a really long time. Hope 2015 will give me a chance to create amazing stuff. Watch out this space people ;)
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Getting back to blogging's been on my mind since quite a while now...and it feels great to be back here! :) I've promised myself to be a regular from now on and yes,i promise u too! ;) Watch out this space for loads of new art works from me and a bit of poetry too! Love y'all! Have a great day!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LH3jdYWHEK8hN6keJzZeZrcZc5Lj8n_WiJipYHkQMtOItlSXu0rDx_gSzCEVNJdWqjMH-cx4B-6Gwodgpnv3vJTEURFuDIlpshmvHly9oLb61SE8w3Mu75oeR5vmeCnO5qFGdu3qE6H2/s1600/im-back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LH3jdYWHEK8hN6keJzZeZrcZc5Lj8n_WiJipYHkQMtOItlSXu0rDx_gSzCEVNJdWqjMH-cx4B-6Gwodgpnv3vJTEURFuDIlpshmvHly9oLb61SE8w3Mu75oeR5vmeCnO5qFGdu3qE6H2/s400/im-back.jpg" /></a></div>RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-53791311825833056322011-10-17T10:06:00.000-07:002011-10-17T10:13:00.948-07:00A GiftA very very special friend was leaving and i was so confused about what i must gift her...something to remember our frendship,something that'll remind her about me...and i knew just the perfect thing.What better gift can i give her than an A3 size pencil sketch of Jesus ;).I kept it as a total surprise...and the day before she went back to India,i gave it and she sat speechless and shocked,said she loved it! :D and That's all i wanted!Missing her loads! :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxoHxSN0yn7tZ1LE7y_EYbRERWwnO04lMrXaPiYrbQMYErFVYwCskz-91K-vnNdRFDlxz3W5tZLVP8ns5PltPDEPKK0bwXsnOjlTI7H4WXqnxJyq8JbWJ1xP8umMlW3beeuk8J4-886wg/s1600/draw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxoHxSN0yn7tZ1LE7y_EYbRERWwnO04lMrXaPiYrbQMYErFVYwCskz-91K-vnNdRFDlxz3W5tZLVP8ns5PltPDEPKK0bwXsnOjlTI7H4WXqnxJyq8JbWJ1xP8umMlW3beeuk8J4-886wg/s320/draw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664510029831403922" /></a>RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-70043853196414743292011-10-17T09:41:00.000-07:002011-10-17T10:05:11.104-07:00TheyyamA subject i've been waiting to do since realllllly really long time and atlast ....after 2 weeks of dedication and passion...this is it!<br />Got loads and loads of comments & appreciation...I'd like to thank each and everyone who supported me!Thanks y'all! :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXT_nlTSJq-y1_FtQiCuuNfovYcqZnASy0ed44iEGYEt5Oef9Em8RjwnN61jOa98147bjNcm3dTzjRpen_TcWhugR5kEmFa8NjoX-kF_aDsOqjfXjGJIp2UWBfd4vczG-4RiiVnKEGFeo/s1600/Picture1+%25285%2529.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXT_nlTSJq-y1_FtQiCuuNfovYcqZnASy0ed44iEGYEt5Oef9Em8RjwnN61jOa98147bjNcm3dTzjRpen_TcWhugR5kEmFa8NjoX-kF_aDsOqjfXjGJIp2UWBfd4vczG-4RiiVnKEGFeo/s320/Picture1+%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664507770573844002" /></a>RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-26097721243308049012011-03-14T23:02:00.000-07:002011-03-15T21:43:06.996-07:00Wanna smoke??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVCC-cOtVq2SmkplmuBjnkxD9TRjH3FbVFA3zndjc33EGMS1LbgttXDgS8GxbfvaoWIqlLLVYvd6dIOwPT8cw31ykWIq-docJhm8aujytb_lXq2xXIwL9czz94B9zyTKKdSzt5IOjtSnU/s1600/smoke.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVCC-cOtVq2SmkplmuBjnkxD9TRjH3FbVFA3zndjc33EGMS1LbgttXDgS8GxbfvaoWIqlLLVYvd6dIOwPT8cw31ykWIq-docJhm8aujytb_lXq2xXIwL9czz94B9zyTKKdSzt5IOjtSnU/s320/smoke.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584184793730770370" /></a><br />Almost 3-4 months since I did any pencil sketchs...dont want to lose the touch and moreover a few pencil works need to be done before this year's vacations...for a few of my friends ;) so just to get the strokes right and the shading bit perfect am practicing a couple of warm-up random works...since i'd been painting all this while,a quick change wont be good,so decided to do a monochrome painting with a dash of pencil shading in it...<br /><br /><br />Next's going to be a pure pencil work...till my next blog post,Cheerz! ;)RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-70724877598765246322011-03-03T09:29:00.000-08:002011-03-03T09:44:17.552-08:00Lady with the MirrorMy research on mural art continues.... I try and understand the fine details in each work,the different styles of brush strokes of each different artist,the mixing of shades,and the list goes on.Came across a couple of websites related to mural paintings on one of my random google search and in one of them I saw the original of this work....absolutely loved it!Till now all my mural works have been on A4 and A3 sheets....this time I wanted to do it BIG! and went 1 step furthur,and decided to do it on an A2 sheet[thats like half a normal chart size].The drawing and painting together took me almost 2 weeks and yup!pretty happy with the result... :) <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdQRvJ2XVWuULtBYzqvbccbiqqPvW9na91GJLhTkNSevxkuFDvhaw_8PtxYXLfzRtlWl34cyNFU2o4qgqB-VYsxuEJLOwZIO6IKtTRzsdR2ZXixjIQz4ThAITM3xOKM3wq_ASSRkqhajw/s1600/mural2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdQRvJ2XVWuULtBYzqvbccbiqqPvW9na91GJLhTkNSevxkuFDvhaw_8PtxYXLfzRtlWl34cyNFU2o4qgqB-VYsxuEJLOwZIO6IKtTRzsdR2ZXixjIQz4ThAITM3xOKM3wq_ASSRkqhajw/s320/mural2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579909657285435458" /></a><br /><br />All who saw the work said its come out really good and my determination to learn Mural painting professionally has increased twofold!Someday...I WILL! ;)RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-74118801185271406022011-01-02T01:29:00.000-08:002011-01-02T01:49:01.972-08:00"Emotion"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTu5PZAk2HqJPv4KbWRx7Sorj3uQJeitcyB_NXoVh5pZHqhjS4R_TJI9Ak_iLo86jQzuLpjrXBy4gzUL6VwdM3P18ElovNqvBZCB39CX1a0fG1Dq7TuyyJY6Nqhpj7RKySVky-KRx_usI/s1600/final+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTu5PZAk2HqJPv4KbWRx7Sorj3uQJeitcyB_NXoVh5pZHqhjS4R_TJI9Ak_iLo86jQzuLpjrXBy4gzUL6VwdM3P18ElovNqvBZCB39CX1a0fG1Dq7TuyyJY6Nqhpj7RKySVky-KRx_usI/s320/final+%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557522719999572866" /></a><br /><br /><em>Came across a wonderful piece of work on one of my usual random google searches...kudos!to the person who drew it & thanks to him/her for giving me a subject to draw :)...The moment I saw it,I knew I had to draw it!For any layman it might look as simple and plain as it is...don't know why I felt much more than that...the eyes...it had such a strong emotion in it,they spoke volumes...cant really say if its sorrow,fear or anxiety...perhaps that's what really caught my attention.Took almost a week to start and finish it off though its just an A4 size work...I was in no hurry to finish it 'cos I wanted it to be perfect...couldn't imagine making a mistake 'n' then throw it off like how I usually do ;).<br />Maybe not perfect,but I'm pretty happy with the end result! :) And this is my last work of 2010...looking forward to draw more,draw better and draw different in 2011! ;)</em>RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-136214839354437002010-10-30T01:03:00.000-07:002010-10-30T01:46:47.771-07:00The Beginning...<em>Painting and pencil shading has been a part of me right from childhood though pencil shading is what started it all...the 1st spark of talent was discovered in me when I was 8 years old and I drew a portrait of the then ruler of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan. Though it wasn’t very perfect, I did manage to make it look human & somewhat like him too :P ..."Hey u drew this???Not bad huh!!" was the reaction I got from my parents, sister and everyone else. The acknowledgement inspired me and I drew more and more portraits, landscapes, rough sketches...newspapers, magazines, photographs on supplements were my main sources of subjects to draw...some looked weird, some came out pretty good...it'd always been a 50-50 way. <br />My school[in Abu Dhabi] didn’t encourage art much...though we all did have an art period, they restricted our creativity and wanted all of us to draw whatever was drawn on the board >_< [and guess what was our teacher’s ever favourite subject to draw? A house with a tree! All the time! Nonsense!]. So basically there was literally no support or encouragement from school...it was my family that stood with me [esp. my Ma], encouraged me to draw more, draw better :) And I am ever thankful to them for all that they've done!! :') <br />My very 1st prize was for a colouring contest held by Quality Walls Ice cream, they gave the colouring sheet and I came out 2nd in the entire primary school [competition was among all students of kg1 through grade 6]...I was in 2nd grade and I was awarded a trophy and a certificate of appreciation...I was literally on cloud 9 that day ;) Lols :D <br />Things got a bit more serious when I joined Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Ernakulam in my 6th grade...the 2nd stage in my art life. There, the scenario was totally different[compared to Abu Dhabi, that is]. We had an extracurricular period once a week and what we wanted to do in that class was completely our choice...options included Music [singing], Musical instruments [tabla, veena, mridnagam], Drawing 'n' Painting, Art 'n' Craft, Classical dance, Sports [Basketball, Hockey]...I was totally clueless what to join because I wanted to be in all of them :D ...After a lot of thought and confusion, I decided on drawing and painting. Our Sir, Mr. Rajan was a very talented person and he was the 1st person [other than my family] who told me "You've got a lot of talent hidden in you, just fine-tune it and you'll reach great heights!"...His words have been a real inspiration for me, and I just can’t forget the way he totally changed my style of drawing. He’s the person who taught me to look deeper into the drawing, to broaden my imagination, to look beyond what we actually see, the different ways of blending colours and a totally new way to look at things when we draw them. While studying there, my sir used to enter my name in all sorts of painting /drawing competitions, sometimes even without asking me :)...I did win in some of them. To mention a few-2 of them at District level and couple of them at school level.<br />I left CVV, Ekm after Grade 6 and went back to my old school in Abu Dhabi & its 'nonsensical art class' yet again. Students actually used the period to either gossip[the jobless non-studious lot] or to finish off pending assignments/home work [the brainy studious lot]...neither group was interested in drawing and it was just me who wished to draw something new every time[yeah my classmates did feel I was out of my mind :D ]<br />Thank heavens I shifted to Qatar in high school [Grade 8]. Stage 3 began in Doha. Being a bit more mature, I now knew what each competition expected from its contestants. Throughout 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades, I participated in almost every art competition held within the country. By the end of Grade 8, my school had acknowledged and accepted me for my talent :) ,my classmates 'n' friends suggested ideas, informed me about new contests, and were there for me most of the time[thanks to y'all!]. My art teachers, esp. Mr. Pramod Sir, guided and encouraged me in those days. I’ve represented my school in the senior level for all inter-school competitions and am indeed proud of myself for being able to contribute a little something for my school.<br />There's one more person who's played a very important role...our neighbour in India, Sasi sir. During our 2 month stay in India before shifting to Doha, Sasi sir who'd been a professional artist taught me in detail about pencil shading and about several new techniques of painting that I was not aware of. He started off with free hand drawing, then subject drawing, a bit of practice on how to draw human features, different ways of pencil shading, portraits, watercolour and finally painting with poster paints. He is a genius! Amazing imagination and almost 99% perfection!! :) <br />After school, it was goodbye to competitions and I concentrated more on the 'perfection' bit... I’m still doing it. Apart from my mother, Rajan sir, Sasi sir & Pramod sir, I have had no other professional learning background in drawing & painting and whatever I’ve created and is continuing to do is solely because of my practice and passion for the art. <br />As the famous saying goes "When You Want Something with All Your Heart, The Entire Universe Conspires in Helping You Achieve It!" ;) </em><strong></strong>RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-14738258841534516632010-10-03T23:44:00.000-07:002010-10-26T00:17:06.250-07:00Latest favourite-Mural Art<div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>Ever since I got to know about this magnificent art form of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kerala</span>,its been my dream to actually learn it.I have my own little collection of mural paintings pictures from google,done by professionals in India.Last month,just to see how it comes out,i tried 1 of them...a close-up image of a Goddess Devi and i was really happy at the end results.Uploading the work on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">facebook</span> and my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">frends</span>' comments inspired me twofold! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKur1BRFtCv3qkpuRQwispe_xT0PY8fW2Hk8eRHQYUwCoOv5LludRmQOH-fq81xoABn6jaqJGgMG5Z7hnft9INkDRmR-DsXw84bl-gK6pulO4I1sEPlkBtu1JB0JQndyN9ntprfbXT1RUm/s1600/mural.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532249671709121234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKur1BRFtCv3qkpuRQwispe_xT0PY8fW2Hk8eRHQYUwCoOv5LludRmQOH-fq81xoABn6jaqJGgMG5Z7hnft9INkDRmR-DsXw84bl-gK6pulO4I1sEPlkBtu1JB0JQndyN9ntprfbXT1RUm/s320/mural.jpg" /></a></div><div>The next work was another mural painting,of Lord Vishnu,playing drums....since the 1st one wasn't that difficult and took me hardly 3 days to start and finish,I was pretty confident for the 2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> one too.As i started drawing the basic outline sketch i slowly gotta know ,it is not going to be an easy 1 this time.It took 4 days to draw the basic outline,and the next 6 days to paint it...total 10 days!!!Phew!!!Wasn't easy...especially the ornaments...each of them had to be done separate and to worsen it,the shade used in them[<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maroonish</span> brown],was a mixed shade.Nevertheless,it did come out pretty neat and everyone said it's really good :). Yeah I'll be drawing more,lets see how they are like :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj729ZK_7kE3txIRQwY2qYzgDe4io11boh21hkOAvHmxILPFd4vqXYsxmFkzQLdxIePRk-jPAUaHiVZnzj0bO99u6QiC53pOth6oZA501THXeIIz4gKL4bB2y-VS1FvIv3kHTkU2siHQdaq/s1600/work2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 251px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532249841022037730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj729ZK_7kE3txIRQwY2qYzgDe4io11boh21hkOAvHmxILPFd4vqXYsxmFkzQLdxIePRk-jPAUaHiVZnzj0bO99u6QiC53pOth6oZA501THXeIIz4gKL4bB2y-VS1FvIv3kHTkU2siHQdaq/s320/work2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Image 1~ Goddess Devi [Size~ <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">sumwat</span> A3]</div><div><br /><br /><br /> </div><div>Image 2~ Lord Vishnu [Size~A3]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><p></p><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div>RVMenonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995172553917451207noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807474782877753168.post-61494961584851212452010-10-01T09:21:00.000-07:002010-10-02T22:58:24.769-07:00Hey Blogosphere and fellow Bloggers!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1-GV8TpMj9Fv_L_mvpVFiQlV4XKwDB99rMXlcqztrmck_f3-1d-SzFxQXdl5c6YABwPO1SRjCmkwVPCh6L__Xt1XFCUx_fYzafaTZer8h8EALFZhLKZ2CMA-x0V9ZT-hDdyOOEi11oP6/s1600/Image366.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 314px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523352499568096306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1-GV8TpMj9Fv_L_mvpVFiQlV4XKwDB99rMXlcqztrmck_f3-1d-SzFxQXdl5c6YABwPO1SRjCmkwVPCh6L__Xt1XFCUx_fYzafaTZer8h8EALFZhLKZ2CMA-x0V9ZT-hDdyOOEi11oP6/s320/Image366.jpg" /></a> <div>Oh my!finally i start my blog and here goes the first post.....I've been gearing up for this since ages,but yeah it never really happened.Anyways....it took almost 2-3 years for my sister and frends to persuade me to start this and yeaaaay!they succeeded!!!Or maybe its after so long that i actually realised blogging is fun ;) </div><br /><div>Well am not much of prolific writer,though i do put down my thoughts into my 'Personal Book' on random issues and my views on them once in awhile.You may find a few of them o'er here as well. I spend most of my time with drawing and painting...it gives me immense pleasure & its my passion!...My areas of expertise are pencil shading[which tops the list!],watercolours,poster paints,mural art[recent fav] & glass painting[i've just tried 'em that's all].Never really got a chance to learn it professionally so yeah my works do lack that wee bit of perfection.Being a true-blue Capricorn,I don't give up that easy ;) ,will reach that 'perfection' level for sure!! :D Will be uploading some of my works,so dont forget to leave your comments...compliments and criticism are most welcome b'cos that's what keeps me going :)</div><br /><div>Apart from that,rest of my hobbies include(but are not restricted to) crochet,stitching,sudoku puzzles,animal welfare activities,spending time with nature,playing with my cats,a li'l bit of photography,surfing on the net[keeping contact with frends are important,y'see] and the list just goes on and on....to sum it up,I dislike to stay idle,and got loads of things to do in 24 hours ;) .</div><br /><div>And now,for more about me...more posts coming up...you'll gradually get to know. 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