Fading moon

Years ago I was stranded amidst illusions. But I sketched it around october 2010 in my scratch pad, as I became aware of my mental images more and more. Dreams, Night mares, Illusions. Its a dangerous, highly unrecoverable and unstable state of the mind. However sketching helped.


I am the fading moon.
This song used to loop through in my playlist. A typical self pity song as it seems to me now. Its very addictive, the fantasies !. Sometimes its good, sometimes its pain, but its not real. Its a temporary box I used to put myself into, to save myself my self-contradictions, confusions, irritations and agony over the society and the world. I would not advise it to anyone now. There are other better alternatives !

Solitude - Charcoal art - 9th November 2009 - Step by Step

Charcoal art of an old lady

Step 1

• Tried compressed charcoal as you can see in the top left corner. Dint work well actualy. Now I know i have to use vine charcoal. I was actually trying to increase the grey level.
  

• Closer look at the eyes

Step 2

• Right ear and Jaw are big. More features, Hair have been added
  

Step 4

• Fixed both of them. Increased the gray level. All features retouched. Time to go for the background and rest of the body.
  

Step 5

• Half way through with the background and the hands

Final

• Background Enriched, All features retouched. Heavy use of ear buds to spread compressed charcoal. Overall gray scale adjusted.

Solitude - Charcoal art - 9th November 2009

Charcoal art of an Old lady:

Solitude

This is how life ends.
http://picasaweb.google.com/roby.rakesh/Charcoal#5402520196784967474