In drawing, I intend to . . .

 In drawing, I intend to do the following in the coming days :-

1. Use the grey paper I have for shading practices. Professional shading is possible in these grey paper as the papers are soft.

2. Use white pencil too for highlighting.

3. Use my mobile camera and photo editor for black and white photos. These photos shall be the subject for my shading exercises on grey paper.  I shall take photos of fruits, utensils, vegetables etc. at home and practice.

The above is one part. The other part is normal white A-4 sheets.

4. In normal A-4 sheets, I intend to practice Asaro head at various angles. This will help me in perspective and proportions part of my portrait drawing journey.

5. In normal A-4 sheets, I intend to practice individual face parts like nose, eye etc. too.

So, all the necessary steps that are needed for drawing from a photograph can be practiced if I sincerely follow the above 5 things.

Drawing Practices

 

I do practices like above.

Tremendous improvement is needed to reach "professional" level. My level is that of "non-professional".

In the above:-

1. Ear anatomy is wrong.

2. Smoky lines used in all. Even in the landscape sketch.

I also play chess in tab. I am Level 6 to Level 7.

In mathematics, I am wondering now whether (mn+m-1)/(mn+m) - (mn-1)/(mn) is natural or not. n/(n+1) definitely is. I would have made a function of (mn+m-1)/(mn+m) - (mn-1)/(mn).(Please refer below @@)

Have a nice day, dear blog readers !!

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In Carnot cycle we have this equation:-

v2/v3 = v1/v2. This is a sort of n/(n+1) - (n-1)/n. Therefore, my argument for a function for (mn+m-1)/(mn+m) - (mn-1)/(mn) is valid. As putting m =1 in (mn+m-1)/(mn+m) - (mn-1)/(mn) result in n/(n+1) - (n-1)/n.

I did SWOT diagram . It was similar to Carnot cycle somewhat. Strength is opposite to Weakness. Opportunity is opposite to Threats. And if Strength is high and Opportunity is high a man acts. And if Weakness is high and Threats are large a man does not act. A sort of Carnot cycle. So again n/(n+1) - (n-1)/n is valid. And therefore a function of the type (mn+m-1)/(mn+m) - (mn-1)/(mn).

Hope I have made my point clear. My point was advocating (mn+m-1)/(mn+m) - (mn-1)/(mn).

I want to make this clear

My caricatures began when I wanted to know how the musicians of RDBurman looked like.

Then I bought a book of Andrew Loomis on drawing heads. I realised I lacked 3d.

Meanwhile I did cartoons. Because I felt I had good humour.

If you take portraits, there are so many ways. Oil, watercolours, pencils. Even in pencils Andrew Loomis has one style while William Maughan has another.

I shall be only using black pencils on white or sometimes grey paper. In grey paper I shall use white pencil too. 

I wish to follow only da vinci. Sfumato technique for drawing. Smoky lines.

Here is a screenshot of Da vinci portrait of a head. Drawn in 1503.

I wish to achieve perfection like above drawing. I don't intend to do portraits like most artists do from a photo. Many of them are damn too good. No doubt.

But I shall only follow da vinci type of techniques. And in pencils. 

Landscape sketching with pencil

I shall be doing landscape sketches using pencils. This I shall be doing because I have reached 80 percent of my journey in portraits from photographs. I need to get out of my rut of just doing portraits from photographs.

I have bought  a kindle book on landscape drawing with pencil by Frank M Rines.

The technique for pencil art (landscape drawing) shall be smoky lines. The technique that I use for portraits from photographs. I don't intend to change this technique.

Many people may criticise for not using the standard shading techniques like cross-hatching. I think I can use smoky lines for shading. I have looked into internet.

I shall post images of my landscape drawings later. Till then, good day wishes dear readers.

On Self-guru-ing

 

Self-guru-ing is not an easy task. It is difficult.It requires mind control and a great sense of logic. The rewards that it will fetch is that you get to learn an art or learn a management paradigm. This may give you extra money too.

The most important thing in self-guru-ing is not having desires. That is you do not indulge in learning the art or the management paradigm on desires. You must have a concrete reason in your mind. However the willingness to learn the art or the management paradigm is a wish. Not a desire.

There are certain things you must be clear in your mind about the art or the management paradigm. As an example let us consider drawing. Whether pencil or color. If color, whether water-color or oil. If pencil whether portraits or cartoons. If you feel you want to learn all then it will be difficult. Though it may be wish and not a desire. Still it will be tough. Clarity and focus are essential.This calls for practicality of ideas.

When you start working on your art, you will realize that there are many aspects to the art that you are self-guru-ing. As an example, when you do portraits, you will realize that proportions, perspective, shading are so important. My point is that you must perfect one of these first. And only then should you proceed to the other two. Example, you concentrate on proportions and improve it to considerable level. Then you concentrate on shading. Otherwise the errors will all sum-up and you will end up in confusion.

De-motivation happens in self-guru-ing. Guruji will help you in overcoming de-motivation and you will certainly move ahead. Have faith in your abilities. Look out to internet for solutions. Apply thinking to the problem you face. Gradually your de-motivating factor will vanish and you will get back your confidence.

Khuda haafiz !!

Taylor series and Rational number series

There is a very compelling and interesting similarity in Taylor series and Rational number series.

It is indeed a great honor that Rational number series has a similarity with Taylor series.

Please refer to below material :-

The topmost statement is the Taylor series.

The second statement is Rational number series expression.

The third is deduced from the second expression.

The fourth has been modified from the third expression based on a mathematical expression I made and posted earlier.

Additions to tea in India

In India, Assam tea is the most preferred tea. And the most consumed. 

Normally one teaspoon of tea from the packet is added to boiling water. It is allowed to simmer in the hot water for about a minute. Then sugar and milk is added. This mixture is allowed to simmer in medium flame for about a minute. The tea is now ready.

Many times people add additives to tea to beat stress, soothe coughs, enhance mood and add flavor.

Some of the additives I have tried are:-

1. Tea Masala - Tea masala is a ready-made product available in market. It is manufactured by large spice making companies like Everest etc. Half a teaspoon for a cup of tea is ideal to enhance the flavor of tea.Tea that we have at about 11 am or so are best enjoyed if tea masala is added to it.

2. Himalayan Amrit Herbal tea - This product is meant to be taken alone as a herbal tea. But what I do with Himalayan Amrit Herbal Tea is that I add half a teaspoon of it to the regular Assam tea being prepared. This way not only do I manage to control cost but I also get the flavour of the Himalayan Amrit herbal tea. This is best enjoyed at about 5 pm with music switched on.

3. Ginger, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, black pepper etc. - Depending on the mood and your perception of your health the above can be ground and put to the regular Assam tea being prepared.

4. Readymade tea with Mulethi - Nowadays teas with mulethi and other herbs are readily available as a packet. This tea is good for health and we do not have to add anything more to it. This has to be prepared like a regular tea.

That's all folks for now. Have a very nice day, dear blog readers.

No errors aimed for

 I am aiming for no errors. There may be over performance or under performance. But zero errors aimed for.

Gulshan Grover. White sheet. HB pencil.