5/1/09 5/1/09

Jamshoro, Sindh

Here are some small sketches I created in Jamshoro, Sindh. I was there looking for the musicians who eventually recorded the music for my short film "Gul" (flower).

4/27/09 4/27/09

China Sketches

Here are some sketches created during travels in China last summer.

4/21/09 4/21/09

Holy Sites in Pakistan

During my travels in Pakistan last year, I went to Data Darbar in Lahore, Nankana Sahib and Panja Sahib. Here are Watercolor Sketches I did there.

During my travels in Pakistan last year, I went to Data Darbar in Lahore, Nankana Sahib and Panja Sahib. Here are some small sketches I created there. The ones of Nankana Sahib and Panja Sahib were created in the morning as people worshiped inside. I waited, and watch as the morning flow of people going to work, and children off to school passed me. I was not allowed to enter until the morning prayer was over and everyone had left. I bide my time by drawing the front gates and fielding questions from passing kids on their way to school with backpacks bigger than them.

6/26/08 6/26/08

Who dis?

Saul Williams, a Tuareg Band? and some other muscians I forget in watercolor sketches

Okay...I don't remember who these bands are...but I have scanned and uploaded my backlog of sketches. Been working on animation only lately..but I think I'll be sketching again soon!

4/26/08 4/26/08

Saul Williams

Saul Williams performs at the Troubadour and I did these watercolor sketches

Saul Williams at the Troubadour.

3/26/08 3/26/08

Rockstar Part 4

Last of the Rock star set of corel painter sketches from a live model on my gateway tabletpc.

3/23/08 3/23/08

Rockstar Part 3

Rock star set of corel painter sketches from a live model on my gateway tabletpc.

3/21/08 3/21/08

Rockstar Part 2

Rock star set of corel painter sketches from a live model on my gateway tabletpc.

3/19/08 3/19/08

Rockstar Part 1

I started to get bored with the watercolors. Not because I feel like I know a lot, rather I just needed a change of pace. I brought in my tablet pc (which I could draw on directly) for this session and created these in Painter and Photoshop. It was actually very difficult to do these very quick sketches. Every time I switch to something new, there is a learning curve. That is obvious in the varying quality of these sketches.

2/13/08 2/13/08

Sailor Part 2

Life drawings of a sailor model from the drawing club, watercolor sketches

The rest of the Sailor sketches from this session.

2/11/08 2/11/08

Sailor Part 1

Life drawings of a sailor model from the drawing club, watercolor sketches

Here are some watercolor sketches from a Drawing Club Session.

2/3/08 2/3/08

Drawing Club: Mime

Mime sketches from a life drawing session at the Drawing Club

This weeks theme was a Mime. We had a very talented professional Mime who came and posed for us. His name is Mark Wenzel and you can see more of him here. See what other artists came up with here.

1/27/08 1/27/08

Drawing Club: Silent Film Actress

Silent Film themed sketches from a life drawing session at the Drawing Club

This weeks theme was a Silent Film Actress. Take a look at how others interpreted it here.

1/21/08 1/21/08

UCLA Indian Classical Students Show

UCLA Indian Classical Students Show watercolor sketches

Did some sketches in the dark at a cool little show put on by very talented traditional Indian Classical music and Dance students at UCLA.

1/15/08 1/15/08

Andal Tiruppavai Vaibhavam

Andal Tiruppavai Vaibhavam marker sketches of South Indian musicians

I went to the Andal Tiruppavai Vaibhavam Sangeetha Upanyasam by Thiruvaiyaru Sri S. R. Krishnan. Say that three times as fast. During the sound check the musicians sounded amazing, but the actually performance was more of a lecture without any music. I'm sure it would gave been interesting, but I don't understand Tamil, so I did some drawings, and after two hours left. Still, it was very nice of the host family to open their home to complete strangers for enjoy the performance.