Roses from the Garden(In Progress)

Suddenly my rose plant began to bloom continuosly for the past two weeks and there are buds still .....enough to 'cheer up' the surroundings for Christmas...
Instead of snowing, we are having showers of rain, even when the sun is shining just a short while before(QUEER), and we are kept busy bringing in and out the washed laundry.

First attempt at soft pastel and also at painting a transparent vessel.....phew the roses are hard...leaving that
for a while , going for some fresh air before I proceed with my practice.

A Muslim Girl

Random Sketches

Sketching pictures from photos in the computer is indeed challenging and eye straining.
Here are two of the sketches which I am not going to change/erase and redo because of some
inaccuracies. Can I ever draw from memory?

the art of old movies

beautiful clothes ...fashion...

A Father's Love

After putting in some colours but yet to finish ....

The Lord is my Shepherd

almost done.....

Father-in-law turned Dr Jekyll

My first attempt at water colour painting this portrait of my very old father-in-law .  Lesson learnt...no need to put in the wrinkles if you want to please your patron; they will definitely be happier if you make them decades younger.

And I must not let my mother -in- law see this.  She will complain about using the wrong photo because my father-in-law was photographed just after he woke up fom his nap.
He is my first 'guinea pig'.  As for the ladies, they have hinted about not making them look like some characters in the 'Sim'.