Gestures & Expressions

To study various gestures and expressions I had firstly drawn a lot of facial expressions depicting various moods.

 

After that I had some fun. Inside my pencil box there is a fountain pen, a sharpener and a pencil, and something has happened between them. You see, the fountain pen conspired with the sharpener to shave off the pencil while he is sleeping and break his lead in the process. I made a comic strip which looked something like this.

Then I delved into some vintage classic. It's the classic scene from Sholay where Viru is all tied up in chains and Gabbar is asking Basanti to dance. It's just that the characters have been replaced by birds. This can also be done with kitchen utensils.

The next assignment is a bit tricky. I’ll have to draw four or five expressions. Then based on then, I’ll have to draw four or five knives. The knives will be real, but the shape and look should reveal that expression. For example a butcher’s knife generally depicts aggressiveness or wrath etc, while a plastic knife used to cut birthday cakes may denote playfulness etc.