A. G. Rufus

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Shannon, ‘The Smiling Fairy’

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 20, 2011

Yet another portrait of my grand daughter Shannon. Really enjoyed the joy of pencil drawing.

Portrait of Shannon

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 16, 2011

From the time I painted the ‘Black Beauty and its friend’, when I resisted my temptation to blend the pencil strokes to smoothness, my hand was itching to blend….blend….blend! Whenever I close my eyes, paper stumps and cotton were flying before my eyes. It was such an unbearable urge, I had to start some thing! [...]

The Black Beauty and its Friend

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 15, 2011

This is a mixed media work with pencil and water color of the ‘Black Beauty’ and its friend ‘Fair Lady’. To start, a rough sketch with pencil of the horse and its friend is made.

White horse in water color-step-1

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: June 26, 2011

Wanted to do something simple and with limited color palette.  So I sketched this horse drawing. 

Sparrows

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 25, 2009

Study of sparrows in color pencil

Rural Beauty

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 21, 2009

The enchanting light and shade of the photograph of this woman which appeared in a daily news paper was too irresistible for not attempting to draw. But regrettably this pencil color drawing could not be completed; may be there was a break in the session and this attempt was abandoned. How I wish that I [...]

Lady with the lamp

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 20, 2009

There have been lot many drawings by me on this theme since this acts as a basic motif for various occasions for greeting cards.  So I used to draw this from memory every time with slight variations.

Paul Harris-Founder of Rotary Club

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 19, 2009

Rotary is one of the organizations that inspires me to a great extent. I had the opportunity to interact with the members of my city Rotary club for many years and I found that all were humble, friendly and dedicated to their  service to the community. May be the spirit of their founder Paul Harris [...]

Still life could be the best model

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 17, 2009

Continuing with the theme of flowers, here are a few paintings. Every artist might have painted the flowers arranged in a pot. In life drawing still life gives the best confidence as the subject never moves during the painting session. The pink flowers is a mixed media of water color and color pencil PINK FLOWERS

Raina

Posted by: A. G. Rufus on: July 17, 2009

The simplicity and the expression of the girl prompted me to draw this and I must say that the result is pleasing.


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