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Sunday, 19 May 2013

Scenery - Acrylic Painting

13:58 SHANOJ K 2 comments

My very first acrylic painting.

Medium : Acrylic on paper

Date : 15-05-2013

Time : about 2 hours

Parassinikadavu Muthappan Temple

11:56 SHANOJ K 4 comments

Medium : Pencil on Paper (A4)

Date : 17-04-2013

Time : About 3 hours

[ From Wikipedia ]
Parassinikadavu Muthappan temple is a Hindu temple, located on the banks of the Valarpattanam river about 10 km from Taliparamba in Kannur District, Kerala. Principal deity of the temple is Sree Muthappan, a manifestation of two mythical characters called Thiruvappana and Vellattam. According to the local tradition, Thiruvappana and Vellattam are the characterization of Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva, two among the Trimurtis in Hinduism, respectively.

Rituals of the temple is unique in that it does not follow the Satvic Brahminical form of worship, as in other Hindu temples of Kerala. The main mode of worship is the a ritual enactment of both the characters of Muthappan, through a traditional dance known as Muthappan Theyyam. Fish, meat and toddy are the customary offerings to Muthappan. Muthappan Thiruvoppana Mahothsavam is the major festival of the temple, celebrated for three days every year on 19, 20 and 21 of Kumbham (the days correspond to 3, 4 and 5 March).

Also posting an old spray painting of this temple ( Using a tooth brush, comb and water colour) made in 2007.

Medium : Water colour using tooth brush and comb

You can read more about this temple, story behind Muthappan, etc from these links (Wikipedia) :

Muthappan Temple

Sree Muthappan

Official Website

The temple is also a popular destination for travellers and pilgrims to savour the charm of Theyyam, a ritual that is performed here on a daily basis. Men adorning masks and costumes with a riot of colours perform this temple art form and it represents conflict between good and evil, with good ultimately emerging victorious.

My First Blogging contest

22:48 SHANOJ K 7 comments

The Castrol Power1 Blogging Contest was my very first blogging contest. Now the results are announced and i am extremely happy that i could win a power1 biking jacket. I am writing this post to thank all those my friends who helped me to win this price. Also i would like to thank Indiblogger team and Castrol for organising the contest.

Heartiest congratulations to all the winners !!

My Blog entry for the contest

Thanks to everyone who helped me in my first contest.

Happy mother's day - pencil drawing

01:29 SHANOJ K 9 comments

Medium : Pencil

Date : 2 - 10 -11

Time : about 3 hours

Mother's Day is a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. In India, it is celebrated on every year on second Sunday of May.

I wish All You Fabulous Mother’s Out There A Wonderful Mother’s Day!

Smita Gondkar - A Multi talented Lady Biker from India

14:19 SHANOJ K 18 comments

Lady bikers may be a rare species in India but albeit they do exist. Multi talented actress Smita Gonkar is one among them.

Medium : Pencil drawing

Date : 27 - 04 - 2012

Time : About 2.5 hrs

Smita Godkar is an excellent actress extremely fond of bikes and riding bikes. A judo champion, a kayaking trainer, a sky diver, a rower, a swimmer, a specialised liquor and wine training even an event manager, this beautiful biker is a master at it all. Smitha was a contestant in the Pulsar Stunt Mania On MTv. She performed various stunts on Pulsar 180 CC and reached the semifinals. She was the last girl to survive and compete the boys. Smita performs live at various style biking stunt shows across the country. She also represents Bhopal Stunt School.

Click on the image to view(Image courtesy : Google, Smithagodkar.in )

After a brilliant academic career, Smita chose to tread the glamorous path by first modeling for commercials followed by video albums. Films followed in Marathi, Hindi, Sindhi and a silent movie too. Smita has always been passionate about acting since childhood. She participated in various plays and ramp shows in school and college. Wine Connieuser by profession, Smita trained the Food & Beverage Department Staff on the Disney Cruise Line for 1 year and then got promoted to an Officer at the Purser's dept. where she worked for another year. On one of her extended vacations, Smita decided to explore India and the Indian Heritage. While at it, she once again had modelling offers and with a couple of films in her kitty, she decided to stay back and take her acting passion seriously.A true sportsman and dare devil at heart....

Smita had been representing the Maharashtra State Kayaking team as the Team Captain at various National Games.. She has been the Visiting faculty member at the National Institute of Water sports, Goa, where she trained the Army cadets for basic White Water Kayaking Expedition. Smita has won state level Skulling and rowing events while in college and competed for State level swimming and National Judo while in School.

Last but not the least Smita is proud to have a passion for Biking stunt, Dirt Track Racing and Sky Diving. Smithaa says "they are like stress busters to me ,I like indulging into the sports and films is my dream" a unique combination that is the reason she is different . We can surely call Smita as an actor with a difference..

[ This Post is written for "The Castrol Power1 Blogging Contest" ]

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Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar !!

00:58 SHANOJ K 5 comments

Medium : Pencil + Photoshop

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the God of Cricket, is celebrating his 39th birthday today on April 24, 2012. Sachin Tendulkar's achievements in the field of Cricket is numerous as he has kept record breaking as his habit throughout his career. Sachin has become the best ever player in tests and ODI formats as he has struck 100 international centuries and is still going strong.

As recognition of his contribution to the World of Cricket, International Cricket Council and BCCI have decided to announce Sachin's birthday as the 'World Cricket Day' from the year 2011.

Sachin, who is worshiped as GOD in India is entering his 39th year of his lifetime. Let’s all wish him a very very Happy Birthday and loads of MORE success in life…

Happy B'day Sachin !!!!

Happy Vishu

15:46 SHANOJ K 10 comments

Medium : Coloured pencil & pen, Time : about 15 mins

Wishing all my friends and readers a very happy and prosperous Vishu. Vishu is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Mangalore and Udupi districts of Karnataka. It is the New Year festival of Malayalis.

Medium : Coloured pencil & Photoshop

The most important event in Vishu is the Vishukkani, which literally means " the first thing seen on the day of Vishu after waking up". The Vishukkani consists of a ritual arrangement of auspicious articles like raw rice, fresh lemon, golden cucumber, betel leaves, arecanut, metal mirror, yellow flowers konna (Cassia fistula), and a holy text and coins, in a bell metal vessel called uruli in the puja room of the house. A lighted bell metal lamp called nilavilakku is also placed alongside. This is arranged the night before. On Vishu, the custom is to wake up at dawn and go to the puja room with eyes closed so that the Vishukkani is the first sight of the new season.

"Vishu" is celebrated with much fanfare and vigour in all parts of Kerala. Setting off firecrackers is part of the celebration, especially for children. People wear new clothes (Puthukodi) for the occasion and elders of the family gift money, called Vishukkaineetam, to children, servants and tenants.

Wishing all my dear friends a New year, bursting with joy, roaring with laughter and full of fun.....

HAPPY VISHU

A girl in deep thoughts- Pencil Drawing

14:31 SHANOJ K 25 comments

Pencil drawing of a nude girl in deep thoughts.

Medium : Pencil

Date : 26 - 03 - 2012

Time : about 2 hours

Please feel free to drop your comments below. Also If you liked this drawing, please consider sharing it on social networking sites like facebook, twitter, etc

A building at night-Pencil drawing

16:09 SHANOJ K 22 comments

Medium : Pencil

Date : 23-03-2012

Time : about 2 hours

Actually i was trying to make a 3D drawing. A car parked in front of a building with 3D effect. But that didn’t really work. So i decided to split it into two separate drawings. A building at nigt and a pencil drawing of a car.

Here is my failed attempt at 3D drawing :P

Car- Pencil Drawing

Medium : Pencil

Date : 23-03-2012

Time : abiut 1 hour

K J Yesudas - Sketch using coloured pencil

10:58 SHANOJ K 18 comments

A tribute to Yesudas who completed his 50th year of playback singing.

Medium : Coloured Pencil

Date : 16 - 3 - 2012

Time : About 1 hour

This sketch was made usig coloured pencil. I am using this medium for the first time. It took me about one hour to complete the sketch. This work is a tribute to Yesudas for his golden jubilee in playback singing

Indian classical musician and playback singer Dr. K J Yesudas has completed his 50th year of play back singing, with over 50,000 songs to his credit. The Golden jubilee of the golden voice was celebrated in November 2011. Yesudas is the ultimate benchmark for Malayalees when it came to singing. Yesudas started his playback singing career in 1961 with Malayalam movie Kaalpaadukal, and has never looked back since. A strong base in Carnatic music and a sweet, melodious voice made him a favourite among music directors. Yesudas has worked with most of the prominent music directors in India and has sung in many Indian and foreign languages, including Malay, Russian, Arabic and Latin.

Here is some notable fact about the iconic singer yesudas:

Yesudas once recorded 16 film songs in four south Indian languages on the same day in 2006
After winning the Kerala State Award for Best Playback singer on numerous occasions, he asked that he be ruled out of contention so as to give his peers and newcomers a chance of winning the award. Despite his request, he was still given this award several times in the following years
Playback singer Unni Menon, who was singing track songs for other prominent singers, got a break when Yesudas, after hearing the track songs Unni Menon had sung for the Malayalam film Kadathu, asked the music director Shyam to record and release the songs as they were. Yesudas was of the opinion that the songs did not need to be rendered by him as Unni Menon had already done it well and there was no need for improvement.
Harivarasanam, a devotional song musical version composed by G. Devarajan, recited before closing the temple at Sabarimala was sung by Yesudas. Though there have been many different renditions of this song by many different renowned singers, Sabarimala officially uses Yesudas' voice for Harivarasanam every day.
Yesudas has worked with most of the prominent music directors in India and has sung in many Indian and foreign languages.
He has won the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer seven times (the most by any Indian singer), and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer 43 times
Yesudas has sung in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tulu, Malay, Russian, Arabic, Latin and English. He has performed in most Indian languages except Assamese, Konkani and Kashmiri.
In 1965, he was invited by the Soviet Union government to perform at music concerts in various cities in the USSR and also sang a Russian song over Radio Kazakhstan.
In 1971, during the Indo-Pakistani War, Yesudas traveled all around Kerala with his musical troupe to raise funds for the Indian Prime Minister's National Defense Fund.
In 2009 Yesudas began a cross-country musical campaign against terrorism in Thiruvananthapuram, with the motto 'Music For Peace' Kavita Karkare, wife of Hemant Karkare, handed over the torch to Yesudas to mark the launch of the 'Shanthi Sangeetha Yatra'.