These dancers at the Asian Art Museum were dancing the Garba, a dance from Gujarat, India. The dance sequences were really short: each session lasted a frenzied 5 minutes, danced to a catchy Bollywood tune . I made each of these pages of sketches over a session of the dance. There was so much to try and capture: the motion, the color, the beating of dandiya sticks…
It was fun to sit right up front next to the dancers and sketch.
I love the way you’ve captured both the brightness of their costumes and their movement and energy! Your work is inspiring me to take up sketching…in a very, very small, beginner way.
Yay, that’s the best thing I could hear. Every new sketcher is exciting.Enjoy it, it’s fun!!
Good for you Suhita! I’m familiar with Indian dancing as my husband is from South India. You really captured the excitement and color of it all, a nearly impossible task sketching live, but you did it! I enjoy all you posts. Thank You sharing.
I looked at your sketches before I read the headline or text. My immediate reaction was “what beautiful color and motion!
Fantastic. I love that you tried to capture something in a mere five minutes–my work is always so painstaking, and then ends up looking frozen. These have such life and movement to them–wonderful.
Very beautiful and exciting!
beautifully captured, I can feel the energy in your sketch
Simply Superb Amazing Strokes
These sketches are so vibrant! I really enjoyed all your postings. It’s fun to recognize San Francisco and the surrounding sites.