15. portrait in orange

14. a swim

I've been dying to swim lately. However, since it's been too cold i decided to just make a postcard instead. This is what i had made:

And just when i thought things were going, let's say swimmingly, i tipped over a bottle of black ink and my postcard became this :(

What with me being stingy, i decided not to waste the card. I added a few details and, 

Ta Daa!

Ok i don't care. I'm sending it anyway.

13. capable

That's right. I started yoga.

Yes. It involves a lot of twisting.

No. I don't think i'm very good at it. Yet.
But i'm capable.

12. it's alive!

11. monsters are people too

10. saturday night monster

Saturday night monster.

9. cookie monster

The cookie monster.

8. butterfly

7. addressed

Latest to be mailed.

Check out my previous envelope! 

6. instant cheese

Guess who has a polaroid camera? 
Me. Yes. Really.
Once again thanks to my cousin Chetna.
I love you Chetna. 
Did i tell you you're my favorite cousin?

5. raju's omelette

No, Raju is not my neighbour. 

Raju's Omelette is a tiny little kitchen-come-restaurant that serves eggs and pav somewhere in Baroda, and i have to say, the best eggs i have ever had. They owe their deliciousness to impossible amounts of butter, decades of residual grease and their special formula-X secret masala.

The indigestion that sometimes follows is totally worth it.
Thank you Kalapi for introducing me! :)

That below is me. And a plate of boiled-egg tikka masala. 
*drool.

4. RIP mac

You were my best friend for five years.

I miss you.
My mac stopped working recently. I feel a little lost without it. :(

my bug

Isn't he sweet?
He was given to me by my cousin, Chetna. (thank you Chetna, you're awesome! :*)
I havn't come up with a name for him yet. Suggestions anyone?

(Watch him hit a block and turn in the video. It's adorable)

3. this is not a kite

Last week was the kite festival, Uttarayan, here in Gujarat. It is a beautiful festival full of fun and colour and, of course, lots of kites. 

And if you, like me, are hopeless at getting a kite airborne, (despite copious running and jumping) Gujarati's generously offer you the option of buying balloons instead! 

Even better, if you don't look the four-year-old-kite-flying-pro's in the eye you might not even feel silly.

2. tweet

1. cheers

And so, it begins.

sixty

Tomorrow, i embark on Project Sixty.
Over the last year, i've been blowing hot and cold with my blog updates. Sometimes, the posts are overflowing other times my blog is in hibernation. :(
Well no more! For the next (count the fingers below) days, i am going to put up one post everyday on my blog. No excuses.
So don't forget to look out for the posts! (unless of course, i fail to put them up)

100!

My hundredth post!

wooooooooo!

*firecrackers and celebration

And to think it took me just two years! (yes, I'm being sarcastic)

There are a 100 faces down there and i'm in there somewhere amongst them. Bet you can't find me!

The colour i'm using is Madras Marine, gifted to me courtesy Kalapi! :)

Check it out: http://www.ownacolour.com/

And, incidentally, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

testing testing..

Whenever i start painting an illustration i keep a strip of paper beside me to test and prepare colours before i paint it in. The last illustration i made was so colourful that even the strip looked pretty by the time i finished! 
I added a little me on top to finish it off!

letters are fun!

I took a break from drawing on postcards and drew on an envelope instead.
I love writing letters and drawing on brightly coloured envelopes. 
Letters make separation fun! :)