Ode to Mother Nature

            

I have been seeking solace and comfort in Mother nature lately..she seems to be a recurring subject of my sketches.
My name Alyen means the shoot of a plant in Lepcha, it was given to me by my grandfather. He wrote it in a book before I was born. It had no meaning..until I connected with her again.

Nature

Goddess of the forest
This is once again an extension for my love of nature, Goddesses and head gears.
Orange handmade paper, Printed Japanese paper, Vellum, Markers and Pastels.

More alien women

As usual I love to make women...both have been made years apart. Strangely enough I have nothing to write about them...Will write soon....

Dracula inspired Headgear

People see a blue face these days and assume you were inspired by Avatar...truth is I love making blue faces and have been doing it years before the film released!!
Now that, that is off my chest :P (very subtle)
I want to make a headgear like that. I was actually inspired by Bram Stroker's Dracula hair shape in the film.

 I love this film and Eiko Ishioka..who did awesome costumes for tons of films...I think I'm in love with her too!!!

Wish my hair would grow out like that

Women always long for good quality lustrous hair....I wish my hair would grow out like this...
Each person should have personality suiting plants and colours.
If one could extend one's personality into one's hair like this...what fun it would be!!!
(of course I'm not even thinking about it practically)
Special hair fertilizers and colour enhancing products, people would figure out ways to create artificial or personalised plants also.....hahahaaa....seems someone mixed something in my coffee today morning!!!! Morning Maddness!!!!

Cherry blossom girl

Speaking of happiness!!!! This is happiness manifested...for no apparent reason. :)
(made on handmade paper using OHP marker)

Tribal Girl

I wanted to sketch a tribal girl using colours that I was absolutely not comfortable with...also the Indian-ness was not exactly my style of work. The leaves seemed appropriate for the girl who maybe roamed forests and played with leaves and flowers and use them as accessories.
I'm originally from a small town at the foothills of the Himalayas called Kalimpong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimpong).
I remember as a child I used to use Thunder Lillies as earrings and used to make flower and creeper wreaths and use it as headgear. It's sad...kids these days are indoors most of the time...We used to freak out outdoors and eat all sorts of plants and flowers and fruits...It's a miracle that I did not get poisoned!!!!  Oh!!! how I miss the hills :(

For the love of Headgears

I don't know when I developed a love for sketching out head gears. I as a kid often drew women with long hair flying in the wind....then I started decorating their hair. It's funny how I had never thought of when the headgear obsession began. We all develop some liking or disliking because of so many factors...I as a person always look back and try and figure out what made me. It's easier to find out why you behave the way you do and what caused it . There is always a reason!!! (makes me sound so profound :p)

The other thing you will notice that I make women..women and women...one because I love to draw them and many times they are like a reflection of my many moods and characters. Secondly...(sheepish smile) I can never get a man's proportions and shape right...they end up looking like sporty women!!!                                                                                                     In any case...enjoy the headgears!!!