Recent content by Balaji

This is a quick pen and ink sketch, approximately 8″ x 5.5″, sketched with a black ink gel pen, of the overall form of the College of Engineering, Guindy. This is the oldest technical institution in Asia, and the oldest established outside Europe. It is 231 years old.

Kay, Joy...Thank you.

Pen and ink, approximately 5.5" x 5.5", sketched with a black ink gel pen. Reference from a colour photograph on Pinterest.

Terri, Kay...Thank you.

Joy, Donna, Grapes...Thank you.

Pen and ink, approximately 7" x 5", sketched with a black ink gel pen. I used an image on Pinterest as my reference.

I think that this is true of many online art communities today. I have been a member of many such communities since 2002. Almost every community was vibrant with activity then. But, as the years went by, the traffic slowed down on almost every forum that I was part of.

I visited the thread only today. Thank you for sharing the link. This is such a sad development. I hope somebody has the bandwidth to take and run Creative Spark since I enjoy being here. Also, it was only from that thread that I learnt who were the people behind this forum. It is amazing what...

Thank you Joy.

This is such a wonderful site. I am very sorry to learn that it might close down, and I certainly hope that it does not happen. I did not know Creative Spark's history and who were the people behind it. I know now, and my heartfelt thanks to Ayin and Hannah.

Thank you Joy.

This is an approximately 8" x 5.5" ink sketch made with a Flair Move black ink gel pen, from a reference photo in colour of a gloomy wet scene. I chose to depict it as a dry day.

Liz, Jo...Thank you.

Thank you Anne.

This is an ink sketch done with a black ink gel pen (Unomax Geltron) and is approximately 12 cms x 14 cms. I used a photograph shared by Arcanja on another online art community as my reference.