The Cousin's Artwork

Like my brother, my cousin Sneha has been drawing since she was a child.   A few pieces of hers found their way to me so I thought I would put up a sampler of her work today.

First up a squirrel she did in her art class, perhaps when she was about 8-10.  We of course thought it was brilliant and were rather proud!

Last year she gifted me a pencil sketch of me aged 10 (below).  The basis for the drawing is a photograph taken by my uncle, then recently returned from a trip to Japan and armed with a new camera.  The photograph belongs to a set of his beautifully taken B&W pictures which was my first introduction to the idea that a photograph was both a record of daily life and a piece of art.  Already in '75, there was something timeless about those photographs and this drawing does justice to the particular photograph.  A bit of trivia-the polka dot frock was known as the "Bobby Frock",  after the movie of the same name.  And my love for off beat hair ribbons is already evident in this drawing/photograph, this one was a plaited white one that ended in tassles. 

During her visit here, also last year, she did a few sketches of skylines.  This is by no means the Sydney skyline but simply one that was inspired by it and one I like very much.