Grey shades of my life is created to blog about my hobby of sketching and drawing.I loved drawing since i was a little kid. I remember how it all started. When I was a child I used to take my brother's crayons and start drawing (not drawing exactly,''scratching'' would be an appropriate word) on the walls of my house ,more or less like a graffiti!! Then I would get shouted at by my parents and grand-parents for all the mess I had created.This went on to grow like an obsession. I never bothered if anybody shouted at me, I continued drawing on the walls. My parents grew sick and tired of this craze of mine and finally came up with an idea to put an end to this.Not with my drawing but to the mess I had created on the walls.So, they brought me a diary!!

It was like a magic diary for me and I treasured it. It became a solution to put an end to the mess and it also became a catalyst to my creativity.
The diary helped me transform my ''scratches'' into beautiful drawings. My aunt was also a reason for the transformation. She thought me how to refine my skills; she used to draw a dotted figure with a blue pen and asked me to join those dots . It made me curious initially,'' why is she asking me to trace those silly dots ?'' was the question in my mind. I erased the question off my mind for that moment and started doing as she had instructed me to do. I took out my pencil with flooding questions in my mind and started joining the dots, it almost seemed magical. As I started joining the dots, I started getting the answers to all my questions, one by one, or should I say dot by dot. It was amazing!! I was elated to see the result. The plain dotted figure turned out to be a circle. Yes, the very first geometrical figure I drew was a circle. It was an amazing experience.


Then gradually I started learning how to draw and sketch other single diagrams, figures and objects. As I grew older,my sketches started growing along with me and became an essential part of my life.I later started drawing sceneries and replicating complicated figures which I came across in papers and magazines. My teachers and parents started encouraging my art and these encouragements were a huge motivation for me to continue what I loved doing the most- sketching.
However, now this hobby has started thawing down a little. With all my college studies, assignments and projects in hand, I find it so hard to get time to pursue my hobby. But, that is not the only reason, the ghost of laziness has also started to creep within me and switched off the active side of me. Jokes apart, I have created this blog now. I hope it revives the creativity in me and brings my hobby to life.