Tanzila Ahmed, currently a student of Architecture of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology makes art with pencils, and has a love for portraits. She gives special attention to details, and targets on making the sketch look as realistic as possible.

‘My love for art started the day my parents took me to the art school back when I was 3! The art school taught me basic paintings, objects and sceneries, but I grew up seeing my father drawing portraits of me. I actually started portraits when I was 21 or something and I understood how to draw them and could gather up the energy and patience it requires! It’s more than the idea and the skill. It’s about time, patience, willpower and proper tools, and you need a balanced mixture of everything to make one good sketch’, as in her own words.

Her sketches are mostly with graphite pencils, on white cartridge as she prefers. She also has a few number of pencil colour portraits. Currently she’s working as an illustrator for a book, where she’s drawing architectural perspectives of historical buildings from around the world.

To her, sketches are a relief. A relief from everyday hassle, studio projects, failures and loneliness. Her other interests revolve around books, architecture etc.

‘You don’t need to be a big fan of art, or criticise them to be able to draw something. Just start it, when you feel like doing something. It’ll go somewhere, and so will you.’