A pharmacist by education, and an educator by profession, Ekta started drawing in 2009 under the tutelage of Duane Dudley, one of the illustrators of the ScoobyDoo movies. Colored pencils are her preferred medium, but she also enjoys experimenting with other media like graphite, charcoal, pastels, chalk and acrylics. Photography has become a passion which had its humble beginning as a source for reference photos for her drawings. She loves nature, textures, and patterns, as is evident in her art. She has been a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America as well as the...more