tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67607973760762276622024-03-13T19:02:16.360+08:00Journey through artSUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-39711853665197352722016-07-08T15:00:00.005+08:002016-07-12T12:02:01.223+08:00From where I left<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I arrived in Wayland on 22nd June 2016. There is some magic about this place. Is it the sound of silence and being surrounded by nature or something more than that? Whatever it is, I am happy to feel the urge to write again. I will start from the point where I left.<br />
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"Do all beautiful things appear to be more beautiful if they are short-lived?"<br />
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November went too fast because our stay with our children and grand daughter was coming to an end. </div>
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We returned to Kolkata on 1st December and before I knew it, I was drawn into a series of social and other kinds of commitments. In the midst of all that, visit to <a href="http://tribalartofhazaribagh.blogspot.com/2014/09/tribal-women-artists-cooperative-work.html" target="_blank">Bulu Imam's</a> home in Hazaribagh was indeed a memorable experience. This was my first exposure to <a href="http://sinclairenvironmental.com/sanskriti/tribalart.htm" target="_blank">Khovar and Sohra</a>i art.<br />
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The home of Bulu Imam, the Sanskriti Centre, which he
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I got my answer when I met Bulu Imam's son Justin. Please click <a href="https://youtu.be/3dJ7pcHoI3s" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to watch the video about these art forms narrated by Justin Imam. Reconnecting with rural art of India continued through December 2015. Nomadic mystic singers of Bengal, known as Bauls performed for us at Dilruba, our house in Santiniketan.</div>
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Year 2015 ended with Rabi Baul singing 'moner moto pagol pelam naa'. </div>
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I have been accompanying my grand daughter to the MFA[Museum of Fine Arts], as well as the Museum of Science in Boston. She is presently pursuing home schooling and we performed experiments on effervescence and acid-base indicators with the help of materials available in the kitchen. While she attended art workshops for homeschoolers every friday, I enjoyed the pleasure of viewing the museum collection. At the Museum of science, I had the privilege of viewing an excellent exhibition put up by PIXAR showing in details the creation of animated movies.<br />
My grand daughter was invited to play cello at the Wayland farmer's market and that gave me the idea of doing a demonstration cum display of paintings done with coffee. Once again I picked up the brush and soon became busy.<br />
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The above works were displayed along with some of my earlier works at the farmer's market, while I painted the egg plants belonging to the stall next to me.<br />
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Immediately after the Durga puja, I was invited to an old age home in Chennai to have a craft workshop with the ladies. It was just before Deepavali, so we decorated lamps made from clay. We also made greeting cards with motifs made by the art of quilling.<br />
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While in Chennai and Singapore, I continued with coffee paintings. The warm earth tone and its versatility as a medium makes be go on experimenting with it.<br />
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It was simply splendid! When you have very little expectation, everything looks positive and meaningful. Three weeks of uninterrupted pleasure for the senses through UK and Europe left me completely awestruck. It began with Soumik’s concert ‘The king of the ghosts’ at Edinburgh music festival on 29th August,2014, followed by a wonderful weekend at the Advorlich cottage [Airbnb] overlooking Lochearnhead in Scotland. Enjoyed revisiting Tate Modern and Saatchi gallery and my favourite tree in the graveyard in Reading.<br />
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The Europe tour began in Antwerp, the city of Rubens. Ruben's house didn't have any of his works but displayed the taste of the artist through his personal collections. We saw some of the most important work of art in Belgium in the Saint Bavo cathedral in Ghent and in The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. The Rijks Museum in Amsterdam is yet another place where I could easily spend few more days.<br />
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After literally getting soaked with the treasures of the museums in Antwerp, Brussels and Amsterdam, it was a wonderful to spend the day in Delft. While Bruges in Belgium and Delft in Holland are picturesque, Vienna and Prague offered unending art all over the cities. On the whole this trip was a spa for my mind.<br />
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Once my fingers were well rested, I thought of adding the final touches to some of my earlier works. I added a new pair having a chat. Modified one of the earlier works into a seated woman and created a new piece for Amie and her parent’s birthdays coming up in August and September. Spoke to Mr. Ravi and decided to go ahead with coring and casting. The following wax models went for coring 2nd week of August.</div>
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1. Lay the bricks on the ground into rectangular shapes according to the sizes of the wax models.<br />
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4. Prepare the aqueous mixture of sand-3 parts + fire clay- 1 part+ plaster of paris- 4 parts<br />
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Once the mould has dried completely, it is ready for de-waxing. A kiln is built with four openings for firing and the moulds with the runners facing down wards are placed inside the kiln on a rack. A small opening is kept at the top for the flow of air. The fire is kept burning for 3 to 4 hr and then the opening at the top is sealed. It is kept overnight this way to ensure complete de-waxing.<br />
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The last step is to mount the sculpture on a pedestal. My first few pieces......</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arrived in Chennai on 1st Jan, 2014 with mixed feelings. Although it was a relief to leave behind the gloomy cold UK winter, it wasn’t easy to get adjusted to my new surrounding. It took me sometime to overcome the restlessness felt within. After getting a bit familiar with this place, I started searching for some activity related to art or social service. Before coming to Chennai, I felt the urge to learn sculpting. Lalit Kala Academy Chennai was offering enrolment to artists for working in their studios. Towards end Jan, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got enrolled for 3 months</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and under the guidance of Mr. <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; text-align: justify;">T. Vijayavelu, the supervisor, sculpture workshop and young sculptor <a href="http://www.bestcollegeart.com/artist/profile/artist/username/ravindran/id/2341/" target="_blank">Mr.Ravindran Velsamy</a>,</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; text-align: justify;"> I made my first attempt at</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;"> bronze sculpture.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> The method is known as <a href="http://juxtamorph.com/the-lost-wax-casting-process/" target="_blank">‘lost wax process’</a>. Below are the steps involved in preparing the wax required for making the model. </span></span></span></div>
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children and grand child. A surprise visit from my only brother who came from
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give a talk on Nandal Bose and his innovations with alpana. Next few weeks were
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done on the spot with finger in traditional method. The materials used were rice
flour for white, turmeric, and coffee, all natural and locally available. The
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With the DST[daylight saving time] coming to an end and the summer gone, the dark and gloomy days will return soon! Its time for me to return to my blog before I go into hibernation.<br />
After two weeks of fun in Boston, I was back in Reading looking forward to up-coming events. The art works done with coffee, exhibited from 5th May at the Takeaway gallery in Reading, looked very attractive in the frames. This event was covered by the local press and two of my works were sold.<br />
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This was followed by an invitation received from the Nehru centre, London to deliver a talk on-<br />
‘ Paintings inspired by Tagore’. My talk involved my association with Tagore's Santiniketan, its art, craft and aesthetics and its influence on my art. I enjoyed going down the memory lane to the days of my childhood and youth in search of materials required for the talk. It was interesting to trace the development of the unique art style in Santiniketan during the time of Nandalal Bose.<br />
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My exhibition, "<a href="http://youtu.be/QYu8QNHqjwg" target="_blank">Timeless Tagore</a>" was a landmark in my journey as an artist but, now I have moved away from that chapter. I have been on the move since then and circumstances motivated me to try out various techniques in different media, exploring the possibility of creating something new.<br />
On 17th July my portrait of Pandit Ravi Sankar, done after he passed away in December 2012, was displayed at Nehru Centre, UK during a performance by the Sujata Banerjee dance company in memory of Pandit Ravi Sankar.<br />
I had touched it up a bit. Here is the revised version.<br />
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This was my first attempt at combining two different media. The first step was to do the foundation and background with water colour and the second step was to develop it using charcoal.<br />
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While I spent considerable amount of time in the preparation for my talk, the dramatic change in weather made June, July and August the most enjoyable months during my year long stay in Reading. Suddenly the curtain was raised and the magic began. Now I know why such great poets were born in this country. One has to experience this drama in order to get a feel of its charm.<br />
Our daughter came to visit us in July and we visited Ireland with her. After she left, we visited York. In August, our son came to visit us and we spent a day at Henley on Thames, another place I love to visit. Almost all weekends were spent visiting beautiful places in Britain.This was when we came to know that our stay in UK has been extended. I was only too happy to be here as long as the summer lasted. I was reluctant to leave UK during this wonderful time of the year, but 31st August arrived too soon and we had to leave for our two week’s tour of Turkey. The only piece of art done by me during this whole stretch was another coffee painting promised by me for my brother.<br />
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This goes to show, how I was enjoying the UK summer. I didn’t even feel like spending time on en plein air water colour. We returned from Turkey on 13th September but I was completely exhausted. It was a conducted tour and I found it very hectic. Walking for miles in the ruins for more than a week in the scorching sun at 42C became more of a torture. It took me two weeks to recover. Strangely, this painting was done before I visited the ruins!</div>
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Our annual festival, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga_Puja" target="_blank">Durga Puja</a> was round the corner and I felt like doing something related to this age old tradition that has now become a part of the culture of Bengal. I have always enjoyed visiting the old Jamindar[landlord] houses during this festival and in this work, I have tried to capture that memory.<br />
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Working in artificial light was bit painful for my eyes and
soul. I was unable to see the colours I wanted to see. Watercolour is something
that requires patience, soft and caring brush work, playing with water and a
mood for all that. After doing a few works in water colour, I realised that I
wasn't enjoying it, yet I couldn't stop working. This is when I received an
invitation from The Coffee Art Project, Allegra Foundation to submit a work for
charity.<br />
....."The Coffee Art Project is a high profile art competition and combines
our passion for coffee and art. Emerging artists specialising in all media
types have submitted unique pieces of artwork that connect to coffee or coffee
shop experiences.The ultimate objective of this programme is to raise valuable
funds for Project Waterfall, which supports clean water and sanitation
initiatives, this year in Tanzania."<br />
I did the two of the following paintings in coffee
on water colour paper. In my earlier post, I have talked about using espresso coffee, freshly
prepared at home. This time I tried out with instant coffee. I
came to know from the website of Steven Mikel that dark shades could be
obtained by saturating the solution of coffee in water through evaporation. In
his site he has also mentioned about the durability of coffee as a medium. An
experiment carried out by him has shown that water colour fades faster than
coffee stain when exposed to direct sunlight. Below, is the work submitted to
The Coffee Art Project along with the artist statement.<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">ART WORK: CAN YOU HEAR THE CRY?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">MEDIUM: COFFEE[aq] ON WATER COLOUR PAPER [ Fabriano 300 gsm ]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">SIZE : 40 cm x 50 cm, Frame included</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have been painting with coffee
for quite sometime. This purely organic medium is easily available all over the
world and allows me to pursue my artistic activity anywhere and everywhere. A
sheet of watercolour paper, some water and paintbrush is all that I need to
create my artwork. I have worked with charcoal, watercolour and acrylic
extensively but I must admit that I am getting increasingly addicted to this
versatile and <span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">unique
medium</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">with its heavenly aroma and pigment that
amazingly lends itself to create fascinating shades of brown and dramatic
textures. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The movie Lincoln was fresh
in my mind when I received the invitation from Project Coffee Art to
participate in this art exhibition with a humanitarian objective. I began with
a portrait of the Oscar winner, British born Daniel Day Lewis in the role of
Abraham Lincoln and slowly got motivated to</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">create something relevant to
present day slavery. The outcome is this artwork “</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Can you hear the cry?”</span>This work was displayed at a pop-up exhibition at the Dray
Walk Gallery, London,from 16th to 25th April,2013. It is now a property of The
Coffee Art Project.<br />
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In March, I was invited by photographer Ross Hale to exhibit
my coffee works at the Takeaway Gallery, Harris Arcade, Reading. I did the
following works in coffee and along with some of my earlier works, these were
exhibited in May,2013 for a month.</div>
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SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-56498119655995713242013-02-28T04:08:00.003+08:002013-10-31T20:22:14.805+08:00"Welcome- year 2013"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
May 2013, this blog will complete five years of its existence. While I was going through all the previous 32 posts, I enjoyed following the journey of a 'self-taught' artist. What does the phrase 'self-taught' really imply? Is it possible to distinguish between the teacher and the learner in a situation where the learner is the teacher and vice versa? Through a series of trial and error one acquires the ability to transform a blank canvas into a work of art. I suppose all artists, whether they have received formal education or not, go through this process. The outcome becomes a work of art only if the artist is satisfied with his or her creation. Every artist, big or small enjoys this ability to create something the way he or she wishes to see it and this success helps him or her to move on.<br />
I returned to UK from India on 5th January and have been indoors most of the time. After spending almost 18 years in Singapore, it wasn't easy to cope with being all by myself from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm in this gloomy, wet, cold UK weather in the absence of natural light. It would have surely caused depression if I did not have my best companion and my passion to keep me active throughout the day. In fact, this weather has compelled me to read, think and explore and I am really delighted to spend so many hours in educating myself. Would like to make the best of it before the weather changes. I must give a little account of how I spend my days.<br />
I borrowed a few art books from the library and would like to discuss a few points I found worth noting down. I am a person who doesn't like to follow so many do's and don'ts when it comes to art. It spoils my spontaneity and I lose interest in my work. I have been lucky to find 3 books written by 3 water colour artist from UK and each one has broken away from traditional water colour instructions. These are:<br />
Atmospheric water colours by Jean Haines, Breaking the rules of water colour by Shirley Trevena and<br />
Paint with freedom,expression and vitality by Gerald Green. They have distinctly different and unique styles. One could visit their websites to view it.<br />
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It is always interesting to read each artist's perspective, interpretation and technique. One thing they all have in common, is the ability to drive out fear while dealing with water colour. It is a difficult medium to work with but real fun if one can conquer it.<br />
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I have also been watching some interesting TV programmes on art. The society of all artists, SAA along with the Painting and drawing channel conduct TV shows where artists demonstrate there techniques and conduct lessons for viewers. UK is a gold mine for someone wanting to pursue water colour. It has quite a few water colour societies and the standard of the work of water-colour artists is high although most artists adhere to traditional water colour methods.<br />
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I have done a few works after returning from India. In this past six months, I have allowed myself to play and explore and have produced plenty of water colours and a few acrylic works. I need to be mentally more settled and stable in order to focus on any particular theme or style. Perhaps, I need to take out the juice from all the knowledge I have gathered from various resources in these few months and cook something really appetising.<br />
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BTW, I usually cook in the evening because that activity does not require daylight and I try to take out one hour daily for yoga practise. On the whole, I have a busy schedule and an interesting one too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The following works were done between 5th Jan and mid February. I was practising my water-colour skills.</span><br />
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The following works were done to brighten up our living room and remembering the bright and colourful Singapore days. The title 'flow' indicates flow of life and time's play on our mind. My work was driven by the ability of our mind to travel between space and time without any hindrance and allow us to recollect memories we treasure. It helps in a situation where the present is not particularly pleasing.<br />
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Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away on 11th Dec. 2012. I was watching his BBC interview on the TV. In this work, I have tried to capture his expression at a moment when he was describing the combined feelings of pain and pleasure experienced by him when he composed his music during his performance. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Since the time I arrived in Reading, I have done at least 25 new paintings in water colour including a portrait done with coffee. I am constrained to use only water colour and coffee due to my present nomadic life style. The portrait ‘anger or anguish?’is a random face from crowd in India, but the expression is entirely my own imagination</span>. I find coffee an excellent medium to work with. It provides results similar to charcoal but the technique used is more like painting. Since my present accommodation happens to be a serviced apartment, I cannot indulge in working with charcoal, a medium I love. Coffee is a great alternative !</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One can realise from the variety in the collection shown below my unsettled frame of mind. Nevertheless, art helps me to remain happy in this situation. As I look back at the conclusion of the year 2012, I can sum it up as stimulating enough for me to evolve further as an artist.</span></div>
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Year 2012 has brought a bag full of surprises and unexpected happenings to my life and as such, I didn’t have much time for art in the first three quarters except my live art in Kolkata. My sis-in-law was hosting a multimedia show called 'The Gitanjali Story’ in Kolkata on 8th Jan, 2012 at ICCR. To commemorate Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, she had held a more elaborate version of the same show in London in 2011 and had used some of my paintings as projection. She requested me to do a live art on one side of the stage during the show. She wanted something related to the theme to be done on a three feet by four feet canvas visible to audience in the last row. The duration of the show was an hour. I wasn’t very comfortable with the proposal but finally agreed because I like challenges. I used acrylic paint for the work. It was a totally new experience for me and I was completely engrossed in my work, enjoying the audio while I painted. My experience at the en-plein-air workshop attended this year in Wayland was of some use as it helped me to learn to work fast in a limited time. The title of my work was a famous poetry by Tagore-“ where the mind is without fear and the head is held high ”. Here are a few pics and a video clipping of the show:<br />
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I returned to Singapore mid January,2012 from our yearly Kolkata trip and had to pack-up and leave Singapore end of February to return to Kolkata for good. I had started enjoying my role as an artist with the entire space in my apartment and the time[ sunrise to sunset- monday to friday ] to myself and was mentally bit disturbed with the thought of giving it up and return to Kolkata. I spent 37 years of my life in Kolkata since the time I was born but that Kolkata was very different from the Kolkata I was returning to after 22 yrs. At this point I was offered a job as a chemistry teacher in a reputed school in Kolkata. I did not refuse the offer as I thought of it as a blessing that would help me to reconnect to the city. I taught chemistry for 17 yrs in Kolkata and left the city as a teacher in 1990 and was quite happy to return to the city as teacher. After I left Kolkata, I taught in secondary schools in Mumbai and Singapore till July, 2001. We were constantly on the move from October 2001 to June 2005 and as such had to quit teaching in schools on a permanent basis. I took up some volunteering work related to teaching during this period. Simultaneously, I was searching for something more permanent than volunteering, something I would enjoy as much as teaching. I realized that creating something in the form of art has been my constant hobby and passion all through my life and I started painting again from 2004. I took a few private lessons from Mrs. Cynthia Ho in 2004 and later on joined NAFA[ Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts]-Singapore for short courses. Between 2006 and 2010, I took part in a few group exhibitions in Singapore, completed a certificate course in Western painting from NAFA and never thought of going back to teaching chemistry again. </div>
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I took up the teaching job in Kolkata with the understanding that I would work only one term. I set up my studio in one of our apartments and was looking forward to returning to my role as a painter at the soonest. </div>
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Life didn’t take the path I had imagined it to take and right now I am here in a new country trying to cope with the approaching harsh winter. Once again I have to get used to a new place, new culture,re-organize myself and start painting under a different set of conditions. I don’t mind it. I kind of enjoy this lack of comfort as it forces me to create something different under the constraints imposed on me. We arrived in Reading, UK on 2nd September. I was lucky to get an apartment next to a river. It is a pleasure to observe the play of nature and the change of season, something I always missed in Singapore. When we arrived, the trees next to the river were full of green leaves, stooping towards the river as if to gaze at their reflections in the water. In these eight weeks the color of the leaves changed from green to yellow,orange and maroon and now they are completely bare. The temperature has been as low as 0C, it has been very gloomy on certain days and raining 24/7, daylight has become a valuable possession. Yet, I am happy to experience this.</div>
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I have been concentrating on water colour for the past few weeks and I intend to carry on with water colour while I am here. A few of my recent works will display my random thoughts very much in tune with my present status. I can see myself able to focus better as I am settling down.</div>
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Before we came to Reading, we spent two months in Wayland, MA. After many years, we were enjoying as a family and I concentrated in cooking for my loved ones.Be it replacing tropical vegetables with those available in Wayland to cook something new or try out different materials for creating art, my experimenting keeps me going wherever I am. It was fun to experiment with coffee as a medium. My son used to extract espresso using a machine from freshly ground beans. I used that espresso coffee to do the following paintings:<br />
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And of course, just like my other visits to Wayland, I did spend time with my grand daughter and her friend, teaching them how to make their own paper dolls and dress them. They enjoyed it a lot and carried on designing beautiful dresses for the dolls made by them. It was a pleasure to watch them making the dolls and I have to admit that some of their ideas were simply gorgeous ! <br />
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Immediately before we left Singapore, people wanted to buy my art works and I sold most of the works I had exhibited in my solo exhibition Timeless Tagore. I am happy to have left my signature in Singapore.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reason behind this huge delay in posting is primarily due to my lack of writing skill. You may ask,” then why do you have a blog?”. My answer is,“ I wish to record my wonderful journey through art. Please don’t give up. Hopefully, you will find at least one post every six months ! As you will find out, year 2011 was filled with artistic activities and some of it spilled over to Jan,2012. I cannot avoid distractions, specially if it is something I enjoy. I don’t like to restrict my art as something produced on paper or canvas. I can’t recollect any phase in my life when I ceased to be an artist. I look at art as an expression of my perception of life as a whole and it involves everything I do. Whether it is cooking for my family,or playing with my grand daughter, I like to exercise my creative instincts. I don’t like to plan too much in advance as that takes away the thrill experienced from the challenge of creating something new, something different every time. Work and play were never separate entities in my world. Perhaps that is the reason why I don't get BORED with life.” Now getting back to my post:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I returned to Singapore from San Diego on 1st June,2011 and started planning for my next trip to US even before I got over the jet lag. Mamoni [ that's how we affectionately address our daughter-in-law] sent me an invitation to attend an water colour workshop in Wayland. On June 28th, I left for Boston. This year brought numerous 'first ever' experiences in my life. This workshop in wayland was 'en plein air'....a dozen 55+ artists had registered for it. Artists David.A.Lang and Bill Sterling had organised this workshop and were the chief instructors. Every thursday, we would gather at 12 noon at a picturesque spots around Wayland, Natick or Sudbury and work together till 5 pm. David shared his expertise with the rest of us and sometimes demonstrated some techniques and allowed the artists to paint on the spot whatever caught their attention. Around 4:30, we gathered again to view each others work and discuss. The weather was great and so were the venues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"David Lang and Bill Sterling are entering the third week </span><br />
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I did quite a few water colour paintings this time. It was a nice break after a long span of acrylic on canvas. Each media has its advantage and disadvantage. It all depends on what I enjoy working with and what effect I am expecting at the end. I believe that my creation should reflect my own interpretation of what I want to express in my own way. I learnt a lot from this workshop, but my works always displayed the influence of impressions left by my previous experiences or knowledge. Sometimes my own work surprises me. I often end up producing something very different from what I had conceived at the beginning. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water colour as a medium offers very little or almost no scope for correction.I derive a thrill out of the challenges thrown by water colour. I want to discover the possibilities rather than sticking to the traditional approach. It is a game I like to play over and over again, trying out different ways to get the desired result.<span class="Apple-style-span">En plein air- throws an even higher degree of challenges. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The artist’s biggest enemy and friend in ‘en plein air' is the sun. While a sunny day provides ample scope for the artist to work with light and shadows, the shifting position of the sun makes it tough and one has to quickly make a rough sketch of the landscape in order to capture the shadows properly.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amie’s art works this summer were dominated by use of bright colours. She was eager to hold art shows and sell her art works although she didn’t know why she wanted to sell her works or what she wanted to do with the money......... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other activities-Story of Anya II- by Amie and Thhaam was written and illustrated for Amie’s mother’s birthday.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Growing up in Kolkata, the birthplace of Tagore, I was <o:p></o:p>significantly influenced by the trend set by this genius. My mother was educated in Viswa Bharati, the educational institution founded by him. She created in me, a deep interest in Tagore’s works and philosophical thoughts. She taught me to appreciate art in its various forms and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">was my constant companion in my journey through art.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> All types of performing art that I learnt or took part in, had something to do with Tagore’s creations. Be it singing,dancing,stage decoration,costume designing, or dressing up a bride,one could clearly see in my presentation,the influence of the style referred to as ‘Santiniketan' style,a style developed by Abanindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose, the doyens of the Bengal school of art.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tagore lived and worked during a period of crucial social and political transformation in India. He responded to its intense moments through his works. He wanted all human beings to be treated equally regardless of the country or nation to which they belonged. He also did not want barriers between people even within the same nation—the barriers of caste, race, and religion.Through his work, Tagore has captured every aspect of life in its ultimate poetic fashion that creates waves in the mind of the reader and allows deep realization of humanity in its universal context. Appreciating Tagore’s creation requires one’s ability to fathom the underlying symbolism and experience the spiritual realization associated with it.Each of my work had a story to tell and the more I tried to express my interpretation of Tagore’s creation, the more I discovered its variety and depth of understanding. Every time I started a new piece, I received the inspiration from within.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Tagore’s words,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 34px;"> ‘Life is perpetually creative because it contains in itself that surplus which ever overflows the boundaries of the immediate time and space, restlessly pursuing its adventure of expression in the varied forms of self-realization.’</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used a lot of dynamic colours, and my composition would reflect my interpretation of the song that inspired the painting. Combining traditional and contemporary styles I painted 15 works in acrylic,1in mixed media, 4 in water colour and two pencil sketches of Tagore within a span of 6 months.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My first solo exhibition, 'Timeless Tagore’ was held at the Gallery of Gnani Arts, Singapore, from 7th to 17th May,2011.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was a great experience. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It received good reviews from collectors and the media. I was happy with my work. The overall experience felt like t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">he opening of the doorway to my creative expression - it was more of a spiritual journey that led towards discovering and expressing myself to the world. I suddenly felt very light as my fear was gone ! </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">My works for this exhibition can be viewed on-line at <a href="http://www.gnaniarts.com/new/collections/artists?artist_id=Sudakshina%20Ghosh">The Gallery of Gnani Arts, Singapore </a> and on my <a href="http://www.srijoni.com/gallery/timeless-tagore/timeless-tagore">website</a> along with the translations of the songs.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On 2nd May I was invited by ISEAS to exhibit few of my works on 5th May, during the occasion of unveiling of Tagore’s bust by the Indian minister of foreign affairs, his excellency,</span></div>
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Since 12th July,2010,I was in Wayland with my grand daughter Amie for almost ten weeks. This time,I found Amie playing more independently.She had developed keen interest in music and reading.She picked up a few songs from the movie Sound of music just after watching it a couple of times and requested me to teach her 'doe a dear' on the piano.She could play the entire tune using only one finger.</div>
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We did some paintings together, built a little puppet theatre inspired by the lonely goatherd song, stitched a cloth doll and wrote and illustrated a story together for Baba’s [Amie’s father/my son] birthday.All along we had to maintain secrecy as it was meant to be a surprise for Baba.</div>
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The collage above used to be in my room in Wayland. The sunflower in the collage was done by her as she sat next to me while I was painting mine.</div>
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This movie below is the digital version of the book created by Amie and me.<a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7DuxBHiCG6Q/TXyGwdiTX5I/AAAAAAAAAik/I-NWX4pJZIo/s1600/4977253799_4488311d1b_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" q6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7DuxBHiCG6Q/TXyGwdiTX5I/AAAAAAAAAik/I-NWX4pJZIo/s1600/4977253799_4488311d1b_m.jpg" /></a><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx7857o2pHAUAywflM7dM1WvaVNXMs-2qhqiq_jPcobkitilT2pB7aX-XhUnfQtTjk5K43nMdCBt0-FOR8rLw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
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After returning to Singapore, I tried out a few watercolours on a theme close to my heart and was happy with the outcome. Every time I visit my children and grand child, I return feeling fresh and regain the initiative to create something new. I decided to show those pieces to an art gallery in Singapore. They liked my work and told me to work on the same theme for a solo exhibition. I had to travel to India for two weeks in October, but on my return to Singapore, I signed a contract with the gallery and decided to go for a solo exhibition to be held from 7th May till 17th May 2011. I was away from Singapore again from end of November 2010 till the first week of Jan 2011. I started working on the project from 3rd week of Jan and have completed eleven works in acrylic on canvas the size ranging from 24”x30” to 40”x50”. I am quite satisfied with the progress.</div>
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Though I can’t post my works here, I can share a few things I learnt from the experience. I knew that I had taken up a challenge to do something very special and unique. It involved a lot of thinking along with a test of not only my painting and drawing skills but above all my ability to compose. I wanted to blend classical and contemporary spirit in order to display my interpretation of poetry written a century earlier and bring out its relevance in the present context.</div>
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I hope my readers will now understand the reason for my long silence and will bear with me for a few more days.Thank you for allowing me to enjoy this wonderful part of my journey.</div>
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At Balboa Park, the <a href="http://www.spanishvillageart.com/">Spanish Village</a> is a must see for an artist. Here thirty-seven working artist studios/galleries host over two hundred independently juried local painters. I thoroughly enjoyed a stroll through the galleries talking to artists.<br />
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At the end of the day, it is the duty of the artists to clean the space around their galleries.</div>Some of the galleries belong to individual artists, while, some are shared by a group of artists taking turns to man it.<br />
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The Spanish village is a great platform for the local artists of San Diego.<br />
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This display above is an assembly of the gifts received by us. These artefacts traveled all the way from one big heart in USA to two hearts in Singapore!What I find most interesting is her attention to details and how carefully she has used the scissors to cut out the fishes with their tails attached to their bodies.</div>
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She claims to be a half artist and believes that with practice, one day she will turn into a full artist just like the 'real artist'. She loves to draw and paint and being gifted with the skill as well as the eye for beauty,I am sure,one day her ambition will be fulfilled.<br />
I had made a small booklet for her illustrating the story of Charai and Charuni from Tuntunir boi by Upendrakishore Roy Choudhury. She loved to listen to stories from this book.<br />
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SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-75346862642578974122010-06-14T13:57:00.011+08:002010-06-14T15:14:10.074+08:00Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/TBXUXYgyEwI/AAAAAAAAAdc/nXZzpu3IA9c/s1600/DSCN0001+(11).JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/TBXUXYgyEwI/AAAAAAAAAdc/nXZzpu3IA9c/s200/DSCN0001+(11).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482521619575476994" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are some of my very recent works.This painting below,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">[ Eternal bond -1] has been done in oil on canvas [90 cm x 80 cm]. This is one of my most favourite subjects. It could be the most common and ancient subject, but a mother’s love for her infant is the purest form of love I have seen between two living beings. I derived my inspiration to do this piece from our family photograph on the right.</span></div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/TBXJSY4zatI/AAAAAAAAAdE/2ZoMBR9VxJk/s320/DSCN4758.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482509439148976850" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/TBW2Lbqp8AI/AAAAAAAAAcU/PRyXd1pzQL0/s400/DSCN4769.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482488428914929666" style="text-align: left;float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, serif;">I love painting flowers. After a long time I made five paintings-all flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, serif;">Four of these were done in acrylic and one in water colour.Unfortunately,I forgot to take photographs of three of these pieces which I gave away as farewell gifts.This lotus on the right done in water colour on paper is the only one I remembered to take a snap.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/TBXIodoyoCI/AAAAAAAAAc8/QgtapD5q33w/s320/DSCN4766.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482508718869487650" /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/TBXCUre_JII/AAAAAAAAAck/h4WWlA1anrs/s200/DSCN4764.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482501781919310978" style="text-align: center;float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">This piece on the left,done in acrylic on canvas [45 cm x 60 cm] is a still life study of the actual flower on the right.I h</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">ave named this piece- 'joy in giving’. A flower blooms only to help in the propagation of the species and in the process supplies fruit and adds beauty to the surroundings. It symbolises the joy one receives in ‘giving'.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div>SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-68882890546829782182010-04-03T10:45:00.011+08:002010-04-03T18:41:00.496+08:00Still experimenting<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 215px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455749023413270850" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S7a21Lw7eUI/AAAAAAAAAbE/aVSY-WITvmw/s320/DSCN4727.jpg" /></div>I enjoy every moment of my adventure into the world of art.Since January 2010, plenty of ideas have crossed my mind and I have been making sketches.I transformed some of those into art works using different media on paper. I intend to go on doing this till I am happy with the style and the theme I want to pursue in acrylic/oil.For a long time the thought of illustrating Tagore's song's and dance dramas has been in my mind and finally I have been able to create the this work[on the left] based on Tagore's dance drama <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/16654257/Chandalika"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Chandalika</span></a>. This work has been done in water color on paper. It was done before I visited the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ajanta</span> caves and I was pleasantly surprised to see the influence of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ajanta</span> style of art in my work.This goes to show that certain images get saved in our memory unknowingly and reappear through our work without any <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">conscious</span> effort on our part. I have used some of the techniques I learnt at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">NAFA</span> and others I invented myself to get the desired result.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000033;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 20px" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,51)" class="Apple-style-span">In my next experiment, I have worked on</span> a theme inspired by the pose in which a couple were relaxing.Here I have tried out a lot of different things.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000033;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 20px" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><br /><div><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455758299614901906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S7a_RITvdpI/AAAAAAAAAbc/2JoWWNOc6R4/s320/DSCN4720.JPG" /></div><div><ul><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">This is my first attempt at oil pastel</li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">For the first time,I have used vibrant colors and forms very different from my usual style.</li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I realised that there is a need to overcome the fear of failure in order to do something new,straight from one's heart.</li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I felt the urge in me to allow my imagination to flow freely and to create something I haven't seen before</li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I have been able to create textures I wanted to create.</li></ul></div><div><div>I have made two pieces so far of a series I wish to call "siesta- uninterrupted". In both these pieces, my aim is to go beyond the boundary of portraying human beings in the limited forms visible to us. My idea was to express the peace and tranquility enjoyed by a pair of souls in a surrounding symbolising nature's bounty. The other piece is shown below:</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455757310699378114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S7a-XkT6FcI/AAAAAAAAAbU/dVhpp_Zx_7I/s400/DSCN4726.JPG" /></div>I want to carry on with my experiments and put up my works on this blog so that I can see how my own art goes through the process of evolution.SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-13613200805349219342010-03-18T10:16:00.014+08:002010-03-18T12:36:35.072+08:00Art of recycling<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; cssfloat: left" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S6GZR9J5OSI/AAAAAAAAAa8/P0iqnKBZfzg/s1600-h/28209_PE092339_S3%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S6GZR9J5OSI/AAAAAAAAAa8/P0iqnKBZfzg/s200/28209_PE092339_S3%5B1%5D.jpg" width="200" height="200" vt="true" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have always wondered whether an adult should waste time in play but somehow I get drawn into it. I love to play my favourite game- the game of recycling.It gives me the same pleasure I derived when I played with my playthings as a child.</span></span></span></span><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We bought this IKEA clock for the second time and the same thing happened again.After a year, the white paint on the dial starts peeling off and rolling up and the clock stops working. When that happened with the earlier clock, I poked it from the back with a chop stick to break the scales formed by the paint and that allowed it to work again but it looked quite ugly and had to be discarded.I didn't realise that this could be a problem with the paint used in this particular clock and replaced it with a new one hoping that it won't get repeated. To my horror, it happened again.</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband cannot do without a clock on the bedroom wall and </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this time I didn't want to increase the plastic garbage by buying another clock. Instead, I used a knife to remove the transparent plastic cover. Then I pulled out the three arms, removed the machine and transformed it to the clock shown below.</span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; CLEAR: right" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S6GJnXBS0vI/AAAAAAAAAa0/CEdxN8h72jo/s1600-h/DSCN4702.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S6GJnXBS0vI/AAAAAAAAAa0/CEdxN8h72jo/s200/DSCN4702.JPG" width="200" height="200" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The central white circular disc is a rejected CD. The two hearts are from the flower bouquet I received on my birthday.I had to stick these two hearts to cover the hole in the centre and to prevent the hook from being visible.</span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Its up and running and giving us the perfect time. It wasn't very easy to mark the hours and place the arms back again in exact position, but I did manage to get it right.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> Is that being too playful?</span></span> </p><p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='159' height='181' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwAiyFjTRRqXvVlW65MPn2Iaj6VZfpuwMND5NB4soNHAsM3UcVWK0AMen8jGUx96QxCMjuoUOi2Jl-5yf1CYQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>View the heart 2 heart clock ticking away </p>SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-67780293365470142722010-02-25T13:25:00.004+08:002010-02-25T13:40:34.282+08:00slow progress !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I was in India from 23/12/09 till 20/01/10 and again from 11/02/10 till 20/02/10. Very little art work has been done since my last post, but, after visiting Ajanta and Ellora caves during my second phase of stay in India, I am more than content with what I experienced. Although it was a pleasure for my artistic mind, it was painful to see the fast deterioration of the art work at Ajanta caves.Whatever still remains is something astonishing.Please visit </span></span></span><a href="http://www.ajanta.info/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">ajanta-some kind of miracle</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> and </span></span></span><a href="http://www.asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_ajanta_walkthrough.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">ajanta_walkthrough</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> to get a glimpse of the of our rich heritage.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I was pleasantly surprised to see the influence of that style in my work. The obvious reason is my initial training in art from my mother and my aunt, Sukriti Chakravarty. Both had the well known artist, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandalal_Bose">Nandalal Bose</a> as their teacher</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">. Please click on </span></span></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/20/arts/design/20080820_BOSE_SLIDESHOW_1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Bose-slideshow</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> to see the influence of Ajanta style in his works.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Ellora displays amazing</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">structures representing different styles of creative vision and execution skills</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> that </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">existed in India in those days[5th-11th century AD]. Here are two web sites worth visiting: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.elloracaves.org/search.php?cmd=search&words=&mode=normal&cave_name=1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Ellora caves</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> and </span></span></span><a href="http://www.asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_ellora_walkthrough.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Ellora caves-walkthrough</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> . I must say that viewing it on the screen can never give the viewer any idea about the experience one derives from the 360 degree view in every direction from the upper levels of the monuments.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Now, to get back to my own works in-between my travel:-</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">One below was done on request, for a friend. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S4Xh2a4VjmI/AAAAAAAAAZo/vFFhvBqSMU4/s1600-h/DSCN4478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S4Xh2a4VjmI/AAAAAAAAAZo/vFFhvBqSMU4/s320/DSCN4478.JPG" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">This work on the left in charcoal, was done in December'09 on paper measuring 50cm x 60 cm. It is part of the Ganesha series displaying the bond between baby Ganesha and parents. The other two works of this series are, '</span></span></span><a href="http://www.fill-your-walls.com/gallery_page.php?pic_id=632"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">baby Ganesha and mum</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">' and '</span></span></span><a href="http://www.fill-your-walls.com/gallery_page.php?pic_id=154"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">paternal instinct</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">'.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
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</span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S4Xh9_GYYKI/AAAAAAAAAZw/GTab7K7ZmuE/s1600-h/DSCN4486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S4Xh9_GYYKI/AAAAAAAAAZw/GTab7K7ZmuE/s320/DSCN4486.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S4XiFCR9UYI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/87RbNWCTtTc/s320/DSCN4488.JPG" /></span></span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The two pieces shown above, done in charcoal and dry stick depict the </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baul"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Bauls</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> of Bengal . This community of free thinkers is disappearing slowly. It was a pleasure to watch the performances of these nomadic singers every winter during </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poush_Mela"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Poush Mela</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> in Santiniketan. They play their home-made special accompaniments along with the philosophical lyrics of their songs and sometimes dance in a very typical folk style.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S4YJNlsjvWI/AAAAAAAAAaA/HXrcfYERar0/s1600/DSCN0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S4YJNlsjvWI/AAAAAAAAAaA/HXrcfYERar0/s320/DSCN0001.JPG" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Even now,Rabi baul and his wife [above] sing for us whenever we visit Santiniketan.</span></span></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/S4YJNlsjvWI/AAAAAAAAAaA/HXrcfYERar0/s1600-h/DSCN0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"></span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Presently I am concentrating on a series of water colours based on a particular theme. I aim to do at least five pieces by the end of next month. So far I have finished only one piece.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span></div>SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-9797851985027261212009-11-28T13:22:00.028+08:002009-11-30T08:08:38.615+08:00Course completed<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxDWJ5waijI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/cwAtvLQuLSc/s1600/DSCN4474.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 236px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409058618083019314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxDWJ5waijI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/cwAtvLQuLSc/s320/DSCN4474.JPG" /></a>This landscape of a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">peranakan</span></span> building in Singapore was the concluding piece in water colour for the one year certificate course in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Western</span> painting at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nanyang</span></span> Academy of Fine Arts,Singapore.I took up this course in January 2009 . The course consisted of pencil drawing,charcoal,water colour and oil painting.<br />I was lucky to have <a href="http://www.postcolonialweb.org/singapore/arts/mixed/goheechoo/index.html">Mr. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Goh</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ee</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Choo</span></span></a> as my teacher.Being a very experienced teacher, he catered to the individual needs of his pupil and demonstrated every technique and skill involved in each medium. For a self taught artist like me, it was exactly what I was looking for. I enjoyed every moment of this learning experience.Just got my results.Even at this age I was eager to see my results and just like a child,it made me feel very happy to see the grade.<br />Next few weeks I would like to plan and start working on a theme. I still need to find out the medium I would like to use. I have decided to do a few pieces in water colour first as I find that the most challenging medium. It is a very interesting medium to work with but has its own limitations.<br />I would also love to practice drawing portraits and figures in charcoal and do some more research in composition and colour scheme.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFPLDOzFoI/AAAAAAAAAZg/zIeZh1fMmC0/s1600/DSCN4471.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFPLDOzFoI/AAAAAAAAAZg/zIeZh1fMmC0/s1600/DSCN4471.JPG"></a></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFPLDOzFoI/AAAAAAAAAZg/zIeZh1fMmC0/s1600/DSCN4471.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 274px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409191678713206402" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFPLDOzFoI/AAAAAAAAAZg/zIeZh1fMmC0/s320/DSCN4471.JPG" /></a>I have been experimenting with painting on different surfaces.Just to get the feeling of painting on plastic, I joined rejected CD covers and used that as my canvas to create the piece on the left titled 'four seasons'.I found the surface too smooth and it did not absorb the paint.This made it difficult to produce brush strokes on the first layer.I had to wait for the first layer to dry. By applying a few layers,I got the desired result. <div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFNmXu8zkI/AAAAAAAAAZY/zk-fqK9Pqw4/s1600/DSCN4472.JPG"></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFNmXu8zkI/AAAAAAAAAZY/zk-fqK9Pqw4/s1600/DSCN4472.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFNmXu8zkI/AAAAAAAAAZY/zk-fqK9Pqw4/s1600/DSCN4472.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 223px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409189949049982530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFNmXu8zkI/AAAAAAAAAZY/zk-fqK9Pqw4/s320/DSCN4472.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SxFNmXu8zkI/AAAAAAAAAZY/zk-fqK9Pqw4/s1600/DSCN4472.JPG"></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Last week I did this portrait in pastel from a photograph.I can see my portraits getting closer to the original photos.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Something very interesting happened today. I found the <a href="http://www.samitabasu.com/about%20us.html">website</a> of a schoolmate who has become a self-taught artist.We were childhood friends but we took different paths after we left school and lost touch. I remember her filling the margins of the pages of her <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exercise</span> books with sketches, mainly faces.She still seems to focus on portraits and figures.One I liked most is <a href="http://www.samitabasu.com/latest2.html">The Debutante </a>in charcoal.</div>SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-74755746956117342612009-11-05T08:59:00.002+08:002009-11-14T11:09:23.429+08:00Alfresco Art Fair 2009<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sv4V3_WiXvI/AAAAAAAAAYw/b9dFAinA9TU/s1600-h/IMG_1006.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403780654534123250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sv4V3_WiXvI/AAAAAAAAAYw/b9dFAinA9TU/s320/IMG_1006.JPG" /></a>I was recently involved in the planning team of the <a href="http://fill-your-walls.com/e-invite_oct142009/">Alfresco Art fair</a> organised by Fill-Your-Walls gallery, Singapore.It was something new for me and I had to plan something for the interactive art station.For the adults, I suggested 'you and me portrait' which is basically a pair of artists painting/sketching one another.For the children, there were a few activities e.g. 'You spill and I make art' and 'You and I doodle'.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sv4YsrtxwmI/AAAAAAAAAZI/rTLbCtM_RqQ/s1600-h/IMG_1043.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403783758819213922" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sv4YsrtxwmI/AAAAAAAAAZI/rTLbCtM_RqQ/s320/IMG_1043.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sv4YridSY2I/AAAAAAAAAY4/7qDtoJA3bQQ/s1600-h/IMG_1008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403783739154260834" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sv4YridSY2I/AAAAAAAAAY4/7qDtoJA3bQQ/s320/IMG_1008.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sv4YsHG_BFI/AAAAAAAAAZA/OYlvct3Y75Q/s1600-h/IMG_1028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403783748992828498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sv4YsHG_BFI/AAAAAAAAAZA/OYlvct3Y75Q/s320/IMG_1028.JPG" /></a>In these activities for the children, it gave them the freedom to create something based on their imagination.</div><div><div>The main idea behind these activities was to encourage joint effort.The photographs show the on-going activities during the fair.As one can see,these activities were good fun and received positive feedback from the visitors. </div><div>The other attractions of the fair were art studios, art works exhibited and live landscape painting done by visitors. Being an event under one big tent,it became quite hot during the day.<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Intermittent</span> heavy downpour brought the temperature down but caused other inconveniences.On the whole,it was a pleasant experience for me.</div></div></div>SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-50378740894514947362009-10-29T11:27:00.020+08:002009-11-01T18:17:32.407+08:00Amie's art in 'Teaching Children to Draw'<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukgCTw3E0I/AAAAAAAAAWo/gDrTjcaiUEk/s1600-h/Untitled+(2).jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397880852417286978" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukgCTw3E0I/AAAAAAAAAWo/gDrTjcaiUEk/s320/Untitled+(2).jpg" /></a>My grand-daughter Amie's works have been published in the book,<a href="http://www.davisart.com/Portal/Commerce/CommerceDefault.aspx?curPage=ComingSoon">'Teaching Children to Draw'</a>-by Marjorie Wison and Brent Wilson. Thanks to my daughter-in-law for writing her blog <a href="http://blog.bolandbol.com/">MamaStories</a> . A major chunk of her blog is about Amie's development and of course that includes her artistic<br />endeavour.It is indeed a great event for me.<br />Amie is now our main focus in life and I love to draw and paint her from photographs.<br />I did this one in water colour in March, '08.The style and technique used in this work is very different<br />from what I am learning now at NAFA<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukobaJaRMI/AAAAAAAAAXY/xHCzqX69w4E/s1600-h/cambodia-temple.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 291px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397890079720621250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukobaJaRMI/AAAAAAAAAXY/xHCzqX69w4E/s400/cambodia-temple.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />I had taken a few lessons in water colour from Mrs. Cynthia Ho in Singapore in the year 2004 and have been developing the techniques I learnt from her.<br />Mrs. Ho's technique involved mixing the colours to get the desired shade and applying it directly while the technique I am learning now is applying washes in layers.<br /><br /><br />This temple in Cambodia was done under her guidance. -Singapore 2004<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Below are some of my other earlier water colours: [in order-from top]<br /><br /><ol><li>Sun bathing -Boston Dec.2004</li><li>Puffin-Boston.Nov.2004</li><li>Fall-2004.Boston</li><li>Green Street-Boston-Dec.2004</li><li>Tsunami-Singapore,February2005</li><li>Little bird on the tree in front of my balcony-Kolkata,2005</li></ol><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397910381145916754" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suk65G2YhVI/AAAAAAAAAYI/fz4arE2-_NA/s400/swan.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukXOMF2C7I/AAAAAAAAAWg/EEOH-uYc7Do/s1600-h/puffin.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 233px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397871160911596466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukXOMF2C7I/AAAAAAAAAWg/EEOH-uYc7Do/s320/puffin.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukgDF2KgJI/AAAAAAAAAXA/ydeJPkcxn3g/s1600-h/fall+colors.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 231px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397880865861304466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukgDF2KgJI/AAAAAAAAAXA/ydeJPkcxn3g/s320/fall+colors.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suk026Fd9MI/AAAAAAAAAXw/n_9XJfoB8jg/s1600-h/swan.jpg"><br /><br /><p align="right"></a></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a><p align="right"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suk026Fd9MI/AAAAAAAAAXw/n_9XJfoB8jg/s1600-h/swan.jpg"></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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WIDTH: 194px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397868996657765106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s320/After+Tsunami.jpg" /></a></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suk026Fd9MI/AAAAAAAAAXw/n_9XJfoB8jg/s1600-h/swan.jpg"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suk026Fd9MI/AAAAAAAAAXw/n_9XJfoB8jg/s1600-h/swan.jpg"><br /></a><p align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukocKEh1gI/AAAAAAAAAXo/rkSWZdqhUPo/s1600-h/birdie.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 378px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397890092585047554" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukocKEh1gI/AAAAAAAAAXo/rkSWZdqhUPo/s400/birdie.jpg" /></a></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suk026Fd9MI/AAAAAAAAAXw/n_9XJfoB8jg/s1600-h/swan.jpg"><br /><p align="right"></a></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a><p align="right"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suk026Fd9MI/AAAAAAAAAXw/n_9XJfoB8jg/s1600-h/swan.jpg"></p></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a><p align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukocKEh1gI/AAAAAAAAAXo/rkSWZdqhUPo/s1600-h/birdie.jpg"></a></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukocKEh1gI/AAAAAAAAAXo/rkSWZdqhUPo/s1600-h/birdie.jpg"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suk026Fd9MI/AAAAAAAAAXw/n_9XJfoB8jg/s1600-h/swan.jpg"></a><p align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukocKEh1gI/AAAAAAAAAXo/rkSWZdqhUPo/s1600-h/birdie.jpg"></a></p><br /><br /><p align="right"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a><br /><br /><p align="right"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a></p><br /><br /><p align="right"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a><p align="right"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a></p><p align="right"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a></p><p align="right"></p><p></p><p align="right"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a></p><p align="right"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SukVQNnhWvI/AAAAAAAAAVg/hptxAfXS2RQ/s1600-h/After+Tsunami.jpg"></a></p>SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-43114947210693730752009-10-16T09:16:00.023+08:002009-10-31T23:37:16.725+08:00That was really eventful !Too many things have taken place since my last entry.<br />On 17<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> September, it was the opening night of <a href="http://www.gnaniarts.com/db/includes/GalleryAnnouncements_pop.php?id=140&news_type=Announcements">Pop Ganesha -The 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> Show</a> at The <a href="http://www.gnaniarts.com/">Gallery of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gnani</span></span> Arts,The Regent, Singapore</a>. I had contributed two <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ganeshas</span></span> in acrylic for this show.[see below]<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suw5LcTDgNI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/iIWz1_DN4U4/s1600-h/Stop+this+violence.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 322px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398752922047840466" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suw5LcTDgNI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/iIWz1_DN4U4/s400/Stop+this+violence.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Title: Stop this violence ---------><br />Being disturbed by the increasing violence all across the globe, I created this painting to express my feelings through Ganesha's eyes and the raised palm.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suw-M8hQriI/AAAAAAAAAYg/77JUhad_moo/s1600-h/Tamaso+ma+jyotirgamayo.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 322px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398758445435366946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Suw-M8hQriI/AAAAAAAAAYg/77JUhad_moo/s400/Tamaso+ma+jyotirgamayo.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Stf140b0X1I/AAAAAAAAAUo/YeTUxY2b9tg/s1600-h/Stop+this+violence.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><div align="left"><------Title: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tamaso</span></span> ma <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jyotirgamayo</span></span> - a sanskrit sloka which means 'from darkness[ignorence] lead us towards light[konwledge] </div><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">From 19<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> to 21st September we were in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bintan</span></span>. Had a relaxed time. Swimming in the clear and calm ocean was a bonus. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I had promised to help with the decoration of the Bengali Association annual event- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga_Puja"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Durga</span></span> </a><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga_Puja">Puja</a> .Had to work till midnight on 22nd. It was worth the effort. Everyone appreciated it.</span></span> </div><p><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393003462550500098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/StfME2nGMwI/AAAAAAAAAUg/BCC3TntkcFw/s400/10334_140736242289_581907289_2468678_6421478_n.jpg" /> <p>The same day I received this e-mail from fill-your-walls gallery-<br />"Congratulations! Your artwork 'sound of silence' is selected to be displayed at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">UE</span></span> square for our upcoming '<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">UE</span></span> wall of fame -Green'.<a href="http://fill-your-walls.com/gallery_page.php?pic_id=10924">click here </a>to view my work.</p><p>On 26<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> September, I took part in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Navaratri</span></span> programme at The temple of fine arts, where I learn north <a href="http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/">Indian classical music</a>[vocal] from <a href="http://www.wix.com/KalyaniPuranik/Kalyani-Puranik-intro?">Sm.<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kalyani</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Puranik</span></span></a>.We sang two songs, a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">bhajan</span></span>-'<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jaya</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">saraswati</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">varade</span></span>' in <a href="http://www.swarganga.org/raaga_details.php?raagid=156"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Raag</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Puriya</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">dhanashree</span></span></a> and <a href="http://chandrakantha.com/tala_taal/roopak_rupaktal/rupak.html"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Taal</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rupak</span></span></a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rabindra</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">sangeet</span></span></a>, <a href="http://deb.maj.googlepages.com/prothomoaaditabosokti">'<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Prothomo</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">aadi</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">tabo</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">shakti</span></span>' </a>in <a href="http://indian-classicalmusic.blogspot.com/2007/10/raag-deepak.html"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Raag</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Deepak</span></span></a> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Taal</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">Surfakta</span></span>[<a href="http://chandrakantha.com/tala_taal/sooltaal_soolfak/sultal.html"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sulfak</span></span></a>].It was my responsibility to teach the second song to the group.As accompaniment, we were <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">previledged</span></span> to have <a href="http://www.world-of-tabla.com/percussion/pakhawaj.php"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pakhawaj</span></span></a>, a kind of drum generally played with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhrupad"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dhrupad</span></span></a>.</p><p>On 28<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> September, the gallery of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gnani</span></span> arts informed me that the Ganesha painting titled '<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_43" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_43" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tamaso</span></span> ma <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_44" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_44" class="blsp-spelling-error">jyotirgamayo</span></span>' has been sold.</p><p>The events over the next few weeks were bit unexpected.On 1st October i had an appointment with the doctor and I was informed that my gall bladder needs to be removed immediately.</p><p>I quickly completed the other watercolour for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_45" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_45" class="blsp-spelling-error">NAFA</span></span> course work</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393056916382977042" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Stf8sRp4jBI/AAAAAAAAAVA/lda9w43j6Jg/s400/DSCN4420.JPG" /><br />On 9<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_46" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_46" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> October, I got rid of my gall bladder.I had to stay one night at the hospital. On 10<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_47" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_47" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> October, I received a bouquet of flowers from my children and Amie and had a brief web-cam session with them.<br /><p>At first Amie didn't come to the camera as she was busy with some art work. Next moment she surprised '<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_48" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_48" class="blsp-spelling-error">thhaam</span>'</span> by presenting her art work to welcome me and wish me speedy recovery.<img class="gl_photo" border="0" alt="Add Image" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" /></p><p><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393059822122375442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Stf_VaYJGRI/AAAAAAAAAVI/ZwHIDMONUt8/s320/4011032947_2402c3db73_b.jpg" />That was so sweet of her! It made me feel much better immediately. When I asked her whether she had painted the ocean, she said in a very definite manner that it was a 'pattern' and not the ocean.</p><br /><p>I love her choice of colours and blending and the soft yet warm feeling expressed through the texture created by the uniform value of the colours used. This means that she can estimate the proportion of colour and water and also knows how to control her strokes.</p><br /><p>She has been drawing and painting a lot these days and she told her parents that she wants to become an artist like her <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_49" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_49" class="blsp-spelling-error">thhaam</span></span> and not a new scientist[ <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_50" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_50" class="blsp-spelling-error">neuro -</span></span> scientist] like her dad !<br />Right now I am taking it easy and trying to take rest. Hoping to go back to school next week.</p>SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760797376076227662.post-59029899601980565472009-09-10T10:06:00.006+08:002009-09-10T11:26:58.844+08:002nd Semester at NAFA<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sqhgg8rLyCI/AAAAAAAAATg/S3CFs50ASEY/s1600-h/DSCN4376.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379655874053392418" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sqhgg8rLyCI/AAAAAAAAATg/S3CFs50ASEY/s400/DSCN4376.JPG" /></a>This semester,we are doing<br />water colour. The first piece done in water colour is this painting of three <a href="http://peranakan.org.sg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=57">peranakan bowls.</a><br />We were taught to use different types of washes, glazing and fine work with brush no. zero., as well as using the masking liquid.<br />Here is a great blog about water colour painting <a href="http://www.johnlovett.com/class.htm">http://www.johnlovett.com/class.htm</a><br />The first few weeks were spent again in drawing still life,but this time we learnt to use pastels.The images below show the set-up and final product.<br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379669485698015842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sqhs5QAJ4mI/AAAAAAAAAUA/3D9sV7B2q1s/s400/DSCN4377.JPG" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SqhrkaSENOI/AAAAAAAAAT4/NkDcqEePjbo/s1600-h/Image004.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379668028168615138" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/SqhrkaSENOI/AAAAAAAAAT4/NkDcqEePjbo/s200/Image004.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sqhqm0YIMCI/AAAAAAAAATw/y4IJkGrV7ro/s1600-h/Image012.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 182px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379666970021474338" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Ofler-MpLM/Sqhqm0YIMCI/AAAAAAAAATw/y4IJkGrV7ro/s200/Image012.jpg" /></a>SUDAKSHINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640437871201566398noreply@blogger.com0