Tag: Artwork

  • The ABCs of Art

    The ABCs of Art

    I believe, introducing ‘Art’ has been one of the most challenging tasks of our education, as it involves exploring one’s ‘creativity’ and while doing this, one has to be utmost cautious about not harming the very purpose of this exercise.

    As such, I was never formally trained in sketching/drawing. Whatever happened during my school days under the garb of art classes, can, at best, be termed as ‘learning on your own’ without getting even the rudimentary introduction/guidance, which I wish to provide here.

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  • Books Are Windows

    Books are the windows to fantastic and magical worlds! Keep the windows open!” Children who read grow up to become adults who think.

  • Locked In and Locked Out

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    Each of us seems to have their own bubbles. We are all only connected with wires. We are locked in our own spaces and locked out of togetherness and happiness.

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  • Beauty Lies in the Details

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    Character sketch is a rough-and-ready rendering or thumbnail portrayal of an individual, capturing, in brief, that person’s physical characteristics, psychological attributes, and the like. The brief descriptions often capitalise on the more unusual or humorous aspects of the person’s character. Character sketches are usually identified by irony, humor, exaggeration, and satire. The term originates in portraiture, where the character sketch is a common academic exercise. The artist performing a character sketch attempts to capture an expression or gesture that goes beyond coincident actions and gets to the essence of the individual.

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  • The Tiger and the Monkeys

    The Tiger and the Monkeys

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A fun tale from Meghalaya that tells why the Tigers and Monkeys cannot stand each other.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Listen to the Tale” color=”success” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7xd77_XGv5g%26feature%3Dyoutu.be||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]