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LET'S START ART: NOVEMBER 2018
The month of November started with the Diwali holidays and extended till the festival of Chhath (छठ), so the students came back to their schools after a long break full of celebrations and sweets. The first set of Let's Start Art sessions were conducted to make the students document their experience of the festivals. The students made drawings of decorated houses, Rangoli (colorful patterns made outside the house), Diwali celebration and Chhath rituals. -
Sohrai: The Traditional Harvest art of Jharkhand
The Sohrai art painted on the mud wall is a matriarchal tradition handed down from mother to daughter. Usually either monochromatic or colorful, these paintings are done totally by using natural pigments mixed in the mud. The people coat the wall with a layer of white mud, and while the white layer is still wet, they draw with their fingertips or with broken pieces of combs or with chewed saal wood tooth-sticks (datwan). The Sohrai art celebrates fertility in the harvest where the walls are painted with animal motifs. -
LET'S START ART: OCTOBER 2018
Water, one of the most important natural resources, is diminishing rapidly, and we need to work towards saving it immediately. In the month of October, the first set of Let's Start Art workshops were conducted to make the students aware of Water Conservation and to instigate ideas of saving water into their minds.The second set of workshops were conducted after the Dussehra holidays, and we asked the students to draw their experience at the Dussehra fair. The students made adorable drawings of Ravana, the Rakshasa king of Lanka. -
FROM THE WALLS OF SARAI MOHANA
Sarai Mohana is a village in Varanasi. It’s not very far from the main city, yet the stark contrast between the urban and the rural is quite evident. Rajkumar, a professional artist from Sarai Mohana is trying to paint his village on the world map. The small bridge that connects Sarai Mohana to the city of Varanasi is very symbolic of Rajkumar’s efforts. The walls of Sarai Mohana are covered by some world-class murals. And though Rajkumar is the one who comes up with the concept, the surprising element is that the murals are made by the locals. -
YOUR CREATIVE BEST: "Decorate a plain t-shirt"
Neelam has a brand new idea to transform your plain t-shirt using shaving foam and fabric colours with this funky colourful look. Try this at home and share the pictures with us on Facebook, Insta, and Twitter @shuruart. We will show the world what you created!
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Let's Start Art: September 2018
In India, the 5th day of September is celebrated as Teachers' Day, in the memory of the country's former Vice-President Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. So, the theme of the first set of Let's Start Art sessions was Teachers' Day in which we asked the students to make greeting cards for their teachers. The teachers were equally grateful to receive the adorable greeting cards as the students were to make those. -
Let's Start Art: August 2018
What do you know about an agricultural farm?
The first set of Let's Start Art sessions for the month of August started with this question. Around 130 students from 5 Govt. Primary Schools in Varanasi attended the workshops.
All the students had their own element of fascination from the farms. Some of the students were fascinated by the scarecrows, while others couldn't get over the tube wells, sowing, and techniques of planting rice. It was surprising that the students, who have never been introduced to the methods of crop production and management, have observed such details on their own.
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Drawing Copy of Mayank from Govt. Primary School, Orderly Bazaar
Mayank is a student of class- 3rd at Govt. Primary School, Orderly Bazaar. He's a silent student in class but his work reflects his observation. Not just the stories, but also the diagrams from the science book, he confidently draws all these in his drawing book and this has definitely made learning easier for him.
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ART IN THE LANES OF VARANASI
Art has always been the mirror of society. There are major historical incidents that are identified through the art of those times. Although art was supposed to exist only to please and flatter the establishment, there were always public artworks that reflected the public history, their beliefs, and part of evolving culture.
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Indian Art Series: The Great Goddess Battles the Demons
The story is told at great length in the Devi Mahatmya - literally, 'Glory of the Great Goddess', also referred as Durga Saptashati - a text embedded inside 'Markandeya Purana'. The folio of is from a dispersed manuscript of the Devi Mahatmya.
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Drawing copy of Nandini from Govt. Primary School, Nagwa
Nandini is a student of 5th standard at Govt. Primary School, Nagwa in Varanasi. 95% of students like Nandini are enrolled in Govt. Primary Schools. According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2014 published by Pratham NGO, the overall picture of basic reading is sick. In 2014, only a quarter in standard III, only a half in standard V and around 75% in standard VIII, of all children respectively can read a standard II text accurately.
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YOUR CREATIVE BEST: Renewal of an Old Purse using Coneliners
An old purse that you're no longer using, but you're of course dying for a new one. We have a refreshing solution for you.
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