At yesterday’s drawing from history workshop, we explored Michelangelo’s ‘Art of the Nude’, and what an experience it was listening to Jon (The Renaissance Workshop) expound the life of this Master sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance. Here’s a sketch of Adam in the fresco ‘The Creation of Man’ on the vault …
Last week’s drawing from history workshop was based on the works of Raphael (1483-1520), an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Raphael was quite prolific, he left behind a large body of work despite his early death at 37. This workshop was rejuvenating, I think it was because of Raphael’s spirit… that seemed …
So being uprooted at the age of ten (from an oil rich country in the Gulf) and forced to settle down in a little obscure village at the tip of the Indian Peninsular can be quite unnerving for a little girl, who didn’t know the language and hated the red soiled roads. There were no …
So in the cousin’s whatsapp group the topic veered into the recent news of celebrity couples who got divorced after their grandiose weddings, where they proclaimed their love for each other in an extravagant manner. So anyway, I was like how can they just lose all that love in a year. I mean if you …
A few creative souls from the life-drawing community wanted to do something for India in her time of crisis, so they put together a marathon life-drawing session (an eight hour session with models from various parts of the globe), ‘Helping India Breathe’, and the entire proceeds went to foundations that have been working to provide …
The year-end transitions are always the most exciting of times. Family comes down from wherever they are and tickets are booked to travel from one home to another. December is always exciting… and here are a few pictures of 2018 gi ving way to 2019. The crib in Chennai home… I liked the little waterfalls …
Can’t believe I haven’t posted here in a long long long time, but that’s how busy the year end/beginning transition always is. There are decorations to think about, cards to make, cakes to bake, tickets to book, friends to meet, family to see and shopping that has to be done… one can never get enough …
Woke up in Lyon and immediately went to look out the window, I was somehow fascinated to be living in this old part of town where there are hardly any vehicles, just foot traffic. Road trip companions smiling from our airbnb apartment window. We got ready, took a few pictures… Then crossed the river Saône, …
It was a Sunday when Jude arrived, so after picking him up at the airport we went to church… A really interesting tree in church… look at the limbs, it’s like they’re dancing. After church we went to this place, Vicolo 39 located in Carouge, for brunch… Flowers outside the restaurant Wine to start with… The …
