Village Scene, Warli Art
By, Minali Kancharla, Grade 7th The word Warli means a piece of land in the Varli language. Warli is a folk painting style native to India that mostly represents traditional everyday living and special events. The Warli style uses geometrical designs to make the main body of the subjects, this is for humans and animals. […]
Chaos in Oneself
By- Saesha Sharda, Freshman, 2020 “Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that the better for us all.” — Erik Erikson In the present artwork, I have chosen to write focuses on the struggles of having bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by […]
Periodt…! periods are not our weaknesses, but our strengths
By -Saesha Sharda, Grade 9th When I was a little girl, I was not really encouraged to talk about menstruation, especially in front of my older family members and relatives. Not only was I confused about why periods occur, but also why I wasn’t allowed to talk about it. Now that I’m older and know […]
Haunted Scene – Op Art
By Saira Siraj This is a Halloween drawing which includes a headstone, haunted house, pumpkins, cemetery, bats, and a tree. On the floor of this artwork, I used an op art technique to create wave-like illusions. In the sky are shapes that are like petals and I colored them with warm colors, red, yellow and […]
Desert Landscape Watercolor Painting
By: Apoorva Kulshreshtha For the month of September, we focused on landscape art work and watercolors. In the painting that I painted, there is a background of a desert with a silhouette of camel and some cacti. The drawing is of an evening sky with the sun that is setting. We learned about how to […]
My Art experience with disability
By;Aashna Singh In the month of July, my art class decided to do the art project for an international art competition as a disability project under VOSAP. I picked a blind girl with a service dog, the other kids who were in my art class, which was my brother and my cousin, did a color-blind […]
Aurora, Magic of Colors
By- Aarav Singh Today I am going to be talking about my artwork based on the Northern Lights, also known as an Aurora. This is the artwork that I did for the fourth week of July 2020, Yes while we all are shelter in place because of COVID 19 Pandemic. I found this artwork inspiring […]
Rani Padmavati, Legend of Honor and Patriotism
By Saesha Sharda For centuries, women have been underestimated, cast down compared to men, and even ridiculed. Though some change has taken place, sexism towards women still exists. Over the years, women have risen to power by peaceful protesting, hunger strikes, and much more. In fact, the year 2020 celebrates one hundred years of […]
Hand Dexterity still relevant for highly specialized professions
Hand or Manual dexterity is the ability to use your hands in a skillful, coordinated way to grasp and manipulate objects and demonstrate small, precise movements. As per Dr. Roger Kneebone about a worrisome issue affecting medical students in the UK: They show a lack of hand dexterity in simple tasks such as tying knots and […]
Art for improving Hand Dexterity for Children
“The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence”, – Maria Montessori. children’s dexterity is so important in their education and for their overall development. art has great role to play in this regard. Arts helps in refining hand dexterity help children develop their cognitive, social and motor abilities. Art plays major role in developing following […]
