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One of the main differences between art and advertisement can be driven from their primary purpose. Street art gives one a vision of a whole new imaginary world, whereas advertisement provides an individual with the thought to access and purchase the

Hi,

My apologies for not turning up more often. Priorities, distractions, excuses, etc...

Recently I treated myself to some wonderful magic on the Arabian Sea coast, namely, at the Sasawane village in Maharashtra's Raigad district (near Alibag). I stay

A very interesting story on Ranga today in The Hindu today.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/ranganath-krishnamani-documents-the-traditional-cityscape-of-bengaluru-through-pushcarts/article8807415.ece

I am delighted to announce that the Archaeological Survey of India has responded to our query that was filed through the RTI, and has declared very clearly that

"No permission is required to sketch within the precincts of a monument if any person is N

Dear friends, Our  small attempt in Chennai inspired by Bengaluru's Chitra Santhe was a great success, with wonderful participation by around 80 artists and few thousand visitors. It included demonstrations and contests for children, enthusiastically

Came across this blog with some useful information on how we have been doing some things totally wrong, or with wrong methods, information, etc in this article titled - "Painting, You’re Doing It Wrong" by New American Paintings.

Here is a series of sketches, call them Urban sketching if you will, by Felix Scheinberger.

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/felix-scheinberger-mit-dem-zeichenstift-durch-hamburg-fotostrecke-130644.html

This is his website: http://www.felixsc

Please bear with my initial self-introduction. It is just a preamble:

I am an electronics Engineer by training. I have been a professional in that field with decent success.

I have been practicing the visual arts, drawing, sketching, watercolors a

Somebody, an artist or a gallery owner, asked me recently about taxes pertaining to art works, artists and art galleries. And it dawned upon me that its such a fuzzy topic in the minds of people of our community. Although I am not an authority on  ta

Come, let's discover the Graphic Novel.

Ordinary comics, and their humble paneled imitations is a thing of the past. The new way of drawing comics is to break those boxy barriers and unleash the story with a specatualar bang — it's a trippy amalgamati

A long time project and the brain child of Sandeep Marwah to launch Asian School of Arts will see its grand opening during 3rd Global Festival of Journalism Noida 2015 informed Dr. A.K.Srivastava Director Asian School of Media Studies
Representatives

Hi All,

Hope you are doing fine. One of my friends is looking for a digital caricature artist who can help in designing an invite for marriage... This output can be / will be used both for electronic and print media.

If there is someone interested, may

Finally I could manage a WIP and posting it here. This painting was done en plein air at some random place near Bhubaneswar on 21 Dec 2014.

To know the process please visit http://micheal-learns-to-paint.blogspot.in/2014/12/process.html

Even if there were a little indiscreet haste in my stroke before the line culminates at the intended end, grief seizes me. Amidst a host of preoccupations I may forget it for a while temporarily, but the gravity of the error shall haunt me through th

Hi there,

I have been going outdoor sketching in different places in Bhubaneswar for more than a month now and I must confess that I have been spoiled for choice. There is so much to paint and sketch here. Ancient temples, gardens, parks, caves, zoo,

One more place for a Jam?

JP National Park

Open the link here -  How to Recognise Famous Artist's of Previous Years - to see an amazing way to quickly know who you are dealing with. Its a funny way to categorise and recognise  the famous artists of yesteryears....

Art is fun... so lets have so

Heylo,

Well.. I am in Ahmedabad for a month or maybe more and I am kind of idle on the weekends. So are there any drawing enthusiasts in this lovely city willing to meet up for some pencil jamming on the weekends? Also suggest a good place to go sketc