Art with Sara

Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s artwork is by an incredibly talented young artist who is as passionate as brillitant.

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Art, what I believed it to be, was a way of expressing feelings which are  inexpressible in words.

Eventually I learned that it could be done simply to  satisfy oneself or just for joy.

But what does my art mean to me? Surely my artworks do not just mean a
mere collection to me. It is a valuable collection that constantly reminds me of my hard work and sometimes I also think of wonderful memories associated with the paintings.

Back in 2015,my mum put me in art classes, where I started to master my  basics. After all the question is what kept me coming to art all the time?

I think that every photo taken, comes in with a memory. The very same way, I paint because every painting transforms into a beautiful moment in my mind.

Those beautiful moments gives me so much bliss and joy that i never want to stop painting.

I remember one such event ,when I was gazing at my painting of goddess Saraswati. I had found the picture in a book and it kept reminding me of the stories in the book.

Every time I completed a part of the painting or even the  whole picture it gave me a sense of accomplishment.

That immense joy that I experienced was just an excellent experience.

So that is my story. I never ever want to stop painting .

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s wonderful artwork is shared by a young artist who talks beautifully and honestly of his journey with art. What a wonderful message to every child who thinks they are not naturally blessed with a talent.

Samarth A is a 13 year old from Mysore. He is a student in 8th grade at St. Joseph’s school(C.B.S.E), Jayalakshmipuram.

Samarth is delighted with his art classes at The Hobby Place, for nurturing his talent.

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When I was in grade 1, I didn’t draw so well in my drawing books and notebooks nor in other subjects . I didn’t know how important drawing was and how it would affect my future studies.

I wouldn’t join drawing classes because I would love to play video games  instead of learning drawing. Even when my parents forced me to go, I was still stuck with my stubborn behaviour.

One fine day at school, it was drawing period and I got scolding from my  teacher, asking, “Why can’t you draw like your sister?’’

Everyone in my class laughed at me and that day gave me motivation to start  focusing on my art.

When I reached grade 4, the same teacher appreciated  me for my gradual change in art and drawing.

Whenever I would start, the drawing looked pale and lifeless but whenever I  used to fill colours in it and finish, it looked really beautiful.

I would be proud of myself, once I finished my artwork.

My favourite painting is palette knife painting.

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today 7 year old Radhika Banerjee from Singapore shares her excitement with us, after participating in MeMeraki’s brilliant art workshops, which are run to revive the attention that ancient Indian art forms deserve.

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It was my summer holidays and I did an art class.

I learnt a new form of art called Cheriyal painting.

I liked the way the shapes were used to draw the painting. In Cheriyal painting, they use primary colours to paint.

I drew a lady with a basket with oranges.

I spoke to my friends about it. It was great fun!

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s young artist has a unique interest- to paint Indian gods and deities.

P. Malolan likes to learn mantras, vedas, cycling and drawing pictures of God. While drawing, he feel happy.
He is a student of Sri Sankara Vidhyalaya Higher Secondary School, Puducherry.

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I like our nation very much. This is my first try in 3D drawing.

Lets keep our nation clean and safe. Give respect to our culture.
Be a good Citizen. I would like to serve our nation. Jai Hind.

Lord Krishna gave us so many golden thoughts via Bhagawath Gita.  All are  fruitful in our day to day life.

Pleasant to hear music coming from flute. Ganapriyan = Music Lover

Lord Maha Vishnu who creates the world.

Rama Bakthar Jai Hanuman.

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s wonderful artwork and thoughts around it, are shared by 10 year old S. Shivani Devi from Chennai .

Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s wonderful doodle artworks are shared by 12 year old Meher Gandhi from Vadodara.

Meher is an avid reader who also loves to play the keyboard. She enjoys swimming and dancing. Meher goes to Navrachana International School, Vadodara (NISV). She is a student of Young Orators.

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Today I will tell you about my transformation from a “doodling is not for me person” to “wow! I can doodle so well” person.

I used to see many of my school friends ‘doodle.’ I loved them, the diminutive designs they all made. But I always thought that I’m not wired to doodle.

Those friends had a group in which they would share all kinds of doodles. My English teacher doodles very well and they had started something called Doodlethon. I wanted to draw them too, but I never thought I had the spirit within me.

Slowly, I gathered and mustered up all my courage, that I hadn’t used since decades and picked up a pencil to draw the outline. I was about to give up after drawing the outline as it had confirmed that I was not cut for doodling.

It was then, that my English teacher, Ma’am Srilakshmi  emboldened me with her wit to try my hand and told me to keep striving till I was satisfied.

Guess what? It worked!

Not only did I complete my outline but also the interior minute doodle work. I  sent her a picture and I was thrilled that she found it wonderful.

This drove my spirits up. I developed a liking for doodling. I started on my second one and it was simply lovely. And so , I continued. Day by day my doodles became superior and finer. I must admit, that once my barrier of fear  was broken, the journey was satisfying and enjoyable.

This connected me to many folks who are fine doodlists and their doodles helped enhance my learning.

My best friends also helped me draw better as they encouraged me. It was indeed a major necessity for me to draw well.

One of my all-time favourite doodles is ‘The Butterfly.’ This is close to my heart
because I can relate to it. The way a butterfly symbolizes the transformation into something beautiful, I too feel that I have evolved gradually in this learning process and transformed into a confident doodlist.

I must say, the internet here has a very brawny use, which works as a starter  and gives you many innovative ideas to ignite your mind.

With this, I not only learnt how to doodle, outline, trace and hold the pen with
confidence but also learnt a very worthy, valuable and important lesson that is to ‘Never Give Up!’

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s wonderful artwork and thoughts around it, are shared by 9 year old  Rishan Rajesh from Chennai.

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Rishan loves reading adventure stories, playing cricket, drawing his favorite cartoon characters and doing craft work using clay.

He is a student of NSN Memorial Senior Secondary School, Chennai.

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After studying and finishing my school work, whenever I have time, I look for good pictures to draw.

This drawing I have  done after reading the story book – MAGIC SCHOOL BUS TAKES A MOON WALK

I always want to do something different from my previous artwork. Here I  have done a pencil sketch of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, dedicated to my teachers and parents on the occasion of Teacher’s Day.

Here is an artwork based on a cartoon show I enjoy.

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s wonderful artwork and thoughts around it, are shared by10 year old M. Vidhya Lakshmi from Chennai .

10 year old M. Vidhya Lakshmi from Chennai shares a write up on her beautiful artwork and thoughts.

She is very interested in drawing, art and crafts and singing .

Vidhya is a student of NSN Memorial Senior Secondary School, Chennai

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When I was studying in second standard I started drawing small pictures and I am continuing even now.  Here are some of the drawings I made during  the lock down period.

Once, my father took me to his friend’s house. His daughter was drawing pictures and doing some art and craft. It inspired me to do more and more art.

I always enjoyed art and craft from my childhood days.

I simply enjoy drawing a picture, with or without any story. My art may not have a theme to its subject. I paint in general, both drawing and art and craft.

While creating art work I feel happy, and enjoy working on it and finally completing it I like to admire it.

From my own work my favourite art work is Little Krishna.

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s wonderful artwork and thoughts around it, are shared by 10 year old Deekshita Sureshkumar from Chennai. Dont miss her unique pencil shaving art.

Deekshita loves reading short stories and fairy tales. She is also fond of art and craft. She is a student of NSN Memorial Senior Seconday School, Chennai.

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One of the important spare time activity I enjoy, is art and craft work.  Whenever I have even five minutes of time, I immediately start making a craft work for my Barbie doll. I always like to make colourful and vibrant art works. Art not only engages me, but it gives joy and great satisfaction to me.

Here is my recent work – Mandala art. As I was surfing for some art videos and ideas, I saw this on google. It impressed me a lot. Mandala is an ancient art form where shapes have vibrant appearance.

When I started to draw this, I felt its difficult and tough as it has more of tiny works but eventually I tried and completed it.  As I finished, my parents appreciated me . I was so happy and excited to see the final one.

Each and every time I sit for art, I want to do something different from the  previous one.

I like the pencil shaving art. It really means a lot to me.

Here is another one of my favourite painting-

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Ready to get stunned?  Today I share the breath-taking work of  10 year old Aditi from Wolverhampton UK.

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 I decided to do Madhubani art to showcase one of the richest art heritage of  India. Madhubani painting  is practiced in Mithila. This painting is done with a variety of tools, including fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks and using natural dyes and pigments. It is characterized by its eye-catching geometrical patterns. There is ritual content for particular occasions, such as birth or marriage, and festivals, such as Holi, Surya Shasti, Kali Puja,  Upanayana, and Durga Puja.

The paintings were traditionally done on freshly plastered mud walls and  floors of huts, but now they are also done on cloth, handmade paper and canvas. Bright colours like red, yellow, blue, green, orange are used for these  paintings.

The next paining I share is titled ‘A village in Bengal.’Having been born and brought up in U.K. and with patients hailing from Bengal, I always wondered how the villages of Bengal and India in general would look like. Although I’ve been to India, I’ve only visited Kolkata and never been outside the city. I came across a painting of a quintessential Bengal village by the great Indian artist Gaganendranath Tagore and was inspired to draw my own take of a Bengal village. 

Durga puja is arguably the most important cultural event every year on a Bengali’s calendar. The whole state stops to celebrate the five days when the goddess Durga along with her four children leaves her husband Shiv’s abode and returns to her maternal home. This picture,Ardhanarishwar, depicts half Durga and half Shiv in perfect balance with each other. It signifies how the masculine and feminine energies are in a perfect balance in this universe and in reality are two sides of the same coin and these energies are inseparable (or the same) from each other.

Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today’s wonderful artwork and thoughts around it, are shared by 8 year old Krrish Mehra from Kolkata.

Krrish is a fun loving and playful boy. He loves music, playing and dancing with his little sister and likes playing tennis, cricket, carrom, etc. He loves to travel and is an excited and observant traveler. His love for nature is apparent in his artwork. Krrish is a student of La Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata.

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Having a new-found interest in drawing and colouring, I decided to try to make a few drawings. As I saw a beautiful bird outside my window, I decided to make a bird. I gave the bird so many colours as I was imagining a bird like this  somewhere in the forest.

I was quite happy and excited at the start of making this drawing, and was stunned to see it at the end.

In  my picture I want to show how beautiful and colourful nature is.

My parents,my little sister and I visited a mountain last October and I liked it very much. Thats why I decided to make a picture of mountains. We visited so many places and on the way I saw mountains, the sun, waterfall and a hut, all at once and it felt good.

I was quite happy and excited while making this drawing.

My favourite art-work is Mona Lisa that my mother showed me a few months ago (attached Mona Lisa artwork)

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Here is a young artist, 5 year old Omeraa Shriwardhankar from Mumbai sharing her adorable thoughts on her adorable artwork.

Our art section wont have been complete without an image of the Frozen princess Elsa, isnt it?

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I love to draw since i was a baby.

I Love Rainbow.

I drew this because its a beautiful scenery.

While drawing i felt nice and excited.  Life is beautiful.

I like many drawings especially all princess.

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Today, I publish the work of a very talented artist  from Chennai- 13 year old V. Jai  Sankaranand . He is a student of NSN Memorial Senior Secondary School.

In addition  In addition to a great spread of artwork, he is also very interested in doing science projects.

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I have been interested in drawing since my childhood days. I started drawing  when I was in IV std and am continuing even now.I always enjoyed art from my childhood.

Here I have attached some of my art pictures. My recent art work is Lord Ganesha, as a Ganesh Chathurthi special.

My favourite picture is Charlie Chaplin and Lord Ganesha.

I am also very fond of 3d drawings

I was very interested in drawing cartoon characters. To take my drawings to  the next level, I chose portraits of people.

Mother Teresa’s is my favourite art work. I tried 5 times and it came out very  well only at the sixth time.

When I start my art, usually I will just give a try and I will not expect perfection in it. But after finishing it, I myself wonder at my perfection.

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Hello everyone, your friend Sara here! Art is not just about drawing beautifully or colouring wonderfully within the lines. It is also about the ability to imagine or create a design from scratch.

Today I am very excited to share the artwork of one such brilliant artist who not only drew and coloured but also conceptualized a humorous idea himself- 9 year old Aarush from Bangalore. He is a student of BGS World School, Bangalore.

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My big passion is playing cricket. I am an RCB fan and practice cricket with full gear everyday. But I also try my hands at art.

I love super-heroes and have been an Avengers fan.

I decided to create my own super-hero. Stand back Iron Man, Hulk, Spider Man, here is a a real life super-hero who is a detective.He helps people find lost  laptops , books and gadgets!

I have designed his full get up myself, in keeping with his personality and role.

Thank you.

Hello young artists, your friend Sara here! Bright and colourful is how ‘Art with Sara’ section is. Today on the eve of India’s Independence Day, I am happy to   dedicate this section to the  artwork and expressions of a young artist, who wants to use his art and skills to convey a message for the country.

5 year old Aadi Jain from Kolkata  shares his artwork and his understanding of freedom and who the real heroes of the country are .

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I have made this drawing for 15th of August as we are celebrating our  Independence day.

Art means colours to me, so I have used the colours of our flag to create this picture,  a salute to the real heroes of our nation who  are keeping our country safe. When I was drawing the pictures, I felt very proud for them. 

Here is some brilliant artwork and an an equally well thought write up by Ishita Achary from Chennai. Can you believe she is only 8 years old?

For me, art is a way of expressing my imaginations.

I love to play with colors on canvas to express my thoughts and art is the only way to do it. Hence, I love art.

During the lockdown period, I have watched the TV show “Shree Krishna” and it inspired me to create various paintings of Lord Krishna and Radha.

I do see photographs of Lord Krishna through various means and draw the painting in my own way and color patterns.

There is always a hidden message behind my art work and it depends on the theme of paintings. This “Lord Radha-Krishna” painting tells the story of love and devotion of Radha towards Lord Krishna and the precious time they spent together.

I love to do abstract and composite style paintings. Paintings based on nature and natural objects are my cup of tea. I do face a bit of challenge while painting human faces. I am practicing trying various techniques to overcome this challenge.

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section. Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

This write up by 12 year old Ira Ratnaparkhi from  Hongkong is so refreshing,  with her honesty and passion oozing out. Ira was a participant at MeMeraki’s brilliant art workshops, a company committed to revive the attention for Indian folk art across the world.

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I decided to do the Patachitra workshop because I was bored at home during the summer holidays and you can’t go out due to the pandemic. Also wanted   to do it because I thought of trying something new other than Madhubani,  which I have tried to learn before. I have always been interested in drawing and art and love to draw or paint since childhood.

I chose Patachitra and Warli because they looked a bit easy to do, and I was interested in Patachitra. Though both the drawings were not that easy to  draw.  When I was doing the background of the Patachitra, I used some of my   Madhubani techniques and double lined everything. When we were drawing   the Warli, I used brown and red paint and white paint for the Warli people.

In my drawing, The Warli tells the story of normal people doing their work. The  story could also be that they are cleaning and making food because it’s a special occasion or festival. The Patachitra tells the story of Ganesha. The  artist told us that he had to draw Ganesha more than 100 times when he was a  student. No wonder his is so good!

I love to draw and paint because it makes me peaceful and happy. Since I don’t  like to talk too much, I paint. When I draw, I love to listen to music. It helps me  focus more and get the painting done quicker.

I have tried different kinds of  mediums such as watercolour, canvas, acrylic,  pencils and sketching, nibs etc. Usually, I can sit for a long time in one place  and paint for hours if you let me. Sometimes it takes one day to complete a  painting and sometimes it takes me many days.

I chose to draw in the first place because my mum said I should learn a type of  art. I chose to draw Madhubani as a project in year 6 for my school exhibition  project, and since then I have gotten better at it.

I think everyone should learn a different kind of folk art from their home  country.  In India, there are many folk arts to choose from, and each state has  its own style of folk art and handlooms and design motifs. Indian folk art is  very beautiful. They think of lines in different ways.

Even if you love painting you still need to learn it, as an experienced teacher  can teach many secrets and techniques. I have learnt the techniques of applying layers and correcting mistakes from my painting class. Sometimes I have to do more than 4 layers on one painting just to get the right texture of  the colour and blending.

When I get impatient, I spoil the painting. I also get  upset when the teacher  and I do not agree on the exact shade or corrections. I love painting and hope  to try oil painting and many more kinds of folk art.

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Hello art- lovers, Sara here! Welcome to my vibrant ‘Art with Sara’ section,  where I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of  ‘expressing their art.’

I bring to you today, the beautiful artwork and reflections of 13 year old Rhea from Hong Kong, on the back of the lovely art workshops organized by MeMeraki, committed to spread awareness of Indian folk art across the world.

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I have always been interested in art so I decided to join the zoom workshops to learn new forms of art I hadn’t tried before.

When creating the artwork during the classes, I felt more calm and relaxed.

The subject of this artwork was an elephant with a tree behind it. It was fun to chose my own colour combinations to fill in the design, while still drawing and painting in the Madhubani art style.

It was fun to learn new art forms and techniques through the workshop while creating my own artwork.

The workshops were very fun in general and it was nice to use this time at home to learn new art forms.

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section.

Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

11 year old Aashesha Gupta from Gurgaon shares her enviable collection of artwork with us and some really wonderful thoughts about how Art is much beyond a splash of colours- it soothes our mind and puts a smile on our face.

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I really love Indian art. Before I started my folk art workshops, I never knew  that there are so many art forms within India and I was amazed!

It was a great feeling to attend art workshops because one gets to know the  story behind the art form and the artist and what all struggles did the artists  face.

I have always been the person who would sit down and start drawing and doodling every day, but when I saw the how detailed Indian art was, I was  spellbound and I started to take more interest in that! It looked really intricate but the artist would always make it easy for us to understand and would tell us beautiful stories that brought a smile to my face each time.

Some of my favourite art forms are Pattachitra, Madhubani and Gond. I can’t stop looking at those paintings, it just makes me feel so nice. Every weekend I attend workshops and learn new forms and I even look forward to attending the kids workshops.

Now my knowledge of Indian art has increased and I have made numerous paintings and I am proud of each one of them. I would say that this has been partially what I have doing all throughout quarantine and I would love to stay in touch with all the artists and would be glad to meet them one day!

‘’Art is a world of stories and each time you fold the page, you will find something glorious and new.’’

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Hello young artists, your friend Sara here. In my colourful ‘Art with Sara’  section, I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Here is 6 year old Atharv Tiwari of DPS Nagpur talking about how art helped him break the monotony of lockdown life, as he churned out his wonderful creations.

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Art and craft is to draw pictures and make things using our hands. During  lockdown, I was getting a little bored so my mother guided me to draw  pictures and fill them with colours. In the beginning, I was wondering how to  draw interesting pictures. Then, my mother showed me the drawing book  where I used to draw pictures with the help of alphabets and numbers.

It truly helped me and I  began enjoying my drawing with different colours. In the month of April, my online school classes started. My class teacher guided all of us to make craft items with the help of different pictures by following step by step instructions. My few art and craft activities which gave me new learning in my life.

During my online classes, I made Piggy Bank which helped me to save money. Then I made Five Animal Puppets-I made this using paper, drew animals and  pasted it on a finger shaped paper made by me and I also wrote story on it, named ‘The Clever Elephant.’

I also made Day and Night-I enjoyed painting this a lot and learnt that  there are different phases of moon like half moon and full moon. My concentration is improving because of doing art and craft activities.

My drawing to respect Corona Warriors was liked by my family and class  teacher. I drew beautiful drawing for my class teacher because teachers are  like God. I love doing art and craft activities. I am thankful to my mother and class teacher as they helped me and kept me busy during these lockdown
days.

Almost all my art and craft work was done by using waste things of home. Art and craft activity had made me little creative and expressive. It’s the best way to keep oneself happy and busy. I enjoy colouring and painting.

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Hey young artists, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my vibrant ‘Art with Sara’ section, where I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of  ‘expressing their art.’

Today on the birth anniversary of Amelia Earhart, the poster child of ‘what girls can achieve,’ I am excited to share this beautiful piece by Aayat Lal. Living in London and all of 7 years, Aayat knows more about Indian art forms than most of us would. Aayat wants to do her bit to revive traditional folkarts,  enjoying immensely the folk art  workshops by MeMeraki.

Here is a girl on a mission!

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During Lockdown, these art classes have inspired me to become an artist.  Every time I paint, I get better at it.

I joined these classes because I wanted to get better at art. I also joined these  art classes because I knew that only a few families are doing these art forms. This means that in a few years, these art forms will become extinct.

We have to learn about these art forms more so that we can pass it on to others and we can save these precious art forms.

When I finish each painting, I feel amazed because my painting looked so good. I have also learnt that India has a lot of art forms.

I have learnt many art forms from India so are.

Some of them are Phad Art from Rajasthan, Pichwai from Rajasthan, Assamese Scroll from Assam, Gond from Bhopal, Warli from Maharashtra, Pattachitra from Bengal and Orissa, Mata Ni Pachedi from Gujarat and Kalamkari from Andhra Pradesh.

My favourite artform is Phad Art because it’s very colourful.

When I read books, it’s like my brain is stretching to think more about the scenes and the writing and then I picture the scene in my mind. These art classes have also helped me with my concentration.

I know that every GOND Painting has a story behind it and a few more art forms also have stories too.Art has made me much happier and has also made me forget all the bad things in life.

Now when I look at a painting, I want to know what artform it is and what is the story behind it. I am so thankful that art classes are here.

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Hello young artists, your friend Sara here. In my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section, I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Here is a budding artist 7 years old Divisha Agarwala from Kolkata, sharing with us her beautiful thoughts on art.

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I love art because it makes me feel happy and I enjoy doing it.

When I was 4 years old, I used to see my elder sister doing art and I also got interested in drawing.

When I start making any art I am in my own world of imagination. I like  doodling, mandala and other forms. I enjoy making scenery, cartoon characters and much more.

Whenever any special occasion comes, I make cards for my loved ones and  friends. When they appreciate my work and when I see a smile on their face, I feel very happy.

My dream is to become an accomplished artist when I grow up.

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Hey everyone, your friend Sara here! Welcome to my colourful ‘Art with Sara’ section. Here I publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Here is a lively write up from Kiyan Mahajan from Dallas, all of 5 years and the youngest artist I have seen!  Kiyan was a participant at MeMeraki’s brilliant folk art  workshops, sharing a write up as lively as he is.

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I love art because I like to decorate. I feel very happy when I complete my art so we can decorate our home with my art.

Also, I love doing activities with art. I like using highlighters, pencils, crayons, markers and paint brushes to draw and color my art.

I liked Madhubani, Cheriyal scroll and Pichwai art workshops. I also love doing abstract art because I can draw whatever I want and use my imagination.

Sometimes my art tells a story – like once I made an art about pillows jumping up and down. I will continue working on art so I can get better at my art forms.

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Hello lovely people, Sara here. I am so excited to launch our ‘Art with Sara’ section and publish the writings of young artists who not only share their beautiful work, but also manage an equally challenging task of ‘expressing their art.’

Here is 9 year old Khushee Desai from San Jose, California, a participant at MeMeraki’s folk art workshops, sharing a vibrant write up on what runs in the mind of a young artist.

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Sometimes my art tells a story but most times it doesn’t what can it be.  I once  created an art based on Harry Potter and was trying to portray myself in the  school of Hogwarts and the sorting hat was sorting me into a house and it screamed Gryffindor!! And it had all the characters of Harry Potter that I liked. And I added patterns I learnt in the workshop in my painting.