Colouring as a stress buster
Colour on! Did you know that engaging in colouring has been known to provide numerous benefits. Colouring is often encouraged as a basic skill for young children learning to colour. It helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness. Colouring an intricate pattern appears to be especially effective. The Know Your Art kits […]
5 Easy DIY Crafts for Kids Using Recycled Materials: Arts and Crafts for Kids
5 Easy DIY Crafts for Kids Using Recycled Materials: Arts and Crafts for Kids Introduction: Engaging children in arts and crafts activities not only ignites their imagination but also nurtures their creativity and fine motor skills. What if you could combine the joy of crafting with an eco-friendly twist? In this article, we present 5 […]
FREE Know Your Art Printable Calendar and Planner 2024 Know Your Art
FREE Know Your Art Printable Calendar and Planner 2024 Calendar printable_2024 For our Special Friends, Amidst all the noise this past year, how fortunate we have been to have such special moments of connecting and of creativity and to look back at older memories that we continue to cherish! We would love to share this […]
Kala Ghoda Art Festival 11th Feb, 2016, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Vincent Van Gogh and the Sunflowers | Know Your Art At our first workshop at the Kala Ghoda Arts festival we introduced Van Gogh's art to our young audience. Stories on the Sunflowers and the various versions he painted came together at this fabulous event. Details such as number of flowers in each artwork, varied [...]
Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2020, Kandinsky’s Art
Kandinsky's Art, A study of Concentric Circles and synesthesia | Know Your Art When you hear a sound does it stimulate other senses like visual or tastes? If so you are blessed with synesthesia. A lucky condition that the great master artist Wassily Kandinsky shared. He could hear music and translate the sounds on canvas [...]
Vermeer’s Girl with Pearl Earring 29th July, 2018
Vermeer's Girl with Pearl Earring 29th July, 2018 This monsoon, we painted the dutch master Vermeer's iconic Girl with a Pearl Earring, a fine example of Expressionism with a slight twist. New York based artist Shonali Garud has created a unique mosaic version of this iconic painting. We tried to create a similar version of [...]
Summer Art Camp 3rd-5th June, 2018
Summer Art Camp 3rd - 5th June, 2018 Summer 2018, a very dedicated group of children joined us to learn about 3 famous artists. Each day we had discussions on art and recreated some famous paintings from genres ranging from Expressionism from the Dutch and Norwegean master to the parrots loved by Indian Modernist artist [...]
Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers – 18th March, 2017
On a relaxed Saturday evening, at a guided session at the Somaiya Centre, Mumbai, we painted these beautiful Sunflowers and discussed the significance behind Vincent Van Gogh's love for these flowers.
Bachpan at NMACC – September, 2023
2 artists were showcased at the Bachpan festival at NMACC, Mumbai, S.H. Raza and Henri Matisse. Such unique artworks were created to take back home.
Leonardo and the Flying Machine – 21st Jan, 2024
Leonardo da Vinci the multifaceted artist, painter of the famous Mona Lisa adorned many hats. He was a court jester, a renowned sculptor and also an inventor in his time. His book of ideas written in a secret code of mirror writing has the first sketches of the flying machine. We created our very own [...]