Mural Art
Wall Mural (2018)
The mural stands at 7 x 5 ft. done with oil and enamel paints on a living room wall. I have taken reference online and have been heavily inspired from the mural art and wall paintings of the Don Bosco Centre for Indigeneous Cultures, Shillong.
The girl in the mural belongs to the Singpho Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh and borderline Upper Assam. They live in villages, are buddhists, and comprise of a population of only 7,200 people.
The process took me 3 days to complete. First, I made the base with enamel and worked the detailing with oil paints. Then, I sprayed fixative to preserve the paint.
Public Art & Graffiti (2017)
This artwork was done as part of the Public Art and Graffiti course from Open Electives 2017, guided by Vaibhav Raj Shah.
Wheatpaste (or poster glue) is a type of liquid adhesive that can be made right out of one's kitchen. It is a mixture of wheat flour and water, usually in the ratio of 1 : 4 (a little sugar can also be added for extra stickiness). It is an inexpensive product that is often used for banners and posters in public places. For this particular project, we each used nine A2 newsprint papers, joined together by masking tape for illustrating and black poster paint. For pasting the artwork, the surface of the wall was cleaned, a layer of glue was applied with the help of a brush, the artwork was stuck paper by paper, and a final coat of glue was applied on it evenly.
Wheatpaste art is a non-permanent way of creating public art. Always choose a spot which is out of the sun and rain to make it last longer. The newsprint, once dried, turns transparent.
To know more about what we did in this course, click on this link. It is a video compilation of what we did for a week in the course, compiled by our faculty.
