WAKRO, Jun 13: A 5-day art workshop in drawing and painting for students of class 6 to 10 was conducted at New Pukhuri village by APNE Library, Wakro. The resource person was Behelti Ama, a fine arts student of Kalakshetra, Chennai, a centre of excellence in Fine Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
The workshop with daily sessions of 2 hours each covered introduction to techniques in sketching, proportions, light effect, shading, use of pencils, crayons, and water colour.
The participants worked on preparing sketches of real objects like fruits and vegetables and produced sketches related to environment awareness.
Sharing their impressions, participants expressed their happiness in getting some basic exposure to art work and hoped that they could attend such sessions over longer durations.