Still Life 1

After many years I am going back to oil painting. So I decided to start from the beginning. I started attending Oil Painting class at West Valley, a straight 5 hour class on Fridays.
I started with a still objects painting with just black and white and its shades. We had to make our own black color instead of the black color from the tube. That was a bit challenging.

Making Bread "Bhakri"

In my fourth semester, I decided to make a woman making bread, called bhakri. This is made out of sorghum flour and is done by hand. It is a village setting, where bhakri is the staple diet there. The stove is small with coal and wood. To make it even more authentic, I prepared a base with mud, clay and hay. As a backup, I also made a base with bronze.

Sisters

My daughters used to play a game called "Phugdi", where you hold hands and go round and round. I also grew up playing this game with my friends and sister. The girls were done separately. The base was done by coating wax on styrofoam to give a nice texture. The girls were then welded to the base.