Bob Ross once said, “Talent is a pursued interest, anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do”, which is true in the case of artists, who spends hour after hour, making elegant and smooth strokes over paper. The artist in question is Sanjana Chatlani, calligrapher, and founder of Mumbai’s first boutique calligraphy studio, The Bombay Lettering Company.
“I wanted to leave my mark wherever I could, and I left it by painting because I didn’t have the language to express it otherwise” says Bijay Biswaal as he talks about his art and how he came to be an artist.
“Digital art is simply another medium, and I believe that no matter the medium the artist and his techniques are the same” says, Sivakumar, a digital artist extraordinaire.
As the proverb goes, do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life, this is true in Shirali Patel’s case when she found out what she loved from visiting a museum in Babylon.
“They told me that I was taking a big risk by painting while working. But I have an optimistic approach, I leave things to time and keep pushing forward with confidence in myself and faith in what I’m doing” says Avanish Trivedi, painter, model employee and father of two.
