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Every artist however skilled he is, always gets doubts on Composition and Design at least once in a while, if not every day. The nature of the subject is like that. If it’s easy to understand, we won’t be talking about it.  Boats                        Artist : Magunta Dayakar One of my students asked me….   ” Sir. You are saying Composition is […]

Many people are asking me …’ what is the language of art?’ It’s not possible for me to answer everyone individually. Here I am explaining about it. ‘Every subject has its own language. For example if you want to learn English, you should start with alphabets, words, sentences, grammar and like that. Once you study these things

I would like to give one example in this post about the language of art. Many laymen, art students, enthusiasts and some of the practising artists may have ambiguity on the importance of the language of art. The reason is most of the art students in our country achieve skills through years of hard practice. If

What I am doing now? I am writing on how the artist has to understand the language of art ; how he has to see his inner world and outer world with his creative eye.  Here is a question!How much do I know about art and creativity? Answer … I know much, I don’t know much. What I

“ Does every artist and art student have to learn the language of art? ” Someone asked me with curiosity. I have known him for a few years. Soft spoken and always pleasant to others. He has some small business to meet monthly expenditure. He is content with that. He loves art. He used to go

The overwhelming response for ‘ Secrets of Creative Thinking from Artist’s Point of View ‘ is moving the deep layers of my inside. It has inspired me to write more about it.   Landscape        Artist : Magunta Dayakar  In present times, everyone needs little or more creative thinking to survive in jobs, professions and business. A

Since the age of twenty, I have been surviving last forty five years as an artist and novelist; In between I also had a brief stint in acting and directing movies.  So much of life, so many experiences… misery, pain, depression, joy, pleasure, excitement … finally a feeling of elation.   Under the Trees     Artist : Magunta Dayakar But, some

For a realistic painter creating light in paintings is the ultimate challenge. To create light in paintings the artist has to understand the intricacies of Value, Color and Composition. But that’s not enough, there is more to it than that. Morning Light         Artist : Magunta Dayakar The 18th century great English painter Joshua Reynolds said ‘A

Many people, art students and some artists think, to do abstract painting they don’t need to learn drawing and other skills of traditional painting. It’s an absurd notion. It’s like jumping into the deep waters without learning swimming. Imagine, what’s going to happen then. The same will happen to anyone who wants to do modern

How to teach Painting to adults who want to learn it as a hobby? A very big question! Usually they won’t even have basic drawing skills, but they want to paint beautiful paintings like professionals within a few days! How is it possible on earth? But some of the art teachers try to meet their