Show and Tell - July 26 2025 - Part 2

Show and Tell - July 26 2025 - Part 2

On July 26th we had Show and Tell meeting in our MANA group

Show and tell meeting:

This is a way of connecting with other Marathi artists in our group to show our work, learn from each other and enhance our skills. In a typical meeting, we organize an accomplished guest artist for either demo or talk. In addition, in second part of the meeting, each participating artist shows their painting and receives feedback on it. This helps us get better in our art practice.

Part 1 of meeting - the Demo: If you haven't read Part 1, CLICK HERE to read it!

Part 2 of meeting - Showing paintings and receiving feedback:

We received 14 paintings for Show and Tell. For this meeting we asked our esteemed Demo artist Shri Ashok Hinge to judge our paintings - 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. This way MANA artists / members would get inspired to participate in more numbers in Show and Tell part. Also looking at some of the good paintings, members would be motivated to incorporate some new ideas into their own paintings. The best part was that Ashok-Ji provided his feedback as well for why he chose the paintings that he did for the awards. From the paintings we sent him, he chose 1st, 2nd and two paintings 3rd place. Take a look below at each painting and feedback received from Ashok-Ji as below:

Artist: Leena Sathe Joshi, "Blue hue", 16x20 in, Acrylic

Comments/ Feedback from Jury - Shri Ashok Hinge on above painting

1. Professional approach: Evident in the overall execution

2. Composition: Well-planned and effectively executed

3. Artistic control: a. Command over lines: Skillfully handled  b. Command over shapes: Well-defined and balanced

4. Colour scheme: Subtle, adding depth and sophistication

Artist: Alpana Dhond, "Red Rock Radiance", 12x16 in, Soft Pastels

Comments/ Feedback from Jury - Shri Ashok Hinge on above painting

1. Application: Very nice, skillfully handled

2. Texture rendering: a. Feel of rock: Nicely captured. b. Feel of dried grass: Effectively rendered

3. Emotional resonance: The painting evokes a distinct mood

Artist: Mrunalini Chavarkar, "Story of six yards", 11x14 in, Oil

Comments/ Feedback from Jury - Shri Ashok Hinge on above painting

1. Proportion: Figure and elements in the painting are well-balanced and proportionate.

2. Finish: The artwork is nicely detailed and finished.

3. Size: While the painting is well-executed, its small size might limit its impact.

Artist: Prerana Kulkarni, "Betty Boop Duet", 11x15 in, Watercolor

Comments/ Feedback from Jury - Shri Ashok Hinge on above painting

1. Colour scheme: Fabulous

2. Colour combination: Yellow, Red, and Violet roses with Blueish Green and Parrot Green leaves

3. Visual impact: Makes the work beautiful

4. Relevance: Justifies the subject

Show and Tell - July 26 2025 - Part 1

On July 26th we had Show and Tell meeting in our MANA group

Show and tell meeting:

This is a way of connecting with other Marathi artists in our group to show our work, learn from each other and enhance our skills. In a typical meeting, we organize an accomplished guest artist for either demo or talk. In addition, in second part of the meeting, each participating artist shows their painting and receives feedback on it. This helps us get better in our art practice.

Part 1 of meeting - the Demo:

For the demo artist for this meeting, we had Shri Ashok Hinge, who is a very accomplished calligraphy artist.

As part of his demo, he started with showing us writing very basic Devanagari alphabets. I was surprised to know that there is a structure to writing the alphabet for a beginner artist. Once the basic alphabets and phrases are practiced, one can advance to writing stylized phrases. The stylized writing shows an artist's creativity and one can start recognizing their style. Of course it may take long to get to that stage of stylized calligraphy writing, where drawing lines and shapes of these alphabets becomes second nature! But he made it look so easy !!

Ashok ji also showed us where this art of Calligraphy can be applicable as follows:

-        The skills of writing basic alphabets could be useful for writing big size banners as an example, where people can read it quickly on the go. 

-        The creative stylized writing is useful for creating wedding invitations or greeting cards etc. as an example, where people take time to look at it up close and read. 

       Eg: "Leena" and "Purush" in below picture are basic alphabets. Where as "Prakruti" is stylized.

Written by Shri Hinge for Demo

-        The above applications of calligraphy we see quite commonly in our day to day lives as well in different kinds of prints / brochures / Shop banners etc. But I liked the third angle he presented, where artistic calligraphy can be used in Paintings we create or on Fabric arts too. One of his creations on saree is below. More of his paintings and artworks incorporated with calligraphy art can be seen here -  https://www.instagram.com/artist_ashok_hinge/

 

 In conclusion, it was a very wonderful presentation and all our artists thoroughly enjoyed it and came out with ideas of how they can enhance their art using calligraphy skills.

Part 2 of meeting - Showing paintings and receiving feedback - continued in next post... CLICK HERE