Eggcellent! Coimbatore student sets record
Vishnu.Swaroop@timesgroup.com
Coimbatore:03.02.2020
Thondamuthur-based R Monisha has been drawing and painting since she was a Class V student. Apart from paper and canvas, she used to paint on any material she could lay her had on, such as glass and pottery.
Now a final year BCom student in a city college, Monisha has set a record for the ‘Maximum Portraits Drawn on Different Eggshells’. “Six months ago, I started following the India Book of Records and applied for attempting a record. They asked samples of my work and I sent them the portfolio of an eggshell portrait I made. They permitted me to attempt the record on January
30. I started at 10.30pm on the same day and made 50 eggshell portraits in one hour, 31 minutes and 59 seconds,” she told TOI.
The young artist filmed herself drawing the portraits and sent the video to the jury. “They finalised my record on Saturday. I will receive the memento this week.”
Monisha mainly sketched portraits of freedom fighters and national leaders. “My primary aim was to communicate the greatness of these personalities. So, I sketched people such as Thiruvalluvar, A P J Abdul Kalam and Bharathiar. I also sketched a few international personalities.”
Drawing on eggshells is not an easy task, she said. “It was not easy to sketch minute details as the shells are curved. I couldn’t apply pressure to shade or use an eraser as the shells would have cracked. It was a risky affair, which in a way motivated me to take it up,” she added.
BEST FACE FORWARD:
R Monisha’s creations
Vishnu.Swaroop@timesgroup.com
Coimbatore:03.02.2020
Thondamuthur-based R Monisha has been drawing and painting since she was a Class V student. Apart from paper and canvas, she used to paint on any material she could lay her had on, such as glass and pottery.
Now a final year BCom student in a city college, Monisha has set a record for the ‘Maximum Portraits Drawn on Different Eggshells’. “Six months ago, I started following the India Book of Records and applied for attempting a record. They asked samples of my work and I sent them the portfolio of an eggshell portrait I made. They permitted me to attempt the record on January
30. I started at 10.30pm on the same day and made 50 eggshell portraits in one hour, 31 minutes and 59 seconds,” she told TOI.
The young artist filmed herself drawing the portraits and sent the video to the jury. “They finalised my record on Saturday. I will receive the memento this week.”
Monisha mainly sketched portraits of freedom fighters and national leaders. “My primary aim was to communicate the greatness of these personalities. So, I sketched people such as Thiruvalluvar, A P J Abdul Kalam and Bharathiar. I also sketched a few international personalities.”
Drawing on eggshells is not an easy task, she said. “It was not easy to sketch minute details as the shells are curved. I couldn’t apply pressure to shade or use an eraser as the shells would have cracked. It was a risky affair, which in a way motivated me to take it up,” she added.
BEST FACE FORWARD:
R Monisha’s creations
No comments:
Post a Comment