Strangers you meet and then never see again are like great songs you hear on the radio that you don’t remember how to find. They serve the purpose of making our worlds a little brighter by reminding us that there are great and beautiful things around us that we’re not aware of yet, and life […]
Author: earthtokati
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
When you step into an art museum, for a moment everything around you changes. The space becomes suspended in time, as artworks move to the forefront of your attention. At the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, a maze of paintings guides you from floor to floor. Guards sit at their posts observing […]
Humayun’s Tomb
Walking through the gardens of Humayun’s Tomb, a sense of calm falls over the landscape. Somehow the awareness that just beyond the gates lies the regular hustle and bustle of Delhi life amplifies the scenic atmosphere within the walls of the complex. The trees and hedges combine to create an orderliness and a wildness that […]
Moments from Thursday, July 15th
Staring up at the sky on the beach and realizing how it wraps all around my field of vision The light shining through the clouds in an almost perfect circle, like a spot of beaming gold in the grey The way the water looked like glass because the sun was not bright enough to shine […]
Midsummer’s Eve
The water was warm in the sea on Midsummer’s Eve. Storm clouds loomed not so far in the distance. The wind and waves were stronger than usual, especially compared to the stillness of days before. The road to the shore was long and winding, one lane with cars stopping to let each other pass. The […]
In the style of Alfons Mucha – 3
For the third day of my challenge, I drew a picture based on Mucha’s Biscuits Lefèvre-Utile (1896). I painted the dress in a dark blue colour to make the crescent moon shapes stand out and to change the atmosphere from day to night. Alfons Mucha’s Biscuits Lefévre-Utile: -kati
In the style of Alfons Mucha – 2
Day 2 in my challenge to draw pictures in the style of Mucha for this week. For my second drawing I used as reference Alfons Mucha’s Le Laurier (1901). And here it is side by side with Le Laurier. Kati
In the style of Alfons Mucha
After reading Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert lent to me by a friend, there has been a real shift in my thinking about creativity. One of my favourite thoughts from her book is that it is better to be a “deeply-disciplined half-ass than a lazy perfectionist”. In that spirit, for the next week I will […]
tea cups
“Magic of the mundane” might be one way to express the idea that the ordinary is really not ordinary at all. Today, I noticed for the first time how interesting these tea cups looked stacked on the kitchen shelf. They overlap in places and cast stark shadows on the wall. Spontaneously sketching the tea cups […]
