Studio JournalEst. 2025Mumbai
Quiet writing from the practice — colour, craft, and the long road from kitchen table to collectors’ walls.
The long road from kitchen table to collectors' walls — motherhood, exhibitions, and the making of an artist.
All Life of Vibhuti entries
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What began as quiet sketches became a lifelong journey of self-discovery. Guided by intuition and a love for color and form, I paint to connect—sharing stories and emotions that flow through me onto the canvas.
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№ 14
You do not really know your paintings until you watch strangers meet them. Lessons from the Konark Art Festival and Art Expo Pune — on reactions, prices, and the difference between what sells and what stops people.
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№ 15
My practice was not built in long, luxurious studio days. It was built in stolen hours — and looking back, I believe the constraint sharpened the work.
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Read the entryFrom first photograph to final frame — how a commissioned portrait comes to life.
All Commissions entries№ 06
Every commissioned portrait begins the same way — with a photograph and a conversation. Here is the whole journey from reference to frame, and what the process has taught me about trust.
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Charcoal, watercolour, fabric and more — the craft behind the work, medium by medium.
All Technique entries
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Color isn't just pigment—it's emotion, energy, and intuition. This post dives into how I choose and blend palettes, drawing from both instinct and cultural symbolism. Discover how colors communicate meaning and elevate the soul of every piece.
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№ 03
Charcoal, acrylics, mixed media—each medium brings its own rhythm. Here, I share the freedom and experimentation that comes from working across styles and materials, and how embracing versatility fuels my creativity and growth as an artist.
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№ 07
Before colour, there was value — and before any other medium, there was charcoal. On smudge, lift and erase as the verbs of drawing, and why every serious study I make still begins in black and white.
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№ 08
Watercolour is the one medium that refuses to be bossed. You set the conditions; the water does half the work. On control and surrender, granulation, blooms, and mistakes that turn out to be gifts.
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№ 13
Cloth is a living surface — it breathes, it drinks, it moves. On how pigment behaves in a weave, India's long love affair with painted textiles, and why a saree is the most demanding canvas I know.
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Read the entryQuiet dispatches from the Mumbai studio — the room, the light, the daily habit.
All Studio Notes entries
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Every studio has a geography, and mine is mapped in light. One corner belongs to charcoal, another to water and pigment, and a window decides the shape of the working day. A slow walk through the room where everything happens.
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№ 10
Nobody sees my sketchbook, and that is precisely why it works. On ugly drawings as compost, carrying a book everywhere, and the quiet arithmetic of daily practice.
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Read the entrySlower essays on colour, devotion, and the discipline of seeing.
All Reflections entries
Reflections
The Art of Portraiture: Capturing More Than Likeness
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A portrait is never just a face—it's a feeling, a story, a soul. I approach portraiture by blending realism with intuition, aiming to reveal the subject's inner life. It's about presence, not just appearance—creating a quiet connection between the viewer and the painted soul.
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Painting the Divine: Devotion and Indian Iconography in My Work
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Krishna keeps appearing on my canvas, and I have stopped pretending it is a coincidence. On inherited symbolism, painting as prayer, and why some portraits are prayed to.
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The Anatomy of Light: How Biology Trained My Artist's Eye
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I came to art through science — through textbooks, diagrams and the discipline of looking closely. On copying illustrations, the anatomy under every portrait, and what a biologist's eye brings to the easel.
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Read the entryLiving with original art — care, framing, and display at home.
All Collecting entries
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An original work is tougher than you fear and more sensitive than you think. A generous, practical guide to sunlight, humidity, framing, dusting — and when a piece deserves a reframe.
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Read the entryWhat every student learns first: seeing before drawing.
All Teaching entries
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Every new student wants to learn to draw. The first thing I teach is how to see — because the hand only ever draws what the eye bothered to notice.
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