The system of arranging colours in a circular spectrum demonstrates the principle of mixing two colours to obtain a third. Make orange by mixing yellow and magenta, green by mixing yellow and blue, and purple by mixing blue and magenta and on we go. Hue is the attribute that distinguishes one colour from another. Tone [...]
As an experiment in deducing the validity of common superstitions, tie a piece of toast, buttered side up, to the back of a cat. Throw the enhanced moggie out of a window. Will the cat land on its feet or will the toast land butter side down? Note: No cat’s were hurt in the making [...]
It was Baudelaire who opined that sculpture is “the stuff you bump into when you step backwards to admire a painting.” When the British Museum first deigned to open its doors to the general public somebody bumped into a Greek amphora, knocked it off its pedestal and smashed it to pieces. It was the one [...]
A writer was mortified to discover that he’d written a sentence which had also been written by George Bernard Shaw. Until, one day, he saw the same sentence in a book by Jonathan Swift. In case I get accused of the same, I found this quote in a book by Alan Fletcher!
Buddhist Prayer Beads. Sketch. Pencil.
Waiting for a Train. Work in Progress.
Boy Washing at River. Acrylic on Stretched Canvas.
Two Men on Bench. Preparatory sketch.
Indian Market. Acrylic on Board.
Work in Progress. Acrylic on Board.
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