Experience creating your own great art with acrylic paints like never before. Grüne & Black returns with a brand new workshop ‘The Art Of Acrylics” - the fundamentals of acrylic painting. The amazing response received on our earlier workshop ‘Cracking The Art Code’, fuels an upgraded and revised installment. The program covers basic and intermediate techniques in drawing and acrylic painting, with guided and DIY assignments in colour theory, landscapes, still life compositions, and an introduction to abstract art. The sessions are scheduled over 4 weekends starting September 9th and 10th, 2017 (9:30 am - 12:30 pm). Prior experience in...

   We’ve been around for a couple million years. But only in the last few millennia, have we made profound and irreversible changes in the way we live. The invention of complex social structures has been at the core of this revolution.  We interact like a hive, woven together with a fabric of commonality. And we're constantly connected with a multitude of people, many of whom we barely acquaint with.   In 2017, there are no hermits. Yet, our hive doesn’t buzz. It merely reverberates with the shifting feet of the perpetually distracted, a people tuned into their bursting internal...

Many people I know are intimidated by the idea of creating fine art. Some even believe that great art is a skill exclusive to only the inherently talented. Nothing can be further from the truth. Like almost every other conceivable skill, art can be learnt and perfected with the same discipline that hones success - patience, practice and perseverance. Cracking The Art Code is a new age workshop that gets you on the path to creating your own timeless art. It covers intensive learning modules with 3 hour sessions over 8 Saturdays.   Here’s what you’ll learn: Module I Drawing Basics Brief History of...

Here are the most important things you need to know before you start -   Do your homework Do your research before purchasing art for home. Learn about the various types of art available, and more specifically, the up-and-coming artists. Determine the type of art you are interested in and where you can purchase it. Compare medium, style and colors. Use the Internet to see what is fashionable in the world of new art. Ideally, you should select art that is in demand or has the potential of being popular. Determine your budget The cost of art can vary tremendously,...

Grüne Elefant Art made its debut exhibition at the India Art Festival in January 2016. The Festival is one of India's leading contemporary art fairs which, after five successful editions in Mumbai, held its inaugural edition in New Delhi this year. Spread over four days commencing with a vernissage on Jan 14th, and a general viewing from Jan 15th through 17th, the Festival drew in art connoisseurs and patrons from across the country. We enjoyed being there and thank our patrons for making a pit stop @ the Grüne Elefant corner. A few images for the year book...     With artists Arti Paliwal and Uma Krishnamoorthy    ...