Art House: Cubbon Park, class No. 5 of Discover Bengaluru through sketching

Discover Bengaluru through sketching, Class No. 5 was held at Cubbon Park, campus. First of all let me tell you about the Park.

Cubbon Park is located within the heart of city in the Central Administrative Area. Originally created in 1870, when Major General Richard Sankey was the then British Chief Engineer of Mysore State, it covered an area of 100 acres and subsequent expansion has taken place and the area reported now is about 300 acres. It has a rich recorded history of abundant flora and fauna plantations coupled with numerous impressive and aesthetically located buildings and statues of famous personages, in its precincts. This public park was first named as “Meade’s Park” after Sir John Meade, the acting Commissioner of Mysore in 1870 and subsequently renamed as Cubbon Park after the longest serving commissioner of the time, Sir Mark Cubbon. To commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Sri Krishnaraja Wodeyar’s rule in Mysore State, in the year 1927, the park was again renamed as "Sri. Chamarajendra Park", in memory of the 19th Century ruler of the state Sri Chamarajendra Wodeyar (1868 – 94) during whose rule the park came into existence. The landscaping in the park creatively integrates natural rock outcrops with thickets of trees, massive bamboos, with grassy expanse and flowerbeds and the monuments within its limits, regulated by the Horticulture Department of the Government of Karnataka. The thick green area of the park has many motorable roads, and the well laid out walking paths running through the park are frequented by early morning walkers, artists, sketching groups, photographers and the naturalists who study plants in the tranquil natural environment.

Among the prominent buildings in the park includes, Bal Bhavan, Attara Kachari (Karnataka High Court), Archeology Museum and Venkatappa Art Gallery.

As I entered cubbon park campus, I saw Mr. Lokeshwar Rao, enjoying the weather. It was awesome in the morning when we visited. By 10'o clock most of them had come, as usual we started with rapid sketching session. Most of them sketched the nature around them. Some also worked bamboo tree which was in the vicinity. Senthil corrected their sketches and we proceeded for the days schedule.

Two weeks back at CKP, we had studied Head, we continued the session with anatomy study. Using a manikin as a example the participants were show the measurement of human body.

We made 2 batches while one batch went to our teacher to learn how to sketch human form, others were busy sketching from the model, where I was modelling for them. There after the other batch went to Senthil for correction and demonstration of anatomy.

Also I showed them some sketch from our teachers and some books which could be used as references. The session continued till 12:30 where everybody were tired and wanted to leave early.