Sambalpur, June 3: A fortnight-long summer camp on fine arts to help children develop their skills and appreciate the art, concluded today at the Dayanand Play School here.

Students from various schools in the city attended a variety of intensive classes at the camp, organised by the Working Artist Association of Sambalpur.

“We see many shapes and colours in nature, which inspire us to capture pleasant images on paper or canvas,” said Ishani Naik, a student of Sambalpur Saraswati Sishu Mandir and a participant at the camp. “Here we got hands-on training in different techniques to brush up our skills,” she said.

“I am happy that my participation has been worthwhile. We have learned here different forms of painting and drawing. I learned how to arrange the theme on paper or canvas in a balanced and meaningful manner,” said Kuldeep Borma, another participant.

Borma said more than 18 teachers trained the kids to paint using pencil, water colour, oil colour, oil pastel, crayon, acrylic colour, poster colour, mix media and on-hand writing.

“Generally, students get the opportunity to learn about art from only one teacher. But here, all the city-based artists had taken part and trained the students to learn diverse techniques,” said Mahesh Pandey, a drawing teacher.

Pandey said an added advantage of dabbling in fine arts was that one’s concentration power was enhanced. “The students who love art have high levels of concentration. Moreover, in camp like this, they get the opportunity to interact with students from other schools which helps develop their interpersonal skill,” he said.

This was the first occasion that the school had organised a summer camp. “It was a great platform for the budding talents to express themselves under the guidance of expert artists and drawing teachers of the locality. We are even planning to put up an exhibition of the students’ artworks,” said Prashanta Majhi, another teacher.

Speaking about the importance of fine arts, Majhi said an artist needed to be meticulous about details and have a good sense of colours, shapes and proportion. He said that more and more parents were becoming aware of the value of giving their children a free hand to pursue their hobbies and interests.

“It is heartening to note that times have changed and parents themselves are encouraging their children to participate in different extra curricular activities. The turnout here is a clear indication of the enthusiasm among parents and their children to be involved in such kind of activities,” Majhi said.

Sambalpur, June 3: A fortnight-long summer camp on fine arts to help children develop their skills and appreciate the art, concluded today at the Dayanand Play School here. Students from various schools in the city attended a variety of intensive classes at the camp, organised by the Working Artist Association of Sambalpur.

“We see many shapes and colors in nature which inspire us to capture those pleasant images on paper or canvas,” said Ishani Naik, a student of Sambalpur Saraswati Sishu Mandir and a participant at the camp. “Here, we got hands-on training in different techniques which would help us become good artists,” she added.

“I am happy that my participation at the camp has been worthwhile. We learned about different forms of painting and drawing. I learned how to arrange the theme on the paper or canvas in a balanced and meaningful manner,” said Kuldeep Borma, a participant of the camp.

Borma said more than eighteen teachers trained the kids to paint using pencil, water color, oil color, oil pastel, crayon, acrylic color, poster color, mix media and on-hand writing.

“Generally, students get the opportunity to learn about art from only one teacher. But here, all the working artists of the city had taken part and trained the students which gave them a good exposure for learning diverse techniques,” said Mahesh Pandey, a drawing teacher at the camp.

Pandey said an added advantage of dabbling in fine arts is that one’s concentration power is enhanced. “The students who love art have high levels of concentration. Moreover, in camp like this, they get the opportunity to interact with students from other schools which helps develop their interpersonal skill,” he said.

This was the first occasion that the school had organized a summer camp. “It was a great platform for the budding talents to express themselves under the guidance of expert artists and drawing teachers of the locality. We are even planning to put up an exhibition of the artwork by the students,” said Prashanta Majhi, another teacher at the camp.

Speaking about the importance of fine arts, Majhi said an artist needs to be meticulous about details and have a good sense of colours, shapes and proportion. He said more and more parents are becoming aware of the value of giving their children a free hand to pursue their hobbies and interests.

“It is heartening to note that times have changed and parents themselves are encouraging their children to participate in different extra curricular activities. The turnouthere is a clear indication of the enthusiasm among parents and their children to be involved in such kind of activities,” Majhi said.