Pottering with art

Harry Potter has new fans in Ahmedabad. They have not limited themselves to buying Potter books. They are young artists who paint Potter and the characters the book carries and have recently arranged an exhibition of paintings at an art gallery in Navrangpura in the city.

Four young artists, encouraged by their teacher, carried this novel idea to depict various moods of Harry Potter as well as the other characters from the series. The children aged between seven and nine read Harry Potter books and watched movies filmed them.

Starting their paintings, Nirali Shah, the children’s trainer, inspired the children.

"My idea was that they should read Potter books and notice the details about Harry Potter’s characters. We saw all the movies, which helped in enhancing the creativity levels," says Nirali.

The children, after having their interactive sessions and rounds of discussions with other classmates and the trainer, worked with colours on canvas and have so far made 20 paintings.

The children, all die hard fans of the boy wizard, say they thoroughly enjoyed the experience and strived to carry out this whole idea through their imagination.

"If we do good, we can become good artists when we grow up," says Muskaan, a child artist.

Impressed with these creations many schools have asked them to exhibit the works in their schools.

— ANI

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