Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Venue: Emami Art Ground Floor Gallery 1
Recommended for anyone above 16 years of age
Taking inspiration from the sketches in graphite and impasto paintings currently on display at Field Notes (On the Afterlife of Trees), the debut solo exhibition of emerging artist Vishal Kumar Gupta at Emami Art, this curated one-day workshop explores the evolution of landscape from observational drawings to textured impasto painting.
The workshop begins with a presentation by Vishal Kumar Gupta, introducing approaches to landscape construction, composition, and materiality. Participants will then engage in outdoor sketching to study structure, light, and spatial depth directly from observation. The afternoon session transitions indoors, where selected sketches will be developed into expressive impasto paintings in acrylic, focusing on surface, texture, and painterly interpretation.
This workshop is a public-facing programme under Field Notes (On the Afterlife of Trees): A Solo Exhibition by Vishal Kumar Gupta on view at Emami Art till 7 March 2026.
WORKSHOP STRUCTURE
11:00 – 11:30 AM: A presentation by Vishal Kumar Gupta outlining his practice
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: Outdoor sketching session (graphite on paper)
1:15 – 2:00 PM: Lunch
2:00 – 4:30 PM: Indoor painting session (acrylic on canvas)
NOTE: Participants are encouraged to carry clipboards for the outdoor sketching session. Lunch and all other materials will be provided.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Vishal Kumar Gupta (b. 1996) holds a BFA in Painting from Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (2021) and an MVA with a gold medal in Creative Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda (2023). Notable group exhibitions include All That Is Hidden: Mapping Departures in Landscape, Terrains and Geographies, Emami Art, Kolkata (2024); and Edition 6 of Abhivyakti: The City Arts Project, ATIRA, Ahmedabad (2024). He was selected for the month-long IMAGINARIUM 3.0 - Residency at Emami Art, Kolkata (2024); and the Winter Studio Take-over at the Raja Ravi Varma Studio, Vadodara (2024). He received the Nasreen Mohamedi Award 2022-2023 in Painting, and is currently based in Vadodara.
