Watercolour in Focus

Participating painters are students of Faculty of Fine Arts (University of Dhaka), Narayanganj Fine Arts Institute, Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts and University of Development Alternative in Dhaka.

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Bangladesh has organised a 35-daylong art workshop, titled 'Standard Chartered Sreejoni 2010'. The theme of this year's art camp is watercolour. Around 43 artists are participating at the workshop which was inaugurated by Sandeep Bose, Head of Consumer Banking for Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka on December 21 at Ramna Botomul in the city. Gitanka D. Datta, Head of Cards, Consumer Banking; Aftab Mahmud Khurhsid, Head of Marketing of SCB; Najib Tareque, executive, Desk Top Publications, Consumer Banking, among others, were present on the occasion.
Veteran watercolourists Samiran Chowdhury and Biren Chowdhury are conducting the workshop. Senior painters Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, Alakesh Ghosh and Rezaul Karim are instructors. Participating painters are visiting several sites in the city for inspiration. The workshop will be held at 16 different outdoor locations in Dhaka and Narayanganj like Shilpanu Academy (Lalmatia), Dhanmondi Lake, Boshila (near Rayer Bazar), Ramna Park, Amin Bazar Bridge, Botanical Garden and others.
The workshop's aim is to popularise the watercolour medium among promising painters of the country. Participating painters are the students of Faculty of Fine Arts (University of Dhaka), Narayanganj Fine Arts Institute, Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts and University of Development Alternative in Dhaka.
About the theme of the camp, Samiran Chowdhury said, “Watercolour is one of the lucid mediums which beautifully articulate nature and landscape. However, watercolour exhibitions are few and far between, and budding artists do not have sufficient knowledge of this medium. This medium can effectively depict nature and seasons of Bangladesh.”