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Unraveling the magic of elements in graphic design

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  Graphic designer courses often include theories like color theory or meanings of shapes. Rarely do you find them in action. But, the best way to learn something is to do it. So, I decided to make graphic design. Then try to interpret which element has contributed to what meaning in it.  Why does this simple scenery convey the message it conveys? Let us examine the shapes, colors, and textures used here. All graphic design blogs by Subarna Creative. All blogs by Subarna Creative.

History of India

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How did Babur come to rule India? If you have heard about the Taj Mahal then you might have heard of its builder too. Shah Jahan was a Mughal ruler who built the Taj Mahal. But, how did Mughals come to India? Babur was the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India. But, he ruled over a small part of Afghanistan. Then what attracted him to India? Let us examine this in detail here .  Montague-Chelmsford Reform, 1919 Montague-Chelmsford Reform, 1919, was oppressive. What were its features that no Indian leader could accept? And, the Jallianwalah Bagh massacre took place in the same year. WWI also ended in the same year. Let us take a look at what the Montague Chelmsford reform was. 

Language and literature blogs

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Poetry sowed the seeds of nationalism in India. How? Here's the answer. If poetry began to include the masses then did it get divorced from medieval traditions? If not then how did both go hand in hand? The answer comes with the beginning of 'Adhunik Hindi Kavya' and Bharatendu Harishchandra.  We say some writers are better than all others. But, that is our personal choice. When Wordsworth wrote then we call it the Romantic Era. But, he had many contemporaries who wrote nothing of nature. So, some authors form a part of tradition and canon. How did English literature form its canon? Read on ... Doctor Faustus is the perfect example of Renaissance literature at its beginning in England. Marlowe who wrote it was Shakespeare's predecessor. Click here for a great explanation in simple English .   English literature blogs. Visit my homepage. 

My first landscape painiting

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  There is something so liberating about colors. There is something very liberating about zig-zag lines of paint. There is something very liberating about a blank piece of watercolor paper. This is the freedom to imagine and watch that imagination take shape. You do not adhere to a plan but you know what you want. The boundaries of the rectangular paper end up liberating you.   I saw several photographs of a sophisticated white house and many stairs coming out of it. I somehow pictured a beautiful blue sky. Then I pictured that on top of a mountain. To be honest, this is my first landscape painting. I am used to moving my brush in any manner and making florals. I am proud of what I have done. I love the fact that I am perfectly imperfect! I am human.  I have moved my brush the way I see patterns in nature. It can be challenging to decipher what the painting depicts. Still, I see a waterfall and a high hill follow the same pattern. A waterfall is blue and rectangular. A mountain is gree