IHS was pleased to welcome back Professor Arularason, Head of Department, Painting, Government College of Fine Arts, Kumbakonam, this July 30th and 31st for a workshop intensive on design for silk-screen printing. 9th standard art students worked with this talented and multi-faceted artist to learn some fundamentals of 2D design. He showed the students how to find the essential elements needed to express an animal in a drawing and also demonstrated how to make a complex animal puppet as a drawing aid. The workshop concluded with an exploration of shape and the possibilities of repeating patterns for design. The experience was a great jump start for the upcoming silk screen printing project.