Transgender artists pick up brush to colour city, lives

Coimbatore | Wednesday | 21st November, 2018

Summary:

I was taught how to hold the brush and how to choose colours only after joining Aravani Art Project,” she said as she reminisced her journey. Now, the 33-year-old, who hadn’t touched paint and brush until three years ago, breathes life into big canvases. “After all these struggle, we have so far achieved only one percentage of what we really wanted to achieve. She then survived for more than a decade with a job with a non-governmental organization that works for transgenders. “I last drew something when I was in Class V.

After that I did not get an opportunity to even touch colour pencils or paints..