This weekend, I participated in the 2016 Quincy Public School Robotics Challenge. My team name was Lego Masterminds and we did well with our highest points being 135. Our team was very consistent, getting more than 100 points in each one of the four rounds. The main theme of the challenge was Senior Solutions – challenges that senior citizens face […]

On May 14, 2016, The Art Spot hosted the City Wide Kids Art show for the second year in a row. Three of my past paintings were on display (Evening Glaciers, Celebrating the Indian Premier League, and Lionel Messi: Soccer Legend). I thank my teacher, Ms. Sharon Pierce, for displaying them. This show is mainly about the work done is […]

On May 5, 2016, I received my black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Even though I had completed the test on April 3rd, the ceremony was held a month later. During this time, we had to refine on the various comments provided by the Grand Master. The most coincidental part was that the ceremony was on […]

Yesterday, there was a science fair by the South Shore Science Team at the Quincy Center for Innovation. I had participated presenting our school Science Fair project called The Self Inflating Balloon. My partner, Adam Manter, and I had worked on this project at my school for a couple of months under the guidance of our science […]

Welcome to my 100th post, the Killer Whales. It is one of my first paintings on marine animals. I chose to do this painting to add to my collection of animal paintings. Boston Children’s Museum has called for proposals for All Things Animals from different artists and I plan to submit my animal collection. In […]

A few days ago, I was playing on the iPad, when I thought to myself, “Why not try to draw something?” So, I went to the paper app and pasted a photo on it. I just scribble something on it  when again an idea hit me. “How about tracing the details and the overall face?” […]

I was creating this comic character long ago. Unfortunately, I did not complete it and had totally forgotten about it until now. I suddenly found this today and thought of sharing it with you. Though, I do not intend to finish it as it is not my taste anymore. Even if it was, it is […]

A few months ago, in my Geography class, we learnt about the cuisine in different countries in a fun and exciting way. Top Chef was a competition where every kid had to research and present about the cuisine of a country, assigned by spinning what we know as the Wheel of Destiny. We would research […]

Even though Christmas is over, I can still hear the “Ho, Ho, Ho” of the joly old St. Nick (otherwise known as Santa Claus). But I’m not talking about the Santa that lives in the North Pole. I’m talking about the Santa Claus that lives in my latest painting, “Santa in his sleigh”! I wanted […]

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year, 2016!!!!!! Last year I made a New Year’s card using Wordle.net. This year, I learnt to use the Paper app on the iPad and so did my 4 year old brother Nikhil. So together, we made this new year’s card. The Boston Common’s fireworks were one of […]

Peacock is India’s National Bird and my second painting of an animal after the Cobra and by far, one of the hardest paintings that I have done. It took me more than 2 months to finish this majestic bird. I had to overcome my laziness more than any other technical challenge to complete this work. Now […]

Last week, we had “Sounds of the Season – Holiday Concert”, my first concert at Central Middle School. I was one of the band members playing the Clarinet. We started practicing since the end of September and performed the following songs: *  “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer” *  “Bells, Bells, Bells” *  “Frosty the Snowman” *  “A Christmas Classic” *  […]

In Reading class, I had an assignment to read a 250 or more page book and then choose one of the four assignments: Scrapbook, Newspaper Article, Create a Test or Rewrite the Ending. The book that I selected was “Soccer in Sun and Shadow” by Eduardo Galeano (ISBN 978-1-56858-494-2). I created a scrapbook titled “Soccer in Sun and Shadow”. The only obstacle […]

Today was the 2015 First Lego League (FLL) Lego Robotics competition at the Newton North High School. The top 6 teams advanced to the State Level Championships to be held in late December. The journey to this competition started 2 months ago. There were various teams competing to represent our school. However, my team, the […]

Although Halloween is over, I’m still enjoying it’s wonders (and by wonders, I mean candy)… I carved a pumpkin, went trick or treating, and got lots of candy. My favorite part was performing surgery on a small orange vegetable (aka – carving a pumpkin). The surgery began when I drew the design and had the […]

“Hello, and welcome to the UEFA Champions League final. It’s finally here; it’s El Classico, one of the great rivalries in soccer (football) history. It’s Barcelona VS Real Madrid. Let’s head to the Camp Nou stadium, with the flood lights beaming down, in the heart of Barcelona.” Says the commentator Martin Tyler. The lineups are […]

Supermoon only occur when the moon reaches the full moon stage when it is closest to the earth. So they are unusually bright and also rare. Hence, supermoon eclipses are rare. Total supermoon lunar eclipse is extremely rare. Hence, the Supermoon eclipse on the clear night of September 27, 2015 was very special. The last […]