Hello! My name is Vanshika Rohera (she/her/hers). I am a sophomore studying Electrical and Computer Engineering, and I am really looking forward to this course and the rest of the term! I was born in Mumbai but my family moved to the Caribbean when I was two, so Curaçao is my home. It is a very small island off the coast of Venezuela. It is a place where I was immersed into a lot of very different cultures and artistic outlets.
Art has played a very special role in my life because I have been surrounded by it in many different ways. At certain times I was unable to recognize that it was even there. I have danced since I can remember. I started off with ballet and classical but later transitioned to modern. Alongside my journey with dance I always had an appreciation for music and instruments, I played the flute for 6 years in middle and part of high school. Besides dance and music, I always had an interest in drawing. I have a very short attention span and doodling was a typical activity for my class periods. I enjoy drawing detail-oriented yet simplistic patterns, such as mandalas. I also enjoy painting, I tend to paint what I see, or want to see, so different landscapes or places I want to visit. When I started painting (acrylic) I had the inclination to explore photography and take pictures of my surroundings.
Some pictures of my drawings/paintings:
These are some doodles from class notebooks or sticky notes 🙂
My old dance pictures are too embarrassing to post so here are some photographs I have taken of my favorite places. My favorite place is the beach and I grew up on an island hence the many ocean pictures :
Hi Vanshika, I will give you the colorful badge. I love how you abstracted and colored the portrait of three people on the blue background. Living in Curacao sounds super cool!
Your works are very colorful, whether its depicting life on the beach and the natural beauty of color or experimenting with different combinations of color in your illustrations. I particularly like the photo of the boardwalk.
Colorful: Hello! I am also going to give you the colorful badge, I love how you use few colors to make such a beautiful pointing.
Gorgeous/Colourful: I really like your first picture, with the tie-dye and zentangle like doodles! Those photographs of the beach aswell are making me miss the warm weather haha
Vanshika, I absolutely love your photos of the beach. How gorgeous. You were able to depict the landscape is such a realistic way!
Hi Vanshika, your photographs are gorgeous! I like the casual energy they give off, capturing both the location and the moment. I also like your use of color in your paintings and the detail in your landscape sketches.
Hi Vanshika, your art is very colorful! I love your more minimalist painting as well! Your color choice really helped make the piece pop!
Hi Vanshika! I would like to give you the cute badge! Your art is really airy and colorful, and those pictures are gorgeous! Looking forward to see what you create!
Hi Vanshika :)) I really love your artwork, it really shows your personality. I’m going to give you the colorful badge because most of your pieces here are full of different colors and pull the viewer in because of how bright they are. I can’t wait to see what you create in the class!
Detailed! Those are some really cool doodles of the landscape.
Hi! I am giving you the familiar badge because all of your photographs are so well taken it feels like I can walk into them and enjoy the scene.
Hi! I think the colorful badge because of the bright colors in the photos and paintings.
Hey Vanshika!! My family is also from the Caribbean #Islandgirltingz lol. I love your art!! My favorite is the painting with the three women. I’ll give you the gorgeous and colorful badge. I can’t wait to see what you create in class!
Hi Vanshika! Your photography takes me to the location and gives me that feeling of vacation. I’m going to give you the striking badge for that reason, as feelings of relaxation and calm are provoked from your art. Thank you!
Colorful: I love the photos of the beach, it gives me nostalgia from when i have gone to the beach, and I also think your art work is amazing, especially the tie dye piece.
Hi! Your artistic talent is amazing and because of the incredible photography I am giving you the thought-provoking badge! seeing the word through your pictures makes me want to stop and look deeper and think harder about the beauty in the world that can often be missed.
Hi I’m giving you the gorgeous badge, I love the painting of the three people and the pencil drawing is amazing! Your pictures are also beautiful!