Illustrated a piece on the ‘Mahua’ tree penned by the Hindi poet Vinod Kumar Shukla. Mahua flowers are a source of livelihood in the forest. For centuries the tribes have lived with the trees, their flowers, the forest and it’s creatures. Original in Hindi, swipe to read. Translated to English this reads: In a day long silence of a jungle the dropping of the Mahua flower is heard and in the evening with every drop of टप one more star is seen like a star dropped in the sky and now the sky is full the jungle gets filled too A tribal girl, boy, the women with their baskets go collect the Mahua flowers as the day rises along with the light, the brightness they are spreadout in the jungle while collecting Mahua flowers... A tribal girl while collecting sees a tiger As in a jungle a tiger is seen Tiger looks at the tribal girl in the way that a tribal girl is seen in a jungle as birds are seen in a jungle a butterfly is seen in a jungle and the tiger yawns and lies down again on the dry leaves just as it was doing a while ago . . . . . Sennelier Watercolours on 300 gsm Brustro watercolour paper . . . Artwork details and process drawings to the right #watercolour #sennelier #brustro #watercolourillustration #forestsofindia #indianforest #mahuatree #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #kidlitartist #kidlitindia #childrensliterature #indiankidlit #childrenillustration #childrensbooks #editorialillustration #illustration #illustrationartists #illustrator #womenillustrators #womenartists #illustratorsoninstagram #illustratorsofinstagram #artwork #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/CYftTnBF04_/?utm_medium=tumblr
