With an artist’s brush and a teacher’s insight, she has cracked the right balance to foundation her artworks. Establishing herself in the field as a painter and art educator, her process of learning is based on artistic experimentation and in sharing her knowledge about the techniques of painting with others. That is Pallavi Goyal for you. Playing through different mediums, watercolours, gouache, acrylics, and more, conducting art workshops, classes, and sessions, whose life and profession are all surrounded by and sustained in art. And the way she recollects her journey, you can tell she is proud of where it has led her to and all that she has achieved. Just as she should be!
Born and brought up in Agra, Pallavi had a strange educational trajectory where after completing her schooling in sciences, she went on to study for and perform really well in the CA exam. However, she had to give up her studies in the middle because her father passed away in 2018. Struck by the tragedy, she had to take up jobs and responsibilities to support her family. It was because of this that she started tutoring students and that also involved giving them art lessons. While she had always been into art as a hobby, it was because of this that her interest in it revived with more intensity.
It was Pallavi’s brother who suggested her to begin an Instagram page dedicated to her work. With a number of art pieces just lying around, it was to be a personal album of sorts, just to keep all her creations in a one-stop destination. And that is how in 2019, ‘Artpreneur_pallavi‘ came to be. Slowly, when Pallavi noticed how the page was gaining attention and growing in its number of followers- most of whom were artists, she was motivated to pursue art more religiously, making both her art and her page take off for good.
While initially, Pallavi had started with Mandalas, it was her participation in a giveaway that ended up directing her towards watercolours. Not having had a proper background with the medium, following some tutorials she produced ten artworks in three days. And while she did win the giveaway, a larger victory for her was trying something new, doing well at it, and never having to look back. Since then, her skills have witnessed tremendous growth that she not only paints but also teaches others the technicalities of the form, colours, and pigments.
Now, a number of projects regularly come Pallavi’s way. She even finds herself being reached out for testing art products before they are launched. While expanding the scope of her paintings she has started attempting more elaborate and minutely detailed works that are large in size. It is in these details that she pours her heart, she says. Another attribute of these works is how in most of them she tries to include at least one new technique that she hasn’t tried before. This experimentation and detailing makes painting somewhat meditative for her. Especially with the watercolours, which Pallavi says are so therapeutic to watch as they flow by themselves in a beautiful process.
And while learning never ends and she knows she has a long way to go, Pallavi has some goals she hopes to clear in her future. “I am on a secret mission to prove that anybody can paint if they’ve never painted before” is what her energetic spirit of an educator admits. She wants to be the kind of teacher people can put their faith in when they come to learn. As a painter, however, she wants to move to bigger pieces and also sell her paintings on a more professional front.
As somebody who opted and adapted to working in a risky, unconventional field such as this, Pallavi has made a living out of being an artist. Coming from a place of experience then, her big advice to people is to not measure the worth of their art by social media numbers. Relying on practice, patience, and persistence is the way to go. It will take time for sure, but eventually, people will notice you as long as you stay true to your work. And offering the right amount of motivation, Pallavi speaks like both a good artist and a teacher when she reminds us how your improvement is what you should focus on, the increase in your knowledge from yesterday to today is all that matters!
