Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Kamala’s Correspondence with
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

Fragment ID: 15816

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Sri Aurobindo — Kamala Amin

Undated

Mother,

I want to draw portraits. Today I have drawn the legs from some book directly with a brush without using a pencil.

Should I draw with a pencil first?

May I draw from a book?

Should I learn to do the portraits or continue to draw the flowers? Please guide me.

You can try the human figure but it is better to learn to draw it first, before painting. You can draw from the books. Until you have tried we cannot say whether you have a disposition for the human figure.

Sri Aurobindo