Festival of lights

This is a piece from my still life series named “Treasures”. This shows the significance of "Diwali" (festival of lights). Many first-generation
immigrants know the pain of leaving their life behind. Through the years when we travel home, we accumulate things
that are close to our hearts, one at a time, during each trip. “Treasures”, it is an effort to depict such memories. Some
might be keepsakes, some might be adorning our homes giving that traditional feel, some might be part of our daily
lives, but all of them are the happiness that we carry with us when we leave home, to come back to this home.
I use pastel pencils, pan-pastels, on black paper. It takes 12-15 layers to achieve the desired skin tone or the fabric
finness. I personally like doing jewelry and fabric details.