ADA MID TERM ASSIGNMENT

PERSONAL ARTWORK

Bachelor Of fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

Department of Fashion Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar, 2020-2024

Under the Guidance of Submitted by:

Mr. Ravi Joshi DALJIT SINGH
BFT/20/401
(Faculty NIFT Gandhinagar)

This paper is an intellectual property of Daljit Singh, Fashion tech student

NIFT Gandhinagar.
MY “UGLY” ROAD
DALJIT SINGH
 Technical Steps of how I painted

• I chose 4 different shades of brown to give layered muddy look.

• And 3 different greens for rough grass and undergrowth along with
white and yellow for bushes and slight yellow grass fell.
• Sky blue colour and white colour has been used to give slightly
cloudy feel of a clear perfect day
• A sense of depth has been tried to give on boundary of the path.
• I colored the sides of the canvas to give it a 3D effect because it is
hanging in my room now and side colouring helps the overall feel.
• I painted stones and pebbles on the path and gave them a shadow
go give some sense of reality.
• I tried to paint a plain layer of 2 greens and then adding other
colours for the rough effect.
• I used a 1 inch hard bristle brush to give the grass effect.
• I tried to keep horizon as accurate as possible.
Pebbles with shaddow
Depth part to
give 3D feel
Why ‘The Road Not Taken’ ?
I chose foe my inspiration because The poem encapsulates the innate
confusion about LIFE , yes, its big word. The conclusion of the poem taps
into and appeals to our self-regard. How the word may perceive every
situation is quite interesting and scary at the same time.
My whole life I have seen people having so many pre-conceived notions of
how everything should be, yet they have no control in their hands. We can
say what “good” is in thousands of words but always forget what we are is
result of what we were once.
Frost says in his poetic language what you are is what you chose to be and
that has made the difference and there is no going back. Own who you are.
A child who has seen beautiful sceneries in media and school and books
may say my painting is ugly because of dark, muddy feel and very rough
and displeasing grass and undergrowth, but that is what my painting is.
In poem, He says that he chose the more travelled road at first because it
would be safer and easier to pass through, but in the end he choses the less
travelled one after a long inspection (which he framed as undergrowth in
The poem)

One part people usually miss is that he also states the roads were almost
equally used
"Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim”

What exactly did he mean? And one would be forced to think, Was there any
road at all? Is there any “good” life. I believe there is no such thing. There is
just life. There are just the ways the things are. The day in my painting is
perfect and so are muddy ugly road and rough plain around it.
If I google a road, I get perfect and picturesque paintings with
luscious greenery and lovely flowers wth all sweet and positive
colours. But I wanted to paint a road just like my (or our, if you
agree) life, And it anything but picture perfect.
What I painted is also a road, hence a life; and somebody has to
own it because it clearly exists. I chose to own what I have and
what I am rather than waiting or working for the “good” version
of my life. Just like he said in poem “Then took the other, as just
as fair, And having perhaps the better claim”. And I question it by
asking , was there any road at all.
He answers my doubt by saying “I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.” clearing every insecurity
and every doubt one could have
How does painting relate to what I perceived from the poem?

I use colors in such way that it gives it looks “ugly” by giving it a muddy and
rough the reason is that is how our lives are. Not ugly, but imperfect (but I may
change how you perceive “ugly”).
on “why is this happening to me?!!”
I am what I chose to be, this is the pure me without any filters. This painting
have probably the worst brushstrokes, and people also have scars from
pimples. The shape and proportions are distorted and probably the farthest
from Greek standards of beauty, but so is fat body. One can do something so
change some aspects, make them better for my personal benefits, but saying
one will change it just because it is not good is immoral to me. Because in the
end, that life will not be “perfect“ either.