PRIYANKA GUSAIN is a Canvas Painter
Cosmo: Tell us about your hobby. Priyanka Gusain: “I paint huge canvas abstract paintings and landscapes.” C: How did you start? PG: “When I was five, my teacher gave me homework to colour a few fruits in my colouring book. I asked my sister for help because I couldn’t paint at that time. But my mother saw me and encouraged me to do it myself. She used to appreciate even my worst painting and collect each one for her collection. She got me painting books, crayons, paints, brushes...everything. That’s how my journey began.” C: How do you take out time for your hobby? PG: “Painting for me is like a stress buster. I paint when I feel anxious, when I feel sad and when I feel happy. It’s like it is mandatory in my life to paint when I am feeling things I can’t otherwise share with the world. I like to speak through my paintings.” C: What’s the coolest thing about your hobby? PG: “The coolest thing is that I’m getting featured in one of the best magazines of the country and getting famous for what I love to do!” C: Tell us about your favourite ‘hobby memory’? PG: “I got through my college admission, in the course I wanted, by applying through Extra Curricular Activities quota, by painting.” C: How has painting changed your life? M: “It has changed me in many ways. Painting has built my personality and I love to acknowledge that whenever I feel low about myself, I just look at my collection to see how talented I am and just start painting again.”