When you're a child, is there a right and wrong in everything? There is, if you are dealing with a subject like mathematics. If you say that one plus one equals three, you are wrong. Similarly, in history, if you say that India gained Independence in 1948, you are wrong. Or in English, if you say that "stoopid" is a valid spelling, you are wrong. But in art — even if you can't draw a straight line — there is no right or wrong. Sure, someone else's drawing might be more aesthetically pleasing than yours. But it still doesn't mean that what you have made is incorrect. And this sort of validation gives a child a sense of confidence that helps build a positive image about the world around him or her.

That's the sort of lesson that city-based sculptor Arzan Khambatta will instil in kids at a workshop at CSMVS Children's Museum, where he will teach them how to make tiny Ganeshas out of everyday objects like paper, glue and scissors. The event is the first in a series called Sunday Art Class that the museum is inaugurating this weekend. Khambatta tells us that his own introduction to art was a combined result of his upbringing — where his architect father would keep a variety of coloured pencils lying around — and the handicraft classes he had in nursery school. That became the starting point of a flourishing career as a sculptor, which he says has made him see the world with different eyes.