Education on George Supreeth

How communities learn

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:43:03 +0530

I’ve been thinking about how social learning is such a contrast to formal, structured learning systems.

I am a fairly experienced educator. I have worked with a diverse group¹ of students over the last three decades. I am also the co-founder of what is arguably the oldest on-location drawing community in India, which has taught me a lot on how people learn in informal and unstructured ways.

This community does not ask people to register for drawing events. It charges no fees, proposes no frameworks—it simply announces a new venue each week, and people turn up to draw. This social process of drawing together, it turns out, provides a powerful learning method for members of the community.

Self Assessment for non-professionals

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:53:12 +0530

The majority of the artists in the Penciljam community are not professional artists, by which I mean - their profession does not involve creating art.

While there are a decent number of professionals¹ such as concept artists, illustrators, painters, comic book artists and so on, most of our group may be described as deeply passionate hobbyists or at least aspiring professionals.

I think of it as a gradient.

Some Passionate Hobbyists transition to aspiring professionals and some of these eventually become full time professionals.

Stories are a Scaffold

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:25:02 +0530

India Coffee House in the 90s was different. It was located on Bangalore’s M.G road, housed in the now derelict Shrungar Shopping Complex. It had an old world vibe, with retro posters on peeling walls, ancient tables, and a large plate-glass window at which I used to sit and watch the world go by. Today, it seems like a desolate place, peopled by the elderly and a scattering of hipsters. Back then, cafés were still rare, and that venerable old institution bustled with a mix of journalists, ad-men, professors, writers, artists—the type of folk who need a periodic caffeine fix.

Education as Drip irrigation

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:25:01 +0530

I am part of a drawing group that meets every Sunday to draw our city. We’ve been doing this for a decade and a half now, and I have learned to always carry an extra sketchbook and additional drawing material with me during these sessions. This is because there is almost always a curious child who ambles over to peek into our sketchbooks.

Seeing full-grown adults drawing out in public must be an unbelievable sight for children, especially the little ones. Drawing is considered a hobby in Indian society, something that children dabble with and eventually grow out of. I love the look of astonishment on their faces when they realize that there are adults who take drawing seriously enough to draw, out in public.

A Job and a Curriculum

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 12:25:01 +0530

2021 held many surprises for me, the topper being that after close to 2 decades of being self-employed, I found myself working for a large ed-tech firm.

Having explored ECE ecosystems in-depth over the years and having tried to build a couple of my own, my curiosity on how large, commercial ed-tech firms build for ECE eventually won out. I accepted the offer.

My specific interest here was to try and build an art pedagogy to be delivered at scale, with an emphasis on developing higher-order skills. This is easier said than done, with decades of personal, societal and academic biases layered thick, blunting all attempts at presenting art as a way to build visual-perceptual skills in children, especially in early childhood.