When She Coloured My Canvas 😍

Colour 5 - Om is hurt

It was a sleepless night for Gouri. She was thinking deeply. She didn't know how to overcome her fear. She once again tried to sketch, but it was a failure...her heartbeat was raising...She was sweating...and she finally gave it up...

Next morning, she reached his gallery. But she was welcomed by the loud voice of Om. He was in a very angry mode that day, due to some business issues. Gouri was surprised because even to moti, he hadn't spoken in this way. She silently went to the room and arranged the canvas.
Om entered the room frowning and asked Gouri to repeat yesterday's chapter. But unluckily, Gouri could only make few strokes on the canvas. She already had a problem with drawing and moreover she was shocked with his behaviour. The pencil fell from her hand.

Om lost his temper. He was already angry with the problems his assistants had made, which was leading to the loss of a big deal, and on top of that this girl is continuing her antics.
"What are you trying to do? Can't you sketch properly? Where is your attention? What is your big problem? See I already have a busy schedule and I found out sometime just because I thought that you are worth it? What did you study in sketching, ha? Not even able to hold the pencil properly? Just stop this now, practice in your home properly and come back after 2 days? Do you get it?"

A small river was forming in her eyes, but she didn't cry, because Gouri kumara Sarma never cried in front of anyone. She took her bag and just left from there.....
Om's whole day was very bad. After reaching home, he didn't talk to anyone, not even to sweety. A big deal was going out of his hand because of a small carelessness. He had to work a lot to get it back.

At some point, he remembered Gouri. He felt ashamed that he had misbehaved with a lady. He thought to call her but later dropped that plan. He didn't know why she had this problem of touching the canvas.
Here Gouri was determined; she took this as a challenge. She began roughly sketching; closing her eyes, thinking her dad. She failed many times; but didn't give up. As she moved her hands through the table, the glass fell down and broke. Her hands were bleeding: but she continued. Finally, after a long time she managed to draw a picture: picture of a pigeon flying out from a cage. She thanked sankarji...

After 2 days, she reached the gallery. She went inside the room and arranged few pictures which she managed to draw  from home.
As Om entered and saw Gouri he was a bit confused. He didn't know how to face her. But seeing so many pictures sketched by her, he was totally amused. He appreciated her in his mind but told her,
"OK, so finally you have overcome your fear. It's good. So you know a good amount of drawing. Fine...so let's start with the next level"

It was a very enjoyable class that day. Gouri got to know many more new things, some small tips to make her sketch feel real, some shading effects etc. She was so happy at the end of the class.
When she was about to leave, Om told her,
"I'm very sorry Ms.Gouri, about last day's incident. Actually I was a bit stressed up with my work and when I saw you being so careless I just couldn't..." Gouri interrupted,
"It's OK sir, I understand. Yes it was true that I had few personal problems, but now I am alright. After all, you are my guru, so you shouldn't apologise." She became happy as Om smiled at her...

The next few weeks, witnessed the development of a unique relation between Omkara and Gouri. Both were very much indulged in their passion – art. All their talks were totally related to art. Gouri was literally feeling that she was growing up as an artist, in every sense – not only just in sketching but in terms of dedication and passion.
Their interaction was not just confined inside the gallery. Both attended many art exhibitions and camps. As Om was one of the topmost artists, Gouri could easily access many opportunities and interact with other big artists. Her language was never a problem, as Om was there to help out. They even began going for few outings.