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Unlike Krishnalalji , Jayantilal and nishikanto who came here as seasoned Artist,Sanjiban da had his first initiation of Art from the Mother and exclusively trained by The Mother ( and Guided by Sri Aurobindo ). Later when he went to Shantineketan, his close brief association with Nandalal helped him to enrich his art.

Mother had a good impression about him when She saw him at the Darshan ( Feb. 1933 ) . She agreed to teach him Drawing and oil painting.

On His first meeting She said : " People in the Ashram know I can teach painting. I can't teach everyone. But it seems you have some inclination. I will help you. "

She sent him envelops with pasted pictures( cut out from Illustrated
newspapers and asked him to colour them.
Sri Aurobindio would smile and comment : " Oh ! What a nice thing to look at . "

When he got stuck with some drawing, for instance once with peacock's
beak - Mother herself sketched the beak . She taught him oil painting one day , by drawing the portrait of Chinmoyee, her closer attendant.

The Mother had certain revelatory guidelines about the Future Art.
When She discussed this with one of The artists she said :

"Now the Divine Beauty is establishing itself in the world... we are going to express the beauties of the Higher worlds through paintings.....

There is a reason why I always ask you to paint mostly on a white background. It is an attempt to express the Divine Light without shadow in the Future Paintings...
In the Future paintings you must not copy blindly the outer appearance without the inner vision. Do not try to adopt the technique either of modern art or classical art but always try to express the true inner vision of your soul and its deep impression behind everything to bring out the Eternal Truth and to express the glory of the Higher Worlds. "