Krunal Sonkusare
In a time when most people chase speed, screens, and startups, Krunal Sonkusare has quietly built his life around something more lasting a pencil and a purpose. From his small studio in Nagpur, Maharashtra, he has spent more than twenty years turning simple lines into emotion, and art into opportunity.
Krunal is known for his hyper-realistic portraits that seem to breathe life into paper. Over the years, he has completed more than five hundred and twenty commissioned sketches for clients across India and countries like Canada, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the United States. Every portrait reflects not just technical skill but patience, observation, and the ability to see stories in faces.
Yet his real legacy may not lie only in the portraits he creates but in the people he teaches. As the founder of Krunal Sonkusare Arts, he has been teaching drawing and fine arts for more than two decades. His students range from children just discovering their talent to adults looking to reconnect with creativity.
His classes are rooted in traditional techniques such as perspective, shading, and composition, while encouraging freedom to explore different mediums like pencil, charcoal, and paint. He also helps students prepare for Elementary and Intermediate drawing exams along with other competitive art tests. For many, his guidance has been the turning point between seeing art as a hobby and treating it as a career.
Krunal’s approach to teaching is flexible and personal. Students can attend group sessions where they learn together and exchange ideas, or choose one-on-one home classes for focused attention. To reach students beyond Nagpur, he also conducts online sessions, with learners joining from across India and even from America.
“Teaching isn’t about making someone draw like me,” he says. “It’s about helping them find their own rhythm, their own way of seeing.”
Over the years, Krunal has also taken art beyond classrooms. He conducts workshops and summer camps with NGOs, schools, and private institutions, using art to bring confidence and calm to children from all walks of life. Many of his workshops are for underprivileged students who might never have held a drawing pencil before. He believes that even a small exposure to art can change the way a child looks at the world.
“Art teaches patience and focus,” he explains. “It helps people express what they can’t say in words. I’ve seen it transform confidence, especially in young kids.”
Despite his long career, Krunal still calls himself a student. He constantly experiments with new techniques and keeps learning from his own students. “Every day in the studio teaches me something new,” he says. “The most rewarding part of being an artist is that you never stop improving.”
In many ways, Krunal represents a new generation of creative professionals who are building careers out of passion and purpose. His journey blends artistry and entrepreneurship, but always with humility at the center.
Looking ahead, Krunal hopes to expand his online art programs and open an academy where students can learn, create, and even teach others. His dream is simple: to make quality art education accessible to everyone who wants to learn.
Through his work, Krunal Sonkusare is quietly sketching a different picture of India, one where art is not just admired but lived, shared, and taught. With every portrait and every student, he continues to prove that creativity, when guided by patience and purpose, can indeed shape a new India.
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