City girl doodles away in bid to set world record

Coimbatore: A city-based student made a floral doodle on a 6,055sqft paper in 13.30 hours in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record on Saturday.
R Monisha, a final year BCom student at Sankara College of Science and Commerce at Saravanampatti, took up the initiative to create a new record in floral doodling after seeing a record for the biggest drawing by an individual set by Scottish artist Johanna Basford, who drew a floral doodles on 5,381sqft in 12 hours last November.
Monisha, a resident of Thondamuthur, started around 7.30am at a hall in Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Kuniyamuthur. “The rules allowed a 10-minute rest for every two hours. I used 15 acrylic paint markers and paper from 100m rolls taped to the ground,” she told TOI.
Four art teachers were witnesses to the attempt. The event was filmed and submitted to the Guinness World Records.
Art teacher P Nandakumar, one of the witnesses, said the Scottish artist’s doodles had only outlines. “But Monisha included detailing in her work. So, it took her more than 13 hours to complete. Though she couldn’t break the earlier record, she has attempted to set a new record,” he said.
Monisha entered the India Book of Records by drawing portraits on 50 eggshells in 1 hour 31 minutes and 59 seconds in January.