Shop for artists (painter) in Chennai??

My husband is an artist. He is looking for a shop in Chennai
where they sell paints and papers (rice paper) to paint on.
Who can help us? We wil visit Chennai in March.

In Royapettah, heading North up Royapettah High Road (you'll have just come down off the flyover), and just before the messy five-pont junction with Lloyds Road, there is a dishevelled and old looking shopping complex on the right, just before Vitan supermarket called something Officers's something (approx).

I was sitting in VIP restaurant opposite (by the bus stop) once, about three years ago, and met a guy who told me he head being buying artist's materials from a shop in that complex that he rated very highly. I haven't seen the shop, and don't know if it is still there.

In Dec 2005 I visited a shop in that same complex that sells a wide range of papers.

Bunder Street - Near Flower Bazaar police station

http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/23/stor...2315670200.htm

another shop in the ground floor of the LIC building... large place... i picked up some stuff from there. Its one of the few places that has all types of pencils.. from 1S to 6H. (if i am correct :S)

Does anyone know a shop where they sell the so-called
Lokta paper from Nepal.
Thanks for your help!

I know a shop with a huge range of papers.

It's in Royapettah, on the high road, inside a scruffy looking complex call Officer's Something or other. Near the junction with Lloyds Road, and the Vitan Supermarket

At least it was in Dec 2005: they made the gift bags for our wedding, out of that paper that has flower petals pressed into it.