Indian Paintings - Madhubani Painting

-
I am very keen to learn about paintings around the world. On that phase I started my journey with Indian paintings.
Before 3 years ago, I read one blog about Indian paintings. I got quite astonished with huge varieties of Indian paintings!!!!. Because I did so many paintings but I didn't know these many types of paintings are there in Indian Art.Then I started digging myself with this topic.Still my research is going on…
India is a land rich for art, culture and tradition.It... has been the home of arts and crafts since prehistoric times and painting is no exception to this fact. Indian paintings are famous for its uniqueness and richness.
The history of Indian paintings started from rock art during prehistoric times in the caves of Central India, typified by those at the Bhimbetka rock shelters and rock-cut artificial caves, paintings at Ajanta and Ellora, extending as late as the 8th - 10th century CE. Ajanta and Ellora paintings are still stands out with its glory.

Here's the types of Indian paintings.
1.Madhubani Painting
2. Warli painting
3. Gond Painting
4. Pattachitra Painting
5. Kalamkari Painting
6. Batik Painting
7. Kerala Mural Painting
8. Tanjore Painting
9. Rajput Painting
10. Mughal painting
11. Pahari painting
12. Kolam and Rangoli Art
13. Phad painting
14. Kalighat painting
15. Modern painting

Today I would like to share with you all about one of the oldest paintings in India is Madhubani or Mithila painting.

Madhubani, or Mithila, painting is a folk painting of northern India. It is mostly practiced by women in the villages who have passed this art to their daughters through multiple generations. They paint pictures of nature and mythology to depict different events like birth, marriage, and cycles of life. Though this folk art has been practiced for centuries it started to gain national recognition only in the last few decades.
The origin can be traced to the time of the Ramayana, when King Janaka of Nepal ordered his kingdom to decorate the town for the wedding of his daughter, Sita, to Lord Rama.Still people are following this tradition during marriage ceremonies.
Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns.If you want to your children about Indian paintings you can teach this Painting. It's having lot of easy designs.


I reproduced some paintings of famous madhubani artist Bharti Dayal.
My next post is about warli painting…..See you all again soon.😃

5 to 12 years old kids works





Ramalakshmi

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Wycinanki

-
Image
Wycinanki, intricate paper cut-outs, has been a popular folk craft in Poland since the mid-19th century. They traditionally depicted scenes from daily life and were used to decorate cottages. In this workshop, kids tried the simple wycinanki designs with easy step by step instructions.  In Poland, the decorative cut-outs are mainly associated with two regions – Łowicz and Kurpie. The Kurpie cut-outs are made with a single sheet of paper and are thus totally symmetrical and only one colour. Those from the Łowicz area feature colourful designs built from layering the intricate cut-outs. Though traditionally hung as decorations in wi ndows, on walls, and from ceiling joints, today the classic designs are found everywhere. I have done this workshop to kids are aged 6 to 12 years old.. Younger kids felt little harder because it has lot of cutting works. But older kids really enjoyed and made a beautiful works.. I would like to say its the very good decorative project for...
Read more

Pattahitra and Kalamkari - Indian paintings

-
Image
Patachitra is a vibrant folk art form native to Orissa, a state in eastern India. This famous ethnic painting was born out of the cult of Jagannath Dev - the presiding deity of Orissa. Incredible pictorial conceptions, characteristic conventions and vibrant colors make the Patachitra a unique treasure in the rich coffer of Indian traditional art. Executed primarily on cloth, using natural colors, these handcrafted paintings have charmed admirers from all over the world. Kalamkari  is an ancient style of hand painting done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen, using natural dyes. The word Kalamkari is derived from a Persian word where ‘ kalam ‘ means pen and ‘ kari ‘ refers to craftsmanship. This art involves 23 tedious steps of dyeing, bleaching, hand painting, block printing, starching, cleaning and more. Motifs drawn in Kalamkari spans from flowers, peacock, paisleys to divine characters of Hindu epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana. Nowadays, this art is primarily ...
Read more

Monet Artworks

-
Image
Claude Monet was the leader of the French  Impressionist  movement, literally giving the movement its name. As an inspirational talent and personality, he was crucial in bringing its adherents together. Interested in painting in the open air and capturing natural light, Monet would later bring the technique to one of its most famous pinnacles with his series paintings, in which his observations of the same subject, viewed at various times of the day, were captured in numerous sequences. Masterful as a colorist and as a painter of light and atmosphere, his later work often achieved a remarkable degree of abstraction, and this has recommended him to subsequent generations of abstract painters. Kids have done wonderful work in the workshop. 
Read more