Smart "R" Arts

       It is one of the beautiful Indian art. A spectacular folk art from odisha. Patta means cloth, and Chitra means picture. Pattachitra is a picture painted on a piece of cloth. This form of art is closely related with Temple of Puri. Traditionally painters are known as chitrakars. Most of the chitrakar community hails from a village in Puri, Odisha called Raghurajpur.They will do the traditional process of preparing the canvas.Fine cotton cloth coated with white stone powder and gum made out of tamarind seeds. This mixture gives the cloths surface a leathery finish then paint with Colors. Colors are made from natural materials like vegetables,,earth and stone colors. For instance ,to get the white color , powdered conch shells are used. The painters do not use pencil for outline. They are so expert in the line that they some drew with the brush .The final painting is given a special coating to protect it from weather,thus making it glossy . The back of...

Koi fish originate from Japan and represent love and friendship in Japanese culture.This fresh water fish having a lifespan of 200+ years.People used to grow at their pond and pool for decorative purposes.        They come in a variety of colors, not just orange. They may appear orange, yellow, white, red and black.Owners who received their koi fish as a gift are believed to have good luck

     Maharashtra is known for its folk Warli painting.Warli is the name of the largest tribe found on the northern outskirts of Mumbai in western India. Warli painting is the vivid expression of daily and social life of the Warli tribe, used by them embellish the walls of village house.Mostly women are engaged to creation of this Painting.     Painted white on earthy red mud walls, they are pretty close to pre-historic cave paintings in e ... xecution and usually depict scenes of human figures engaged in activities like hunting, dancing, sowing and harvesting.They used skewed bamboo sticks as brush and draw out with paste of rice powder with water as paints on the walls of warli people huts.The traditional warli painting red mud background with white paints.In Modern warli painting people are using different color background.       Warli painting on paper and cloth are become very popular and sold all over India a...