Smart "R" Arts

Watercolor landscape painting.. Kudos to all the students ..

    In Today's episode I want to telecast a French Still life painting Artist Paul Cézanne .His painting mostly of household objects arranged with various fruits.     Paul Cézanne would spend hours arranging the fruit and his moving his easel around to get just the right perspective .He chooses a dark colors and moody shadows. He is one of the iconic still life painting Artist in art history!!!

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. H...

Kolams are decorative geometrical patterns that adorn the entrances of households and places of worship in India and it's called Rangoli also. There are several types of Rangoli are there.Today I would like to talk about only Kolam. Kolam is the mother art for my Art journey. I learned this art from my mother. In my childhood I didn't went any art class.Honestly I learned all my drawings from Kolam.Not only me so many women in India 😀 .Some people will say I don't know how to draw. But all the southern part of women has to do kolam mandatory . Kolam has the amazing concept of Dots to Drawing.This concept makes everyone to draw.I have added kolam in my Smart Arts curriculum.   Kolam is a line drawing of curves and loops around a regular grid of points. The traditional South Indian kolam, based on a grid of points is known as Kolam and Muggulu in Andhra Pradesh, Rangavalli in Karnataka . The folk-art is handed down through generations of women from historic time...

Ever want to learn about ancient Egypt? Come and learn about the valley of kings and queens and Ancient pyramids...Have a look of Wonderful King Tut portrait from kids ....

Since humans have existed, art is the important part of social culture. Learning Art from other cultures helps us to appreciate what people from around the worl ... d consider valuable and beautiful. It allows us to learn about new techniques and materials used in art.In that order today will see about Traditional Amate bark Paintings. This is the traditional Mexican folk art, painted on an organic medium called “amate.” Amate is a type of paper produced from the fibers of the bark of fig trees. Beginning in pre-Hispanic times, different indigenous groups used the amate to communicate with others. In today’s Mexico, the Otomí people of Central Mexico produce this paper in a way similar to its historical origins. They usually paint intricate birds, colorful plants, and whimsical animals on the amate so that it can be used for decoration. For more interesting information about Arts stay tuned with SMART ”R” ARTS.. This week we learnt about Mexican Amate Art. Amate ...

This week featured Artist - HENRI MATISSE Henri Matisse is a French artist known for making colorful works of art. He used a variety of materials in his work, ... including oil paint, bronze and he would also make drawings using charcoal. He was a draughtsman, print maker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.  During his old age he worked on decoupage in his later years while he was in a wheelchair and couldn't paint anymore. Matisse explained that those cut-outs were his best work. He began to work with brightly colored paper and used scissors to cut out shapes, animals, leaves, dancers and flowers and then arrange them that makes a unique creations.. This is the unique experience instead of drawing and painting this time kids made their landscape with paper cutouts..