Rajasthani Miniature Paintings

Hi !!!

Hope all of you are doing well :)

Here in Delhi, thankfully its raining and the temperature has come down dramatically..

Today I am going to share with few paintings based on rajasthani folk art.. Even though madhubani is and has been very close to my heart, still I wanted to explore other traditional art forms. Earlier I had shared with you few Cheriyal Paintings, traditional art form of Telangana State.

In continuation to this today I am sharing with you Rajasthani Miniature Painting. This traditional art goes back to 15th century where it evolved in the Marwar -Mewar region. As the name suggests these are primarily done on small piece of cloth or paper with lot of detailing work. 

Taking inspiration from Pinterest I have tried to recreate few of them...

These paintings are done on A5 size Brustro watercolour paper.. I  feel that if I invest more time on this I will get better with time.:))

Do you agree with me ? Let me know your thoughts ... & do share about any new crafts you have been learning..:))

Till next time stay home stay safe :)))

Moushumi

My Meenakari paintings

Hello friends !!

Finally managed to find some blogging time........

It always feel good to come back here as I consider this as my personal space. Here not only do I get to share my artworks but also my journey to attain the same.....

Last time as I mentioned that due to fierce cold in Delhi I was unable to paint much... But had time to try something different. So I did these Meenakari paintings (traditional art form of Rajasthan). Its an ancients persian art of colouring and ornamenting metal surface with bright colours infused with intricate patterns. Embedded with kundan, meenas, colourfuls stones & gold work gave a royal look to these beautiful artifacts.

It took me quite long to complete these work but I am happy😃 with outcome.

Radha Krishna painting which I did using acrylic colours, gold outlines, gold chains, beads, meenas on canvas board. This is basically a kalamkari painting which I have portrayed in meenakari art form😀

This second one is of peacocks. This one is also done on canvas board butI have used glass gold outliner, glass colours & stones.

Hope you will like it.

Do let me know your opinion on the same...

Till next time take care & keep creating...😀

Moushumi

Phad Painting - My new found love

Hi!!

In my endeavour to try something new I have been experimenting with traditional Rajasthani Painting - Phad painting.

Phad Painting is a religious style scroll painting practised in Rajasthan. This kind of painting is done on a long piece of cloth or canvas known as phad. The narratives of the folk deities of Rajasthan especially Pabuji & Devnarayan are depicted on these phad. Scale of the figures depend on the social status of the character in the story. Also in this kind of painting the characters face each other. 

The cloth / phad is starched with rice water or flour and then it is rubbed with moonstone to impart stiffness to the same. After the rough sketch is drawn the artist fill it with colour moving from light colour to darker shade. Orange is used for body parts, for ornaments and general design on the clothing yellow colour is used, green for vegetation, brown for monuments, blue for water & red for clothing. Finally it is outlined with black colour that brings out the beauty & intricacies of the characters in the painting.

I have made these paintings on 10" x 12" sized canvas using acrylic colours First one is of Lord Ganesha & the second one is of Radha-Krishna. All these drawings are net inspired & am happy with the way it has come together.

I have tried to stay true to this traditional art as much as possible & I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them. In case you have any suggestion on the same do let me know.

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Planning to explore Gond painting this week. Hopefully will be back soon with my new creation. 

Till then by & take care !!!:)

Moushumi

Sourced from

http://www.handicraftglobal.com/know-handicrafts-phad-art-painting/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phad_painting