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Indian Heritage


                 #Indian Paintings


                   Indian paintings, like other art forms, have a rich history and diversity. Traditionally, these art forms
                   existed only in wall paintings or murals. But today, they are also found on canvas, paper, cloth, etc.
                   Some popular ones are:


















                              Madhubani                             Warli                         Kalamkari

                      In this painting, the scenes of    In  this painting,  chewed       It is a type hand decorated or
                      Ramayana and  the  images          bamboo stick is used as          block printed cotton fabric. It
                      Hindu    God-Goddesses      are    brush and mixture of rice        is done with a tamarind pen,
                      depicted on the canvas.            paste and water gum is used      using natural dyes.
                                                         as colour.

                   Choose any one form of Indian painting and create a design on a chart paper.


                   #Materials Required
                    Chart paper, sketch pens, oil pastel colours, pencils, etc.



                   #Skills Required

                    Creativity, Flexibility


                   #Method
                       With the help of your parents, find out about a few Indian paintings.

                       Think of a design you want to make. You may refer Internet.
                       Draw the similar painting on a chart paper.
                       Submit to your class teacher.
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