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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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