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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 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 information about a few Indian paintings.

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