Art Portfolio 2015-2016
Recent Kalam Kari Paintings -
Urvi's Madhubani Paintings
Madhubani paintings are also called Mithila paintings. Madhubani, or Mithila, painting is a folk painting of northern India. It is mostly practiced by women in the villages who have passed this art to their daughters through multiple generations.
History of Madhubani: Originated in Bihar, India, it was a village called Madhubani in which this genre of painting started. According to mythology, this tradition commenced when Janakraj, father of Rani Sita asked his painters to paint the moments of marriage ceremony of Sita with Lord Rama. Traditionally, it was done by Madhubani’s village women on the mud wall of the huts but later on the base was converted into cloth, canvas, and handmade papers. Apart from the royal marriage of Ram-Sita, Madhubani art also depicts Hindu devotional stories of Lord Krishna, Durga, Lakhsmi, Sarswati, etc.. Different natural objects like, the moon, the sun, and plant Tulsi (an auspicious plant in Hindu religion) is also found as the theme of the Madhubani pictures. paintings are covered by different geometrical motifs, floral, animals, and bird pictures. They paint pictures of nature and mythology to depict different events like birth, marriage, and cycles of life. Though this folk art has been practiced for centuries it started to gain national recognition only in the last few decades. Now, art patrons can find Madhubani artists in several cities of northern India, many of whom are experimenting and adapting the traditional styles to modern ethos and medium. The paintings are traditionally based on mythological, folk themes and pastoral symbols. The central themes of most paintings are love, valor, devotion and fertility, though the approach may vary. So it is common to find scenes of courtship and marriages and symbols of fertility and prosperity like fish, parrot, elephant, turtle, sun, moon, bamboo tree, lotus, etc. in prominence. The divine beings are positioned centrally in the frame while their consorts and floral motifs form the background. The human figures are mostly abstract and linear in form.
Technique: There are three types of Madhubani paintings : these are Brahmin style, Tatoo Style, and Kshatriya Style. Painting on canvas is done with twigs, brushes, fingers, matchsticks, and nib-pens using natural dyes and colors, and is distinguished by eye-catching geometrical patterns. Nowadays synthetic colors are used but traditional artists still make their own colors by extracting them from plants.
The coloring is of two styles – Kachni (hatching) and Bharni (shading.) Kachni uses delicate fine lines to fill the painting and not much color is used. Bharni (shading) uses solid colors to shade and fill the pictures. It uses black outlines filled with vibrant colors. A variety of inventive patterns are made with hatching and stippling. Even now during birth and marriage ceremonies paintings are made on walls with different symbols like bamboo (lineage,) lotus, and fish. The designs announce the occasion of the celebration and solicit good fortune and divine blessings.
History of Madhubani: Originated in Bihar, India, it was a village called Madhubani in which this genre of painting started. According to mythology, this tradition commenced when Janakraj, father of Rani Sita asked his painters to paint the moments of marriage ceremony of Sita with Lord Rama. Traditionally, it was done by Madhubani’s village women on the mud wall of the huts but later on the base was converted into cloth, canvas, and handmade papers. Apart from the royal marriage of Ram-Sita, Madhubani art also depicts Hindu devotional stories of Lord Krishna, Durga, Lakhsmi, Sarswati, etc.. Different natural objects like, the moon, the sun, and plant Tulsi (an auspicious plant in Hindu religion) is also found as the theme of the Madhubani pictures. paintings are covered by different geometrical motifs, floral, animals, and bird pictures. They paint pictures of nature and mythology to depict different events like birth, marriage, and cycles of life. Though this folk art has been practiced for centuries it started to gain national recognition only in the last few decades. Now, art patrons can find Madhubani artists in several cities of northern India, many of whom are experimenting and adapting the traditional styles to modern ethos and medium. The paintings are traditionally based on mythological, folk themes and pastoral symbols. The central themes of most paintings are love, valor, devotion and fertility, though the approach may vary. So it is common to find scenes of courtship and marriages and symbols of fertility and prosperity like fish, parrot, elephant, turtle, sun, moon, bamboo tree, lotus, etc. in prominence. The divine beings are positioned centrally in the frame while their consorts and floral motifs form the background. The human figures are mostly abstract and linear in form.
Technique: There are three types of Madhubani paintings : these are Brahmin style, Tatoo Style, and Kshatriya Style. Painting on canvas is done with twigs, brushes, fingers, matchsticks, and nib-pens using natural dyes and colors, and is distinguished by eye-catching geometrical patterns. Nowadays synthetic colors are used but traditional artists still make their own colors by extracting them from plants.
The coloring is of two styles – Kachni (hatching) and Bharni (shading.) Kachni uses delicate fine lines to fill the painting and not much color is used. Bharni (shading) uses solid colors to shade and fill the pictures. It uses black outlines filled with vibrant colors. A variety of inventive patterns are made with hatching and stippling. Even now during birth and marriage ceremonies paintings are made on walls with different symbols like bamboo (lineage,) lotus, and fish. The designs announce the occasion of the celebration and solicit good fortune and divine blessings.
Urvi's Acrylic Art Projects
Water Color Art Projects
Urvi's Pencil Works