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Indian art workshops

29/01/2023

14/04/2022

Magic on the Streets
Alpona is a folk art traditionally practiced by women, and consisting of colored motifs, patterns, and symbols that are painted on floors and walls with paints made from rice flour, on religious occasions. It is common to the Bengal region in India, and in Bangladesh. Amongst Hindu families, alpanas may contain religious motifs with symbolic designs that relate to religious austerity, festivals, and specific deities. Alpana motifs have been very influential in modern Indian art, and are incorporated into the works of artists such as Jamini Roy, Abanindranath Tagore, Devi Prasad, and in the early illustrations of film-maker Satyajit Ray. In contemporary days the craft has taken a new avatar. STEET ALPONA. In the year 2012 a 10km long alpona was drawn on the street of Dhaka by 1000 students to celebrate Poila Boishak. Ever since it has been a tradition in West Bengal and Bangladesh and huge comunity alpona are drawn during durga pujo and poila boishak .

06/01/2021

Weith our thoughts and imaginations we beautify the world......................Gautam Buddha

03/01/2021

The vast limitless Circle... Mandala
The Soul is the center, rest of the world surrounds it....

21/11/2020

A customer asked me how much it cost to make an Oil painting landscape size 4ft by 4ft

𝗠𝗲: Rs 60,000 approximately ($800) 😊

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Why is it too expensive? it's just only landscape painting.

𝗠𝗲: How much do you think it would cost you?

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Rs 7500/- ($100) maximum... It's just easy, right?! You can do it easily and quickly too because you know how.

𝗠𝗲: hmm okay, maybe you can do it yourself.

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: but I don't know how...😂

𝗠𝗲: For Rs 7500 ($100) I'll teach you, with that, you can save Rs 52000 approximately ($700) You'll get the knowledge that you'll need. 😉

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Okay, I'm fine with that. 😁

𝗠𝗲: But to get started: We need some things first:

Oil Paint Rs ( 60000) ($800)

Pure raw Linseed oil ( 11000 ) ($150)

Canvas ( 5000 +) ($80)

Palette / palette Knife set ( 700 ) ($9-$12)

Easel ( 10000 ) (140$)

Other art materials (1k- 5k) ($20-$100)

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𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Oh my.😣 But I don't have all these art materials. Do I need to buy all of that? I just only need one painting to make. 😐

𝗠𝗲: Well with Rs 7500 ($100) I'll teach you for 2 art sessions so that you can make. 🙂

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Okay sure 🙂

𝗠𝗲: Okay! On Thursday, I'll be waiting for you to start doing this work, alright?

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: But I can't on Thursday I only have time today.😢

𝗠𝗲: I'm sorry, but I'm only available on Thursday to teach you and other days are busy with other clients. 😔

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Fine. That means I'm going to have to sacrifice my Thursday and give up my other tasks.😣

𝗠𝗲: There is also another process for you to learn where you do not have to pay.🙂

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Really? how?😲

When you pay for a job, you pay not only for the art materials, but also:

- Knowledge

- Experience

- Study

- Tools

- Services

- Time to go

- punctuality

- Accountability

- Accuracy

- Guaranteed

- Sacrifices

- Safety and security

No one can denigrate other people's work by judging prices.

Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work can you estimate the actual cost.

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15/08/2020

Maa Tujhey Salam🙏🏻

14/08/2020

MAYA

17/07/2020

Jharkhand has received the GI tag for the iconic Sohrai-Kohvar tribal art form, from the Geographical Indications Registry.
Mainly practiced by tribal women of remote villages in Barkagaon block in Hazaribag district, these traditional and ritualistic paintings, made with only naturally available soils of different colours in the area, adorn adivasi homes made of mud or brick.
A GI tag or the Geographical Identification tag is a symbol used on products that have a specific geographical location and possess qualities unique to that place of origin. With this status, no state or country can lay claim over the origin of he 5700 years old Sohrai-Kohvar art form. The recognition, a first for any product from the state, will help 360 tribals showcase this art form on national and international platforms and boost their income

13/07/2020

Its all about their Tails and Clings
In strange designs of Rounds and Rings;
And that is why they Strut about
And Proudly spread their Feathers out.

11/07/2020

Drawing mandalas " the Sacred Circle" as a form of art therapy can reduce anxiety, tension and overall stress.

08/07/2020

The state of Jharkhand is part of the central tribal belt of India and home to more than 40 Adivasi communities. The habitations of these communities typically comprise mud houses located within paddy fields and forests. Driving along the highway and turning into one of the smaller roads, one is likely to find clusters of neatly plastered and painted mud houses with tribal art on the walls, flanking the street. In the months between October and January particularly, the houses are resplendent, having been freshly painted by the village women in preparation for the harvest festival.
The Oraon comb-cut is one such unusual wall painting technique which dates back to olden times. Cattle images, feeding of animals, birds, papyrus, circled lotus, geometric forms, arches in series are common. A layer of black or dark grey manganese-rich clay is first applied on the wall. Once it dries, a second layer of whitish kaolin clay is applied. When the second layer is just set but not fully dry, the designs are scraped onto the wall using a broken comb or a similar toothed instrument. This scratches off the kaolin clay to reveal the blackened surface below. The final designs comprise multiple delicate black lines on a whitened surface.
This creates a pattern that when viewed from afar, reveals an amazing black and white painting.

01/07/2020

The tribal art Madhubani to save tree ...

In 2012, to prevent deforestation, Madhubani artists( women of nearby villages) created colourful Madhubani masterpieces on tree trunks. As a result, not even a single painted tree was cut.
As you drive along National Highway 52 in Madhubani district, you will pass more than 100 trees that have already been decorated with the paintings. It has attracted tourists ever since....

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