ARIEL: Indian Art

Thank you everyone for your warm wishes for my little one. He's much better now but is always glued to me-:)

Anyways, for today I'm posting one of my long time unfinished idea.

I'm from India and am so proud of my country's diverse culture and traditions. Be it language, religion, cuisine, or even art, each state has its own unique identity.

I've always wanted to blog about the different art forms of different states. But due to lack of extensive research and of course postponing this in my mind, it has always remained to be a part of my many 'to do ideas'.

The one below is a kind of Madhubani style of painting that I created.

Madhubani paintings are from Mithila region, Bihar, a state in the eastern part of India. This art is mainly done by the women of the region to decorate their home especially, during festivals and weddings. The themes center around gods and goddesses, the sun, trees and leaves, fish and flowers. Traditionally, they're drawn on handmade paper with natural colors extracted from plants. Bright colors are used and twigs and cotton are used as brushes.

I've not adhered to the traditional Madhubani rules here but I wanted to try this lovely art form in my sketchbook. It took some time for me to finish all the tiny details on this page but I enjoyed it so much that I'm sure I'm going to try more of this art.

Tammy, thanks again for this challenge, that I finally took up this project.