Madhubani Painting in 6 Easy Steps

Madhubani Painting in vi Like shooting fish in a barrel Steps

This blog was originally written and published by Megha Agarwal for her blog Bhaili.com.

I have learnt a lot past observing other artists' at work – some in person and others through media. I strongly believe that in this age of Google advert Youtube i tin acquire anything and everything if i is really adamant. There are lots of generous people sharing their noesis and skill over the Internet.

I used to wonder what makes these wonderful people take so much effort to share their learning? Now I realize that their aim is to help others larn. And that's exactly why I wanted to write this post – to pass on the assistance I received when I started painting.

I have completed this Madhubani painting of Radhe-Krishna in a week'south fourth dimension and taken photographs in each important phase. Madhubani or Mithila is the folk art of Bihar.

Few of import points about Madhubani painting for interested readers.

  • It's an intricate art form and takes time to complete a painting. Please don't be in hurry to end information technology. Enjoy the wonderful journeying of painting.
  • It can exist washed on a handmade canvass or any thick white sail – no special papers needed. Simply make certain you start painting on the rough side of the sheet. Polish and shiny surfaces make the colours sideslip.
  • Traditionally, a special nib is used to draw lines with black ink in Madhubani fine art work, but that requires lot of practice. However, a black marker pen can be used to draw the outline (it'southward important that the pen should be water resistant).
  • Water-based poster colours are used on paper while acrylic colours are used on fabric. Round tip brushes are used to fill colours.

Painting Procedure

Step 1

I start with sketching the border. The border is an important aspect of a Madhubani painting and it makes the painting look consummate. Continuous geometrical designs or nature-inspired motifs can be used. Edge can be from ½ inch to ii inch wide (depending on the size of the canvas you are using). Bigger the canvas wider the edge. Here I take drawn a ½ inch edge.

Step 2

Anticipate the layout of the painting. Start with the main character and fill the remaining space later. Hither, I take sketched Radha-Krishna first and then made the tree, abstract peacock and fish in the given order. The idea is that abstruse patterns should back up the principal theme. Since its Radha-Krishna, adding peacock and fish made sense. Peacock is the symbol of romance and fish stands for fertility, good luck and devotion.

Step 3

Repeated patterns are made to add detailing every bit y'all tin can see in tree trunk or in the way leaves are filled. There is no fixed dominion to information technology and whatsoever pattern that blends well with the theme can exist used. The border looked a little too uncomplicated so I added further detailing to it. As you must take understood no space is left blank and information technology should be filled with detailing.

Since in this painting nosotros are post-obit Bharni style, we fill the painting with vibrant colours. While in Kachni style it'south mostly black and white with minimum use of colours. I am biased towards Bharni style as information technology is more colourful and bright.

Step 4

While filling the colours, first make up one's mind the groundwork colour and then cull the foreground colours. When groundwork colour creates dissimilarity with the foreground colours, it makes the painting more appealing. Choice of colours is very crucial. And so, go yourself familiarized with the colour-wheel to know more about colour combinations.

Step five

One time washed with the groundwork color, I infuse bright colours in the foreground. When in doubt, start with adding obvious colours. Like tree trunk volition be brown and leaves volition be dark-green, peel tone of Radha and Krishna, peacock will again be in shade of blue. After this it will exist like shooting fish in a barrel to visualize and choose other colours.

Step 6

Yous can leave the background equally filled with single colour only Madhubani painting is all about intricate patterns. So I add repeated pattern with black colour (shown beneath) and fine tip round brush all over the background.

The painting is complete and ready to be framed. Decorate your home or your workplace or you can even gift information technology to someone.