26 March, 2014
Warli is a tribe living near the Maharashtra and Gujrat border. They have given the world of art a gift, the gift of Warli Art.
This art is traditional and can be traced back to the 2500BC to 3000BC. It is very simple and the main graphic components used in these paintings were circles, squares and triangles. The Warli people saw everyday things and presented it in a very simple way int their paintings. The circles represented the moon and sun and the trees were represented as triangles.
I found this art very beautiful and hence asked my art teacher, Deepshri Ma'am to teach me. She was happy to see me interested in it. She taught me the basic shapes and also taught me to make humans and animals. It is amusing how animals can be made by using just triangles! After finishing learning the basics, I finally decided to make a painting.
I choose the theme 'everyday life'. I drew a tree in between and made people carrying out their everyday business around the tree. There are people deciding to hunt, then there is a mother taking care of her children. One man is playing music and the other people are dancing around him.
It was my first painting and I accept it wasn't that good! But it was a new experience for me and I learnt a new skill. I will make sure that my second painting is better!
Till next time :)
Warli is a tribe living near the Maharashtra and Gujrat border. They have given the world of art a gift, the gift of Warli Art.
This art is traditional and can be traced back to the 2500BC to 3000BC. It is very simple and the main graphic components used in these paintings were circles, squares and triangles. The Warli people saw everyday things and presented it in a very simple way int their paintings. The circles represented the moon and sun and the trees were represented as triangles.
I found this art very beautiful and hence asked my art teacher, Deepshri Ma'am to teach me. She was happy to see me interested in it. She taught me the basic shapes and also taught me to make humans and animals. It is amusing how animals can be made by using just triangles! After finishing learning the basics, I finally decided to make a painting.
I choose the theme 'everyday life'. I drew a tree in between and made people carrying out their everyday business around the tree. There are people deciding to hunt, then there is a mother taking care of her children. One man is playing music and the other people are dancing around him.
It was my first painting and I accept it wasn't that good! But it was a new experience for me and I learnt a new skill. I will make sure that my second painting is better!
Till next time :)
Every society is having their own culture, which you are trying to learn through art skill. I personally like to make some interesting things in art. its something innovative which will inspire to others to do it.
ReplyDeleteDear Asmita,
ReplyDeleteBy learning Warli you will not learn only to draw the picture but you will also know about the culture of tribes. It's very good activity you are doing. Post the drawing which you have completed.
Ms. Vijayalaxmi Kanate
CAS Coordinator,
DYPIS, Nagpur