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ganapathi -kerala mural painting

shaji kollengode

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Padmavathy Ragavendran 08 Aug 2016

Intricate, takes huge time, have seen it in making, your note on kerala mural is v good, why not post it on the image comments itself, such a rich history, no viewer will miss reading it, just thought of telling....??

Enrique Nieto 25 Jul 2016

Funny image, I suppose that you illustrate children books, I find difficult to go this way, if you watch my images you can verify that I have a very different style, but I appreciate yours too.

Artist Reply: hi enrique nieto. thanks for your comment. this is kerala mural painting style Kerala mural paintings are the frescos depicting mythology and legends, which are drawn on the walls of temples and churches in South India, principally in Kerala. Ancient temples, churches and palaces in Kerala, South India, display an abounding tradition of mural paintings mostly dating back between the 9th to 12th centuries CE when this form of art enjoyed Royal patronage.The traditional art form is done using natural vegetable colors. Panchvarna or the five colours yellow, red, green, black and white make up the colour scheme of Kerala Murals. They are prepared from mineral pigments and vegetables. The yellow and red colours are fromminerals, green from juice of a plant locally called Eravikkara, black from the soot of oil lamps and white remains the base, which is prepared with lime. Simplicity of subjects, technical excellence, thematic presentation, bold butdelicate strokes, bright and beautiful colours, idealistic reproduction of humans, animalsand trees are what characterize Kerala Murals. Subjects taken out straight from the Puranas or Ramayana or Mahabharata are illustrated highly stylistically and brilliantly. It brings out a certain depth of human feelings of passion and spiritual endeavor. These paintings beautify residences as well commercial locations. We are involved in preparing these paintings based on orders from customers. If you have any picture that requires to be converted into this style of painting, please. share with us and we can do the same at reasonable prices. The paintings are done on canvas of various sizes chosen by the customer. The medium used is acrylic. Five colors are primarily used following the principles of traditional mural paintings.
Artist Reply: i want to see your work. could you give your website detail?