PAINTINGS IN INDIA

                There are lots of painters in India who bought greatness to India by their artistic work. One among the paintings is the Thanjavur paintings. These paintings are there in existence since 1600 A.D. They have a great history as these paintings are still in existence and these paintings are still being drawn nowadays. They are also being sold everywhere and we can buy the Thanjavur paintings for sale online also.

GREAT HISTORY

                The Thanjavur paintings were drawn by the greatest painters of that period and they were living in the Vijayanagar Empire. After the defeat of the Vijayanagar Empire, most of them moved on to different places. Many moved to the Thanjavur and worked under the Nayakas. These Nayakas were more passionate towards paintings and so the painters got a great recognition during that period. After the defeat of the Nayakas by the Marathas, the painters got more importance as the Marathas were even more passionate towards the paintings. The painters were asked to draw the paintings on the walls of the buildings, palaces, temples and even on the chatrams.

STYLES AND TECHNIQUES

                The painters followed many techniques to draw the paintings and one of them is the reverse glass technique where the paintings were drawn on the back side of the glass which makes the paintings look great with its glittering effect. They used only the natural colure to paint the Thanjavur paintings like the vegetables and the mineral dyes. Lord Vishnu is coloured with blue, goddess Sivakami is coloured with green and the Lord Natarajan is coloured with white. Most of the paintings background is coloured with red colour.

METHODS

                The Thanjavur paintings are made by the traditional way of drawing the paintings. They use the white cloth to draw the basic sketching and after drawing the basic sketching, they will apply the white chalk powder over the white cloth. Then the main diagram is drawn and the painting work starts over the white cloth. Once the painting works are finished, they will decorate the painting with the coloured stones to make the painting to look great. Once after finishing the decoration work, as a final touch to the paintings the gold foil will be pasted over the paintings at necessary places to make that painting look great and lively.

CONCLUSION

                The Thanjavur paintings are made by the great artists and these drawings are available in Chennai and the best place to buy the drawings is the Thanjavur paintings for Sale in Chennai where you can buy the paintings at an affordable price.