WARLI PAINTING ON FABRIC
Since Iam not an artist I thought why not incorporate a Warli painting on my little one’s Tee- shirt.
Warli painting derives its name from a small tribe inhabiting the remote regions of
Folk imagination, beliefs and customs are spontaneously expressed in these monochromatic tribal paintings.
Warli is a simple art form using geometric designs, dots and crooked lines.
Warli paintings are usually done in stark white against earthern backgrounds, but my little one wanted Red on her T-shirt, I used a red color for the motifs but highlighted it with a white color just for that dash of originality….anyways the background is blue, so we are not incorporating authentic Warli painting….. so here is a variation. This one is for my little one.
Iam planning to do a proper Warli painting later…..
Read about Warli paintings here;
http://www.ethnicpaintings.com/store/folk-art-paintings/warli-paintings/
Here is what I drew on the front;
On the front I drew a family of four, A man, a woman and 2 girls, which is a depiction of our family.
The man wears spectacles(initially he wasn’t wearing one, but my daughter insisted, “ Pappa wears spectacles so you must draw it.
The woman in the picture is me (Mamma, with bangles in the hand and a bun on the head, I don’t wear both, but this is just to depict the difference in the pictures),
My 5 year old has a pony tail and my little one has curly hair so the older one insisted I draw curly hair for the little one. Here is a close-up of the Tee-shirt (on your left)
On the back I wrote,
“WE ARE FAMILY, MY PARENTS AND MY SISTERS AND ME”…My little one is a Simpson’s fan.
I have also attempted to do a flower giving it a 3-D effect. I have mixed colors and highlighted with a yellow and white color and outlined the petals with black trying to give it a raised 3-D look.
Check the picture on your right to see the 3-D look.
Since this was my 5 year old’s Tee shirt, Art has been altered to suit to her needs.
So I can say it’s a Warli “ Inspired” Fabric Art.
"This is an ode to my birth place Maharashtra and also to the birth place of my better half and my first born.
5 comments:
its lookin good,..specially family pic,..;-),.waitin for more...
Thats a cute one..your daughter gives you creative ideas..lovely!!
Thats really a cool painting of a family..btw, an award for u here http://easycrafts.blogspot.com/2008/08/crochet-clown.html
Wow that's really cool one.
looks grt!
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