Warli fun

Warli is a popular art from a little village in Maharashtra with the same name. This is the most intriguing form of Indian art.

Warli paintings are expressions of the daily lives of these tribes. The stories revolve around harvest season, weddings, celebrations, customs, other rituals, etc. Predominately white colour is used on a red earthen background. Just like this house below -

The simple monochromes compositions that mainly consist of geometrical designs, can still be so appealing. The simplest form of art – Warli. Watch the video below to learn more...

This weekend, the girls wanted to learn Warli... so here is a sketch I prepared to teach them the art.... *smiles*

The girls made one painting each ... They've found a way to hang this on the rim of the bed... Here is the display...

The below one is made by Sims (my 8 year old)....

This one made by Eva (my 6 year old).... She loves to use sketch pens.... and pencils don't really classify as art work... *smiles*...



Now I'll show you a few images from my old home... I painted the Warli below... ..

One more look... at the same Warli...

This is an old CD rack from IKEA .. I revived it with a little dose of Warli ...

I want to paint an outdoor wall with Warli as well... thats my summer project.. Now that the kids seem to enjoy Warli as well.. We will be doing the wall project together...

Hope you've learnt the art too... And if you've got a project to show off about, email me on torresp27@hotmail.com

I'm linking this to the party at The Key Bunch and Mindful Meanderings !!