attempting Warli

Warli paintings are a form of Indian tribal art. These have originated in the villages and rural areas of Maharashtra within the Warli tribe. These paintings are drawn on the walls of huts or mud houses in the villages. These paintings are a form of line work where human figures are drawn with triangles representing bodies , lines representing limbs and small circles representing heads These paintings were drawn by the Warli tribe people to depict an important event in their lives, be it something happy or sad. Mostly these paintings are used to depict celebrations in the Warli villages. Celebrations like festivals, marriages, harvesting season, activities like hunting, farming etc. Traditionally these paintings are drawn by the new bride of the house and are considered to be auspicious , bringing good luck and prosperity.

These are generally drawn in white color with a dark maroon background.

Over a period of time number of variations have been seen. These days we come to see colorful forms of warli and even metal and wooden artifacts displaying this tribal art.

Here is a warli painting that i made on one of the walls in my new house. I find this art form very simple yet attractive as it doesn't involve use of multiple colors or shading. In my painting I have tried to depict different events in the Warli village.

• Left top represents the harvesting or the farming activity.
• Right top is depicting a musing concert.
• Bottom left is depicting the Holi festival
• Right Bottom is a Marriage procession
• Center - Goddess worship and tribal dance

This is my armature attempt at it. I too inspirations from number of people on the Internet to finish this. I hope you all like it.

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