Rejoicing Birds - Madhubani Painting
The spectacular Madhubani painting portrays a number of birds rejoicing the beauty of nature. The joyful birds are chirping on the brunches of the tree and they create a beautiful scenery. Madhubani painting, also known as Mithila Art, as this genre of painting is centred around Mithila region in Bihar, is marked by line drawings filled in by bright colours and contrasts or patterns. Though traditionally done by the women folk of the region, nowadays men are also involved in the process. These are basically tribal art which are marked by the application of strong earthly colours.
The Realm Of King Sailesh
The beautiful Madhubani painting depicts the realm of the King Shailesh with the tattoo images of the living creatures in circular pattern. Tatoos of fishes, human beings are being nicely painted in the painting. Mithila paintings, alternately called Madhubani, are a folk tradition kept alive by women in northern Bihar. Together, they draw traditional designs and depict events from epic mythology on the floors and walls of their houses using crushed wet rice and natural colors on 100% cotton fabric and handmade paper. From this age old tradition stemmed the practice of drawing Mithila paintings on a canvas of handmade paper or pure mulberry silk fabric, using natural colors and fabric dyes.
