Warli paintings: Ancient Indian Folk Art
Warli paintings are one of the ancient Indian folk art. The Warli name comes from a tribe of the Maharashtra that has the same name. According to some historian these Warli paintings date back to the Neolithic period from 2,500 BC to 3,000 BC.
In one look Warli figures painted in white on red ochre walls may not give you much but if you look closer with attention then they hold more meaning to it. These Warli paintings have intricate geometric patterns of flowers, wedding rituals, hunting scenes and other everyday activities which also become very popular among fashion designers and home d ĂŠcor brands these days. Before these becomes very popular in modern lifestyle products, they can be seen in the walls of rural schools and homes of the people of Gujarat and Maharashtra so it is considered that they have very sentiment attached to these art forms. These paintings gives are raw appeal as they have simple but very beautiful delicate patterns.
To draw these Warli paintings, the basic material used by the tribe people are rice paste with water and gum which acts are while paints and a bamboo stick that has been chewed used as brush and because of these simple charms these paintings attracts the attention of many people to put them in their collection. Now smiley’s and emoticons are use to express our feeling through a cell phone but these Warli panting which is before the age of any cell phone invention help to tell us our vivid story. Now these Warli painting not just popular in a national level but they attracts fame and popularity from international level too.
Traditionally in these Warli paintings there are only use of two colors can be seen which is a red ochre background with white paint but now many colors are used in these paintings in order to replicate these artistic motifs on fabrics, home dĂŠcor or other artistic forms. Now Warli painting can be seen everywhere from brightly colored umbrellas to coffee mugs and tea cups, rustic wall clocks, accents for walls and stationery. These Warli painting are now being considered as new darling of every Indian fashion designer and so from scarves and kurtis to embellishing the luxurious jute and silk sarees they taken over almost everything.
People of Warli tribes, lives very simple life that depend upon the nature for food and everything and worshiped it. So when we stay surrounded by Warli pain ting designs it make as very conscious to our environment and encourage simple living style.