Chitrasante-2017 - some interesting paintings

About my visit to Chitrasante-2017 I have written in my previous posts.I have shared the glimpses of Chitrasante 2017 and Bhuddha paintings exhibited there. In this post sharing some unique paintings which were exhibited there. There were loads of paintings, each one was unique. I can share very few from those.

The below ones  are the paintings of ghats of Kaashi. When I had visited Kaashi, I had seen many artists were painting sitting in a boat. This artist must also have painted in the same way. Such paintings require a lot of concentration.

Ghats of Varanasi

Ghats of Varanasi

These are paintings of wildlife. These look like photos rather than paintings. Hats off to the artist for his perfection.

Wildlife paintings

This is very interesting, different versions of Monalisa. The rightmost one is Indian version, wearing ethnic jewels. I could not guess about the painting in the middle. If you can guess please share your opinion.

Different versions of Monalisa

I can't resist sharing this painting. Painting of Krishana in color and black and white. Which one looks better?

Paintings of Krishna

These are collection of some contemporary paintings. Each one is beautiful!

Collection of paintings

Chitrasante happens only once in a year and for one day. But in one day we can see and enjoy thousands of paintings. Every year it makes us to wait for next Chitrasante.

Love , laugh and live the life to the fullest,

-Ranjana

Visit to Chitrasanthe-2017

Chitrasante is an event which happens every year in Bangalore , organised by Chitrakala Parishad. About my last year's visit to Chitrasante, I have already written a blogpost: Chitrasante 2016 at Chitrakala Parishat- Ocean of paintings. 

Chitrasante is like an auspicious event to art lovers. This year there were more than 1300 artists exhibiting their paintings. One can see everywhere paintings- the magic created by artists on canvas. It is not possible to post all the photos I have clicked in one post. Let me start with paintings of Bhuddha:

Peaceful face of Bhuddha:

Side view of Face of Bhuddha

This is face of Bhuddha with different shades of color:

Face of Bhuddha in different shades

The below are paintings of Bhuddha in meditation:

Bhuddha in meditation

Bhuddha in meditation

These are just glimpses of the paintings exhibited there, like a drop from an ocean. There are thousands of paintings, in which we could see the efforts and talents of the artists. I have more to share about Chitrasante in coming posts.

Love , laugh and live the life to the fullest,

-Ranjana

Tanjore paintings- Rich heritage of a small city Tanjore

Tanjavur or Tanjore is a small city in Tamilanadu, famous for Brihadeeswarar Temple, one of the largest temples of India. Tanjavur art / paintings originated from this city. Tanjavur paintings are known for its richness in color and ornamentation. The paintings are embellished with semi precious stone and thin gold sheets.
Themes used in Tanjore paintings majorly include, life of Krishna. Nowadays many artists use different themes like Shiva, Vishnu, Laxmi etc. Not only painting with colors, also embossing technique is used in Tanjore paintings.

During my visit to Chitrasante 2016  I could capture some images of Tanjore paintings. Each painting was unique.
Here sharing the photos of the paintings exhibited:
The below painting is on theme Krishna's life. 

Tanjore painting with Krishna theme

 Another showing Rasha Krishna.

Radha-Krishna- Tanjore painting

As I have written, Though most of the Tanjore paintings are on Krishna's life, nowadays artists are trying different themes. Here is one such painting:

Tanjore painting - Devi(Goddess)

And the richest God :) Venkateshwara (Balaji):

Venkateshwara- Tanjore painting

As real gold foil is used in Tanjore paintings,these are very expensive. The small sized ones are affordable:

Small sized Tanjore paintings

Tanjore painting- Parrot

The below paintings show the artists creativity, mirror with Tanjavur painting:

Mirror with Tanjore painting

I had learnt this art a few years ago and here is the painting I made.
Though the  making of Tanjore painting requires guidance from an expert, I will share tutorial in coming posts, for enthusiastic art learners.

Until then,

Love , laugh and live the life to the fullest,

-Ranjana

Chitrasante 2016 at Chitrakala Parishat- Ocean of paintings

It's really ocean of paintings! I had missed Chitrasante for 12 years! I used to decide to visit Chitrasante and then missed it for some or the other reason. This year decided and visited too. It is an awesome experience.
Chitrsante is an event that is organized by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath , every year. Sante (ಸಂತೆ ) means market in Kannada, and Chitra (ಚಿತ್ರ) means paintings. So it really a huge market of paintings. When I visited Chitrasante, started walking  form one side of the road. Everywhere I could see paintings, paintings and paintings! . And like me there were lots of painting lovers. There were thousands artists from different parts of country , lakhs of paintings and painting lovers. The whole event was spread across nearly a km . But I did not come to know when I came to the end of the road!
There were many kinds of paintings, traditional Tanjore paintings  , Kerala Mural paintings, pantings on canvas, leather, acrylic paintings, oil paintings, mixed media paintings ...uff the list is endless. 
Here are the glimpses of Chitrsante,
On both sides of the road I could only see paintings:

Paintings stalls @ Chitrasante

 These paintings attracted me a lot. The specialty of the painting is that, its painted inside a bottle with a bent brush. Hats off to the creativity and  patience of the artist

Paintings made inside bottles

 Kerala mural paintings:

Kerala mural paintings

 Some more paintings. You can see the paintings done on broken wooden pieces. Those are really something special.

Paintings on the wood pieces

Abstract paintings :

Abstract paintings

 Sports and scenery paintings:

 Artists with their paintings:

 Lovely paintings :

 The real Sante:

 

Sketching : 

Sketching

Sketching

 And an oil painting:

 As I have written, this is just a glimpse. Next time if you are in Bangalore during new year, don't miss to visit Chitrasante.
I have captured images of some unique paintings at Chitrasante. Will share those in the coming posts.
Until then,

Love , laugh and live the life to the fullest,

-Ranjana