Weaving Dreams

of Folk

During India Week celebrations, the Middle

School integrated Art and its splash of colours

into their curriculum and displayed the

‘Kaleidoscopic Folklore’.

Objectives Developing an understanding about the rich folk art forms of

India.

Understanding its significance in our society and lives.

Learning the skills and techniques to capture and depict our

heritage on paper.

Integrating and relating our learning of our diverse folk heritage

to the History and Geography curriculum.

Process The students were shown a presentation on original pieces of folk

art to initiate a discussion on ‘How it came into

being…?’

We researched together and studied the precision in their

masterpieces, their use of earthen colours and traditional tools

We learned the techniques of handling, choosing correct

colour schemes, designing appropriate patterns and the skill of

composing a near perfect peace of art according to a given concept

or subject.

OUR STUDY…

Madhubani Paintings

Madhubani is one of the most

colourful folk painting ART forms in

India.

It is traditionally done by women in

Bihar on mud walls, floor of huts,

paper, cloth or canvas. Natural

colours are used to create their

unique designs.

Madhubani

Warli Paintings The Warlis are one of the major

tribes of Western Maharashtra.

Warli art does not depict

mythological themes, unlike

other art forms. It depicts

everyday life in simple yet

interesting patterns and are

traditionally done by married

women on mud walls, paper,

cloth or canvas. Only natural

white colour was used, which

was obtained by grinding rice.

Warli

Patua Paintings

Patua scroll painting is an

art form native to West

Bengal.

The paintings are

traditionally made on

handmade paper, backed

with cloth. Indigenous plants

and minerals are still used to

create the paint. Patua scroll

painters wander from one

village to another, singing

stories about the pictures

depicted in their scrolls, for

a living.

Patua

We continue our work to bring back the rich

heritage of art into our classrooms.