The tiny-sized painting which is like a palm-size or of a coin is called miniature paintings. These are created by complex brushes with a mixture of colours. In today’s art world these paintings stand out and make a huge impression on the audience heart and these are detailed clearly by,
- Varied forms
- Shapes
- Different features
How to create miniature art and origin of miniature:
A quick bit of the past about miniature painting service , these raised from the back of 750 AD the palas of the now West Bengal gave birth to this kind of art. During that time the leaves of the palm tree were used to spread the religious strength by this art. So that many of the common people had come to the knowledge about the religion and they bonded. Due to the constraint of space, these were created very tiny with the clear details of the concept. After that due to the world evolution and the changes these arts went to the west side in the time of 950 AD. There the painting nature got to change and the community influenced to rule the painting with many variations according to the rulers.
After that these paintings had the acme during the rule of Mughal emperors. On the Asian side especially in the country called India had a huge phase for these paintings. The Rajput artists and the schools for paintings were available in places like
- Orissa
- Jain
- Rajasthan
- Pahari
- Deccan
- Kishangarh
These are the places where we can see the old miniatures even now. These paintings were flaunting the lifestyle of the royals especially the king and queen and also these paintings helped to explain the bravery of their life.
During that time they prepared the colours with the help of major three natural ingredients they are,
- Stone
- Soil
- Flowers
Even today the major essences are collected from those which give a perfect finish to the paintings. These explain the royal miniature painting stories. Now, we are going to check what are the things you need to make your miniature art.
For that, we need a pencil of a light Grade and the erasers, watercolours, watercolour paper, small sketchbooks, tissue paper, cotton buds, rulers, compass, fine brushers for detailing. These are the major things you need before starting to paint.
When once you find all the materials in to start your work, you need a settled place to point your concentration. While painting you have to enjoy the process so that you can easily get into it. With the miniature painting, the fascinate outcome always cheers us to create more those with the three parts,
- Minimum paints
- Paper
- Mediums
The process of the miniature is quite simple initially we have to create the layer then the sketch will take off by different layers like the watercolour paintings have. The important thing we have to note here is we should start with the light colours then we have to go darker if the painting calls for. The outline should be perfect so that we can easily create the remaining art in detail.
