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 Paintings It is impossible to remain oblivious to the master painters who, with the fine strokes of their squirrel's hairbrushes, create such fine Rajasthani paintings. Painting has always been an integral part of the Rajasthan culture- a way of life. The Rajasthani painters expressed their creative impulse in embellishing facades, walls and ceilings of chambers of havelis and mahals, like the ones in Shekhawati or the various schools of paintings like Kishangarh and Hadoti school of painting.
Mostly, they consist of painted woodenheads draped with dresses made from old fabrics and sequined for charm. Simply stuffing rags or cotton into the sleeve of the dress and filling it out makes the hands. The quaintest aspect of these puppets is the way their expressions are painted; large expressive eyes with arched eyebrows and curling moustache for men or a nose ring for the women.
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Stone Carving Just as the wood carver uses his material with amazing elasticity, so too the stone cutter can craft images of the large variety of stones at his command. From Dholpur near Bharatpur to Barmer in the heart of the desert, the chisel of the stone mason is put to incredible use as he commands everything from pink and red sandstone to marble, Tamara and chlorite to create panels of frescos for buildings, large statuary, planters, figures of gods and elephants and horses as garden sculpture.
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Terracotta While
villages and towns, all have a tradition of clay pottery, in Udaipur
this is developed into a fine art. Here, potter use the clay at their command to create
not just pots but also the object of art such as warriors mounted on horses, elephants and
their mahouts and so on. They are tribute to the artist in Rajasthan who is able to fire
clay not just with its skill but also with his imagination and creativity.
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