Minakari is a form of painting, colouring and embellishing the surface by adding brilliant colours. The word Meenakari is a blend of two words. The word ‘Meena’ is a feminine form of the word Minu which means ‘heaven‘. On the other hand, the word ‘Kari’ refers to the placing of something over the other. So overall, Meenakari art means to place paradise onto the object which is being painted. [reference from wikipedia]
MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR MEENAKARI PAINTING
- Canvas
- Scale
- Pencil
- Carbon paper
- Outliner
- Glass colours
- Needle/toothpick
- Colourful Stones for Meena work
- Fabric glue
- Flat brush
HOW TO DO MEENAKARI PAINTING
After you gather the above-mentioned materials, here are the basic steps that you need to know for creating a Meenakari painting.
- Take a canvas board on which you want to paint. draw or trace out the outline of the sketch.
- After the sketch has been drawn onto the canvas, you can then start to paint the sketch with glass paint
- After the paint is completely dried, we need to take our stones/kundans and place them onto the painting wherever necessary with the help of glue. You can also use outliners
- After the meenakari is completely done, you can frame it for wall decoration.