SIMSUM ARTS

Traditional materials for Warli Art

The Warli region of Maharashtra is where Warli, one of the earliest types of Indian folk art, first appeared. Warli paintings are traditionally painted on the red ochre walls of huts. The materials used in Warli paintings speak directly to the circumstances of village life and the local environment: cow dung from the animals that […]

WARLI ART

Warli painting is a form of traditional art which is practised by the tribal people from the north Sahyadri range in Maharashtra, India. The main characteristic of this painting is that it represents the life of the Warli tribe. Warli painting mostly consists of shapes like triangles, circles, squares, dots and crooked lines. These shapes […]