Tanjore Art Painting (full-day course)

with Shashirekha Prakash

Thursday 28 May | 10am - 4pm

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Learn how to make Tanjore painting, a 450 years old traditional Indian art form from the southern part of India. It traditionally involves using 24 karat gold & semi precious gems to decorate embossed “ muck” paste made from Arabic gum & French chalk powder. This artform has traditionally been used to decorate temples, palaces and depicts images from sacred texts. In this workshop, participants will learn about Tanjore painting and recreate the effect using inks and acrylic paints while creating their own composition based on

Once it is dry, sticking gold & then painting the figures.

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Shashirekha is a self taught artist, having learned many traditional and folk arts. She creates paintings for a wide audience as gifts or commissions, and has even produced art to support fundraisers at local events and schools. She is very passionate about this ancient art form as her ancestors belong to the region that it comes from, known as Thanjavur.

WHAT TO BRING

There are some supplies at QPAC and paints/inks will be provided. It is recommended you bring a 000 size round brush or drawing ink nib as well as a few brushes, a pencil, ruler and eraser and scissors.

Many of these materials can be purchased from the Centre's Art Shop (see reception for details). Similar tools can be borrowed from the Centre on the day, however specificity and condition cannot be guaranteed.