The young talents of the city caught the imagination of the visitors with their artistic ability at a painting competition organised here on Tuesday at the International Institute of Fashion Designing (INIFD). As many as 80 students participated in the painting competition and showcased their talent. Majorly, the students painted Madhubani art in the competition. Somebody painted their perceptions on mobile cover and somebody did it over canvas all the art pieces were distinctive from each other.
The Madhubani paintings define the creativity of the tribal artist fantastically. Notably, Madhubani painting or Mithila painting is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar state. Madhubani Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns. There are paintings for each occasion and festival such as birth, marriage, Holi, Surya Shasti, kali puja, Upanayanam, Durga Puja etc.
It depicts the beauty of nature, melodious chirping of birds and people taking the pleasure of it. Further it also focuses majorly on lord Krishna and different gods and goddesses a different type of cloth is required to make a madhubani art. The tribals live with their tradition and define it in their creativity and all the paintings have distinctive features. All these features can be observed in the student’s works.
The fine lines and geometrical figures painted in red, blue and white acrylic and oil colours make them look more appealing to the eyes as the spectators had a look at the creations of the young talents of the city.