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Bastar Art Canvas

You Will Need:

Fevicryl Acrylic Colours - Black 02, Chrome Yellow 03, Crimson 04, Light Green 12, Maroon 14, Ultramarine Blue 23, White 27, Sky Blue 63, Greenery 67, Fevicryl Acrylic Colour Pearl Metallic - Gold 352, Fevicryl Mouldit, Fevicryl Fabric Glue, 10” x 12” Fine Art Canvas Board, Fine Art Brushes, Clay Carving Tools, Container of Kinder Joy, Rolling Pin, Paper Cutter, Pencil, Natural Leaf (Peepal- Banyan Tree), Colour Palette, Water Container

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Description :

Bastar art prevalent and predominant in Chhatisgarh, India is a work of art that requires skill and craftsmanship. Taking inspiration from this comes our DIY that has Bastar art created using Fevicryl Mouldit and painted in rich metallic shades. 

STEP 1 : Source the base

Take an oval mould like the one you see in the image. The face would be developed around this shape using Fevicryl Mouldit.

STEP 2 : Prepare the dough

Take Fevicryl Mouldit – resin base & hardener, mix well to make an even soft dough.

STEP 3 : Clay slab technique

Roll the dough to make a medium thin slab using a rolling pin.

STEP 4 : Shaping the leaf

Mark and cut a large leaf from the clay slab using a paper cutter, create veins and texture using clay carving tools.

STEP 5 : Shaping the tribal face

Take the oval mould and wrap the clay slab around it very neatly, ensuring the edges are smooth with a good finish. Make few thin delicate clay coils and create the hair and accessory on the head. Stick using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.

STEP 6 : Completing the tribal face

With clay and clay coils make the eyes, ears, neck and the accessories on the tribal face, just like you see in the image above. 

STEP 7 : Gond style peepal tree

On a sheet of paper draw a peepal tree in the Gond style. This would be the backdrop on the canvas.

STEP 8 : Source the base material – canvas board

Take a canvas board that measures 10”x12” in size. Trace the peepal tree on it.

STEP 9 : Painting the forms

Start painting the tribal face and the leaf using Fevicryl Acrylic Colours - Black 02. Let it dry.

STEP 10 : Metallic look

Paint over using Fevicryl Acrylic Colour Pearl Metallic - Gold 352, to give burnished metallic look. Let it dry.

STEP 11 : Painting the Gond tree

Begin painting the Gond tree using Fevicryl Acrylic Colours - Black 02, Chrome Yellow 03, Crimson 04, Light Green 12, Maroon 14, Ultramarine Blue 23, White 27, Sky Blue 63, Greenery 67.

STEP 12 : Assembling the composition

Stick the tribal face aesthetically on the leaf. Stick this on the canvas with the tree as it’s backdrop, like you see in the image. Stick using Fevicryl Fabric Glue. Let it dry.

STEP 13 : Final look

The Bastar art on canvas once completed will look like this, attractive & in keeping with the aesthetics.