Gond Art - Workshop, history lesson and so much more

 

I recently saw a post on the Gond art workshop that was being conducted and the timings never suited my schedule. Thankfully they had recordings of these classes and those were on sale. I took up one such class and made this beautiful elephant. The Gond art is traditionally made on the walls of the homes of the Gondi tribes. A couple of months back, as part of kiddo's schoolwork, we read about the Gond tribes of Adilabad Telangana. That gave me a lot of interest in learning more about tribal art forms as well. We need to encourage these artists and the art itself. It is a belief that when you draw the eye of the animal in this art form, it comes to "life". I am clearly not an accomplished artist and yet I was able to make something as stunning as this one! The amazing teacher, the stunning art form, and a free Saturday afternoon helped me accomplish the feat in 2 hours from start to finish.

This is another artform teaching me patience though I ended up rushing a bit in a bid to get started on making evening tiffin for my family. I had to pick a light color so that my details could be visible. SO made an initial dark grey coating and then white on top of it. I am not a perfectionist and can certainly live with messed-up bits in my art as long as I enjoy the process and the final product. It takes my mind of mindless scrolling of Instagram or any other social media binge-watching that I am prone to do during weekends. Now I need to figure out what workshop I need to take up next. So until my next discovery, Happy Creating!