Worli art originates from Maharashtra and dates back to 2500BC. It is renowned for its simplicity. In Worli art it generally depicts nature, family life, and tradition in villages. In this art you will always see plants, humans, birds, animals, and the sun. Worli art is created with simple geometric shapes like circles, triangles and lines. Worli tribes worship daily to the sun because it blesses the crops, gives energy, light, life warmth. Because of this sun is revered as the deity or God. So the sun has also been given the expression by making eyes, nose, mouth, tilak.

From my instructor:

DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF COLORING USING COLOR PENCILS

1. HATCHING
   Draw parallel lines by lifting the pencil after every stroke to fill up the area. They can be closer or far apart. Spacing will determine the intensity of the color – Closer strokes will be darker.
2. CROSS HATCHING
   Do hatching technique first in a single direction then intersect the lines. It creates different texture and depth. When the lines at different angles it highlights the details and depth.
3. HEAVY PRESSURE
   Apply heavy strong pressure with the pencil. Pressure comes from the forearm to fingers. Can do vertical strokes or horizontal strokes depending upon the shape of the object that needs to be covered. Heavy pressure gives you smooth; bold and opaque color. To give heavy pressure hold the pencil closer to the tip.
4. LIGHT PRESSURE
   Using very gentle strokes, hold the pencil slightly far away from the tip. Light pressure is good for creating gradient and layering.
5. GRADIENT
   Gradient is gradual – either from dark to light color or from light to dark color by varying the pressure. Color from light to medium to dark pressure or vice versa (from dark to medium to light pressure).
6. BLENDING
   Blending is seamlessly merging with two colors. You can choose any two colors with heavy; medium to light pressure.
7. LAYERING
   Layering is type of blending. You can layer the two colors to get the third color. It can be drawn with light or dark color or with two colors of the same hue to get depth and richness.
8. BURNISHING
   Cover the area first with one color. On top of it color with a different color. Add the third colour with heavy pressure after finishing the layering. It gives smooth, waxy shiny and a polished finish. After finishing one can not add any color on top.

Peacock is one of the most beautiful national birds of India. The peacock symbolizes beauty, grace, pride, and prosperity in Indian culture. It is associated with several Hindu deities, including Lord Krishna, who is often depicted wearing a peacock feather in his crown.

I did the coloring with the Coloured pencils using the techniques of crossed hatching.

It’s the Buddha picture. Medium of the paint is using the coffee. In Buddhism, Guru Purnima celebrates the day when the Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath, marking the beginning of his teachings.

On the occasion of Guru Poornima, Shiva who is known as Adiguru who has given the knowledge to seven of his disciples known as Suptrishi.

In the middle is Shiva. Used Worli and Madhubani art.

I am learning different kinds of Indian folk art. This is my first drawing in Worli folk art. It looks like child art but I am thoroughly enjoying it. Maybe after one year I will be able to create beautiful art designs.

Worli art is from Maharashtra where human figures made it in geometrical design.

This painting depicts the Ramayana story. Rama is killing Ravana. Behind Rama is Laxman and above in the sky is Hanuman.