
Join the Warli art basic course to learn practical shapes, borders, figures, animals, houses, tarpa dance, and composition in eight videos, plus material and monetization basics.
Warli art, a traditional Indian form from Maharashtra's valley tribes in the Western Ghats, uses white circle, triangle and square shapes on ritual wall paintings for weddings and harvests.
The materials lesson lists essential tools for Warli art, including paper options, scales, a protractor, circle tool, pencil, eraser, sharpener, black sketch pen, and markers.
Explore the shapes in Warli art, circle for sun and moon, triangle for trees and mountains, square for mother goddess and fertility, line types and practice to improve your finish.
Learn the basic borders in Warli art and how geometric shapes create a decorative, ethnic look, with practice measuring and drawing for fabric and decor; next video covers human figures.
Learn to draw Warli human figures using a circle and two triangles to show balance, with male and female figures differing by ornaments, and adjust triangle angles to show action.
Learn to draw a musical instrument in Warli art using natural materials like dried leaves and bamboo, and explore combining instruments with human figures for a festive scene.
Explore how Warli artists depict birds and animals using geometric shapes and decorative forms, highlighting the close relationship between life and nature.
Learn to draw houses and trees in Warli art using decorative forms, mud houses smeared with cow dung, red mud paint, and motifs like utensils, baskets, and pottery.
Learn to draw the tarpa dance in warli art, depicting the tarpa wind instrument played by men and dancers formed by evenly spaced figures using geometric spacing.
Master composition in Warli art by arranging elements to balance and focus the final project on thick A4 or A3 paper, centering the Tarpa dance form.
Monetize your basic Warli art skills by applying designs to bookmarks, cards, coasters, book covers, fabric items, and canvas bags, and start your own brand.
Warli is one of the oldest forms of Indian folk art and has its origins in the Warli region of Maharashtra. This form of tribal art mainly makes use of geometric shapes such as circles, triangles and squares to form numerous shapes depicting life and beliefs of the Warli tribe. In olden days, Warli art was done on walls on special occasions.
About the course:
In Warli Art Basic Course, you will learn basic geometry shapes and types of lines that is used to create symbolic art form. They include borders in Warli art, human figures in action, musical instruments, birds and animals, types of houses and trees, traditional Tarpa dance to draw technically, composition of all elements together and finally completing project.
What you will learn:
To enhance knowledge of Warli tribe and learning their art form.
Course requirement:
· No course requirements. Just a enthusiasm to learn a detailed folk art of India .
· Patience
· Basic stationary – Art paper (A/4 size) , Art paper (above 180 GSM), Long scale, small scale, protractor, rounder, pencil, eraser, sharpener, black sketch pen or CD marker and micro-tip black pen.
· Who this course is for:
· Very beginners having no experience in art at all.
· People who are passionate about folk art
· People who want to know culture of the tribes in India.
About Instructor:
I am Vaishali Jamkhedkar, an art educator and Edustar Awardee. Since the past 20 years I have been teaching visual art in reputed ICSE and IGCSE schools across Mumbai. Currently I am working as an online trainer and conducting team building workshops in various schools and organisations.
The content of my teaching includes fundamentals of art, different painting techniques, folk art and learning from the works of renowned artists. My teaching methods enable creative thinking in my students.
I am the owner of Shali's Art Palette, a channel on YouTube where I demonstrate art techniques. I have an Instagram page by the same name. As a visual art teacher, I do not expect each and every child to become an artist but I definitely make them view art from different perspectives.