Grade 7
Picking up a pencil and drawing gives me peace and the freedom to express anything I want. Every painting I make I look forward to learning new skills and expanding my reach towards art. Learning and teaching others about Indian traditional arts makes me proud of where I come from. Sketching my heart out makes me want to do more and more art.
Godna Art was traditionally done as tattoos on women and slowly progressed to fabric, canvas, then paper.
The story that is depicted through my painting is of King Salhesh's wedding, who was believed to live in the Mithila region in North India.
The center circle depicts the wedding scene
The second circle shows how the king was turned into a parrot by the girls who all wanted to marry him and trapped him in a cage before he was saved by his brother. Also it depicts various elements of wedding like elephant, people dancing and celebrating.
The last circle is about the queen's necklace that got stolen amid wedding chaos and made it back to the kingdom right in time for wedding.
To give the feel of traditional and heritage art, the paper was coffee washed and only two colors were used, black and red to create this beautiful art.