Indian Miniature Paintings

I finally have a chance to post about the wonderful enjoyable week I spent recently learning traditional Indian miniature painting techniq...

Today being Ganesha Chaturthi, an auspicious day in the Hindu calendar for Shri Ganesha, I decided to start a miniature painting of Shri Gan...

The gold embellishment on the couple's clothing and jewellery has come up well in this photograph. Gold can be applied in...

The initial stage of an Indian miniature painting is the drawing. In the past, charcoal was used to outline the image and this was then trac...

To reproduce the style of traditional Indian and Persian miniatures, I use gouache paints, sometimes with the addition of watercolour pai...