Friday, April 20, 2012
Making a painting on cloth is very labor intensive, besides requiring skill in drawing and painting. Here are just a few pictures of a piece that will be finished by the end of April, thinks the artist, Wayan Pande Sumantra of Kamasan. Check out the amazing paintings he creates!
Wayan Pande Sumantra
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- The treated fabric is polished with a shell
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- A pencil drawing is made
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- Watered ink is applied using bamboo pens
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- Borders are painted first
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- Detailing
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- What detail!
Polished again, and fully black ink added to reinforce and outline the beautiful art.
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- Beginning second polish
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- a Balinese artisan paints a story-cloth
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- Concentrated artist
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- Just another day at the office
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- Finished piece: Sarasuati, a goddess of wisdom
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- The shop from outside