Warli painting is a tribal art form from Maharashtra and Gujarat created by the Adivasi people using simple geometric shapes like circles, triangles, and squares. The paintings depict aspects of village life like festivals, celebrations, and marriages. Natural motifs inspire the designs. Paint is made from rice paste and applied with bamboo sticks. Common shapes are circles representing the sun and moon, and triangles derived from hills and mountains. Themes illustrate daily village activities and events.

2. About Warli Painting
• Art From Maharastra And Gujrat Warli Painting
Is Tribal Art Mostly Done By Adivasi. Their
Extremely Primary Wall Painting Use A Very
Basic Graphic Vocubulary A Circle, Triangle, And
A Square.
• Inspiration Of Motif Taken By Nature.
• Its Covered Day To Day Activities Of The Village
Folks, Festival, Celebration, Temple Marriage ,
Dance .
• The Paintings Are Made Using A Sticky Paste Of
Rice And Water, Which Is Used With The Help Of
Bamboo Sticks As Paintbrushes.

3. SHAPES IN WARLI PAINTING :
• Warli Painting Is An Extremely Primary Type Of Art Form
And The Paintings Were Usually Done Using Fewer
Characters Repeated In Continuous Patterns. The Basic
Characters Used In Warli Painting Are :
– Circle – Representation Of The Sun And The Moon
– Triangle – Derived From Their Observation Of Hills And
Mountains

4. THEMES IN WARLI PAINTING :
• Warli Art Is Mostly Illustration Of Day-to-day Activities Of The
Tribes. Warli Paintings Festival
– Harvest
– Folk Story
– Celebration
– Temple Marriage
Fabric :
– Cotton & Loose Material, Khadi, Jute, Row Silk.

5. COLORS FOR WARLI PAINTING :
• The Women Of The Society Used To Decorate The Huts
With Warli Painting In Times Of Any Sort Of
Celebrations. They Used Bamboo Sticks As Paintbrushes
To Draw Out The Painting Using A Paste Of Rice And
Water. This Is Also The Reason Why Most Of The Original
Warli Art Are In A Combination Of Red Background With
White Paints And Also Used Blue, Green, Brown, Black,
Orange.

6. ANALYZING A FEW WARLI PAINTINGS:
• The Tarpa dance is typical of Warlis and performed on most festive
occasions.
• The tarpa, a trumpet like instrument, is played in turns by different
men. Men and women entwine their hands and move in a circle around
the tarpa player.The dancers follow the tarpa player, turning and
moving as he turns, never turning their back to the tarpa.

7. Process For Warli Painting
Step 1: Choose A Design
Step 2: First Draw The Required Pattern On The
Trace Paper And Copy The Design Into The
Clothes/Paper Using Carbon Sheet.
Step 3: If Using Cloth Paint Using Metallic
Colours And Let It Dry Well.
Step 4: Draw Outlines Using The White Colours
And Again Leave It To Dry For 24 Hours.
If Applying On Cloth Iron On The Back Side Of
The Cloth.

8. INSPIRATION BOARD

9. Products Of Warli Painting