Mural Arts / Mural Painting

A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, canvas, ceiling or any huge stable permanent surface. Layers and coats of painting provide different shades, effects and illusions of depth. Patches of light colors are used to highlight the expressions for each characters. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space is harmoniously incorporated into the picture. Mural art mainly represents the pictures of god and goddess. Painting murals is fundamentally associated to be a part of Indian traditions as a classic form of art. Mural art of Kerala is greatly recognized as antique Indian religious artwork. In Kerala, Mural painting is done on walls of temples and churches. WIFD teaches students to apply this work on canvas, cards, sheets, pots, dress materials like sarees, shirts, kurtas, dupattas etc. Pot painting is done by using different paints like enamel, fabric, acrylic etc and there are many methods of doing it ie sprinkle, spray, dipping, ceramic etc. Works on pot is done using ceramic and chalk.