Tools and Raw Materials

Design Resource

Patachitra Painting - Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Traditional Cloth-Based Painting

Prof. Bibhudutta Baral,Divyadarshan C. S. and Manasa K H

Tools and Raw Materials

• Brushes: The finer brushes used by the chitrakars are made of mouse hair which have wooden handles. These are used for the finer work they do like ornamentation, face etc. Other plane brushes, which are not as fine as the mouse hair brushes, available normally in the market are also used by the chitrakars. All the brushes these chitrakars use lasts for 7-8 months, when they work daily.

• Pencil and Eraser: HB pencils are used for drawing, rough sketches and outlines before painting on the canvas

• Scissors: Used for cutting the desired size of the canvas

• Khadar Stone: Used for smoothening the canvas, which is whitish-pinkish in color.

• Chikana Stone: Used for shining the canvas. This stone is yellow-brown in color.