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Wooden Painting |
We usually think of wooden furniture when we think of home decoration. But most of us are not aware of the fact that wood can be a perfect medium of painting too. Wooden painting or wood burning arts is quite popular in India. Beautiful wooden paintings could be the prized possession of your home and could bear testimony to your artistic tastes. A plain wood furniture or panel makes for a tempting canvas for artists who like to play around with surfaces.
Wooden Paintings are ancient art forms. The most popular version of this wooden painting is the panel painting and wood burning or pyrography. The use of wood as a medium of painting dates quite long back. As a matter of fact wood was the popular medium of paintings before canvas took over in the 16th century. The most famous exquisite example of wooden panel painting is the famed Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci.
The earliest possible works of Wooden paintings can be found in Rome and Greece and these are thought to date as far back as the Byzantine times. Wooden painting is quite popular in India too and there is a rich heritage of wood burning art which is another form of wooden paintings in India.
Wood burning is a method of making wooden paintings in which a heated object is used to carve pattern or pictures on the surface of wood. It is more popularly known as Pyrography or pokerwork. “Writing with fire”, a name given to these sorts of wooden paintings because a red hot pointed wire is used to engrave intricate patterns of beauty onto wooden material. Wood burning is a relatively simple form of art but some highly specialized tools are required to perform this art.
Artistic wooden paintings would be quite a popular option for handicraft gifts.
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If you want to present something which would be cherished by your near and dear ones you and if you don't want to tread the beaten track then why not opt for some fine wooden paintings. These wooden paintings would surely enhance the beauty of any home.
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