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Sand painting is a kind of art for making paintings for religious and ritual purposes. Initially, sand painting as an art was undertaken by indigenous American people but now
it has become a sought of fashion. Sand painting is done on a sand of any type. World over, sand paintings has become a sought of fashion and is brought into use on carnival and festival occasions.
The sand paintings of Navajo are the most famous in the world because of their exquisiteness and exclusiveness. Navajo is a native American tribe where sand paintings are treated with respect and care.
These sand paintings are made for different occasions. Different colors are used for making a sand painting, for instance, for preparing colors for a sand painting physically colored sand, compressed white gypsum, yellow orange, red granite, charcoal; made from burnt wood and a assortment of burnt wood and gypsum that produces blue color.
Some of the colors are obtained with the help of pallor agents such as callus repast, flower pollen of a blossoming flower and roots and bark in a powdered or crushed form.
Sand paintings from Tibet are created from mandalas (a Tibetan term) made from crushed powders of multiple colors.
Here, special emphasis is given on designs that are first practiced roughly.
For this purpose, a large size horizontal table is used on which the required sand is evenly placed, after this step designs is crafted onto the sand.
In some parts of the world sand paintings of geometrical shapes, ancient motifs, famous celebrities and gods and goddesses are painted.
Some of the sand paintings are made on the sea shores itself because of the amount of moisture, thickness and color of the sand being used.
Sand painting is a very specialized and skilled art that can be practiced by sheer hard work and patience. |
