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painting of orissa the patachitras of orissa are icon paintings that include the wall paintings, manuscript painting, palm-leaf etching, and painting on cloth, both cotton and silk. chitrakar painters in and around puri practice this living art form. the village of raghurajpur is where many chitrakars live
the painting water resistant and durable, besides giving it a shining finish. the materials used in the paint are from vegetable, earth, and mineral sources. black is made out of lampblack, yellow from haritali stone, and red from hingal stone. white is prepared from crushed, boiled, and filtered shells...
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