Madhubani painting

Hello art-cravers !!

Presenting you  "madhubani painting" I did recently. This painting has been inspired by Mrs. Bharati Dayal who is a renowned artist. I dedicate this painting to her and thank her for cultivating in me such great interest in this kind of art.  Madhubani paintings are also called Mithila paintings, more can be read here madhubani 

So I started with a sketch.

Notice, this art has some specific ways of drawing the facial features.

I used a marker to make the outlines.

And used water based paints.

Lets add color to the ladies.

And...tadaah...they are all dressed up now.

Now handling the tree and the birds.

All the detailing is done using marker pen. The beauty of this art is it fills up the whole space and does not leave much of white space in it, giving it its signature intricate look . And its done :D