Lift - Art Stories & Tutorials

This experience opens into the world of Paitkar painting, one of the oldest scroll traditions from eastern India. Inside the workspace of Vijay Chitrakar the process unfolds on long, narrow surfaces once used to narrate stories from village to village. Colours are drawn from natural sources and applied in calm, steady layers.

Figures take shape through fine outlines that follow a visual style rooted in local myths and everyday life. The atmosphere remains quiet and focused as the scroll grows panel by panel. A small motif is completed during the session using traditional methods. The finished piece reflects a craft shaped by memory, movement and a storytelling rhythm that has travelled across generations.

What it Covers • An introduction to Paitkar painting and its history as a travelling scroll art • A look at natural pigments and how they are prepared for detailed work • Insight into the narrative structure that guides traditional Paitkar compositions • Exposure to outlining techniques that define the distinct forms and expressions • An understanding of how colour, line and sequence work together to tell visual stories