Taking Rangoli To New Hyperrealistic Heights

This Chhattisgarh artist’s rangoli designs are so real they look like photographs. Are you making one this Diwali? Pramod Sahu

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00:00I divide the time. For example, I spent 5 hours for the eye, 5 hours for the nose, etc.

00:19I do this for 5 hours, 10 hours, I do it in partitions and complete the work.

00:303D Rangoli is like a one-point perspective. It does stay on the ground, but it creates an illusion.

00:42But it takes a lot of time to draw. I mean, 66% of the time it takes to draw and 33% to color.

00:52The quality of a basic camera is much better than that. I mean, we see the textures of the skin.

01:00We see each and every hair. And it is said that there is a lot of fine and deep work on the skin.

01:09We don't make that much. We have to observe the layers inside the skin.

01:15Highlights, mid-tone, depth, dark part, shadow part.

01:22The tough part is to have an emotional and materialistic mind at that time.

01:32The most difficult thing is to make jewelry.

01:36Because it has very minimal colors. Black and white has silver and black and white has platinum.

01:47So we have to draw very strong to get that feel.

02:06Traditional Rangoli, Flowers Rangoli, then traditional, beautiful formation, portrait, cartoons, 3D Rangoli, then hyper-realistic Rangoli.

02:37I have seen a financial situation since childhood. And there was a need for money.

02:43Because we came from a lower class family that why don't we earn money through art.

02:50So in my childhood, from the age of 7-8 years, I think I earned for the first time.

02:56I charged 5 rupees for Rangoli. And after that things kept increasing.

03:06Rangoli

03:36Rangoli