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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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102 Painting of large pictures on cloth : f
Paintings other than the miniature paintings come under the little of monumental paintings as they are very large and intended to be displayed in public places. The cloth support, which is the carrier, is approximately 4x6 feet or even larger in case of Jain Tirth patas. Therefore, there is a different method used for painting them.
For any cloth painting, which is to be painted on cloth, the cloth (support) has to given a coat of primer, e.g. astar, so that the paint does not penetrate in side the cloth poars. Therefore, a paste of rice flour or of tamarin seed flour is prepared like the Lei (gum paste). The cloth is stuck on the plane and smooth floor and the Lei is applied to the cloth. When it dries up, it is burnished from above with an agate burnisher. A large burnisher which is to be operated with both hands, is used giving sufficient pressure on the cloth. This flattens the gum paste and it penetrates in to the pores of the cloth. The cloth is then ready to receive drawing and subsequent painting on it.
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