Automated Peacocks Under Blossoming Tree

Two peacocks are taking rest under a beautifully decorated tree with lot of leaves and flowers. Green, red, yellow and a variety of natural colour patterns are smartly used in this nice Kalamkari painting that creates a dazzling effect for the onlookers. The artist follows a certain colour pattern while depicting the natural motifs. Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile. The word is derived from the Persian words kalam (pen) and kari (craftmanship), meaning drawing with a pen. The Machilipatnam Kalamkari craft made at Pedana near by Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh evolved with patronage of the Mughals and the Golconda sultanate. There are two styles of kalamkari painting in India - one, the Srikalahasti style and the other, the Machilipatnam style. The Srikalahasti style of Kalamkari, wherein the "kalam" or pen is used for free hand drawing of the subject and filling in the colours, is purely hand-worked. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari and it involves seventeen painstaking steps. The cotton fabric gets its glossiness by immersing it for an hour in a mixture of Myrobalans and cow milk.