Tuesday, 26 April 2022

My Oncoming book" The Pictorial Catalogue-63 Nayanmars "


Good Day and welcome to the sneak peek of my latest book "The Pictorial Catalogue: 63 Nayanmars ".Will be available shortly at Kindle. The narratives of ancient saints drawn with modern gizmo. Indian price will be 200 inr for the kindle version.

I have been a serious practitioner of traditional media like watercolor/ ink etc. on paper for the past 40 years or so. Digital media is my newfound interest. I have about 10 students whom I taught basic drawing skills transformed into a seasoned professionals in digital art and some internationally acclaimed. Thanks to their wonderful inputs, I could now adopt my new tablet into drawing device like ducks to the water.

I am not very sure about the success or commercial viability of this project of depicting Nayanmars in a post-modern style. Some people might even condemn me for the "sacrilegious" way of portraying.

Mr Swanand Telang, an young art collector cum scholar from Maharashtra, has kindly agreed to write an introduction for the book highlighting the ancient Nayanmar cult. Due to the prohibitive cost of printing, only limited hard copies will be made available. I shall be happy if you go through the assorted samples of pictures and comment your views. Thanks in advance.
Srinivas Krothapally( Rajahmundry)

Kannappa Nayanar

Pusalar Nayanar

Iyarpagai Nayanar

Adipaththar Nayanar

Karaikkal Ammeiyar

Cheraman Perumal Nayanar

Sundaramurthy Nayanar


Sambandar


Sakkiya Nayanar

Appar (Tirunavukkarasar)


Satti Nayanar

Muruga Nayanar

Rudra Pasupathi Nayanar

Viralminda Nayanar

Nami Nandi Adigal

Thiruneelakanta Nayanar


Friday, 18 February 2022

Books from Srinivas Krothapally, on Kalamkari and other arts

 KALAMKARI- A formalistic Approach



Guide to Srikalhasti school of Kalamkari and use of natural dyes in this craft. Every major step in the craft is explained with relevant pictures. Book also provides the regional names of the dye stuffs used. A must-read book for hobbyists, students of design, heritage enthusiasts ,and to all Indian art lovers. Several natural dye experts, technicians and researchers world-wide have vouchsafed the contents in the book as dependable. A limited number of books are available as hard copies and we can ship them within India presently. This is one among the popular books on kalamkari sold extensively on the Kindle books.

Click to buy:

https://www.amazon.in/Kalamkari-Formalistic-Approach-techniques-nomenclature-ebook/dp/B08HM8BX64