Murals, the decorative wall painting

Mural is found in all periods of art, but mainly, as distinct from the domestic easel picture, in palaces, churches, or interiors of buildings of public use or significance.
Its nothing other than a magical play of just five colours, no hidden ideas or semiotic symbols that make complication.

Prince Thonnakal a well-known mural artist has initiated a programme to protect the murals in Kerala. Starting his carrier as a student in 1990 under late Mammiyoor Krishnankutty Nair at Guruvayoor Devasome Boards he had never looked back in his career as a mural artist. His first project was renovation of the murals in Kumaranalloor temple.

Being a dry fresco expert he had done renovation works at Ooramana (Piravam) Padmanabhaswamy temple and Sree Krishna swamy temple Neyattinkara. Prince uses the brush made up of arrow grass treated in milk and colours from nature. The colours are prepared according to the traditional methods. When renovating a work the first step is to take photographs of the existing one, which is the only available material to put sketches. Then the old one is destroyed to draw the new one. When working with such paintings it is compulsory to follow the instructions from manuscripts.

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