Ajay Sharma, born in Jaipur, is a renowned miniature Master with over four decades of expertise in miniature painting. Trained under Master Painter Mahendra Sharma, he has run his own studio since 1984, creating traditional masterpieces, portraits, and commissioned works.
Ajay is a dedicated teacher, having trained many renowned artists including Olivia Fraser and has conducted workshops at prestigious institutions worldwide, including The Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania State University, and The Prince's School of Traditional Arts in London.
His legacy as a master artist and mentor is a testament to his enduring passion for this intricate and historically significant art tradition.
Ajay will guide participants through the many stages of the process, including how to prepare the paper using gum arabic and an agate stone, how to grind and mix pigments in shells, prepare kajal for outline and apply the base paint and colour fill. Learning brush technique with squirrel hair miniature painting brushes, the application of metal foils, gold-work and the final burnishing of the painting, building the layers with precision. There will be outings to the Old City’s bazaars to see the making of gold leaf and to an artisan paper-making workshop in Sanganer.
It’s a wonderfully intense week, juxtaposing the wonderful chaos of Jaipur with the meditative calm that pervades miniature painting at its best.
Ajay Sharma, born in Jaipur, is a renowned miniature Master with over four decades of expertise in miniature painting. Trained under Master Painter Mahendra Sharma, he has run his own studio since 1984, creating traditional masterpieces, portraits, and commissioned works.
Ajay is a dedicated teacher, having trained many renowned artists including Olivia Fraser and has conducted workshops at prestigious institutions worldwide, including The Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania State University, and The Prince's School of Traditional Arts in London.
His legacy as a master artist and mentor is a testament to his enduring passion for this intricate and historically significant art tradition.
Ajay will guide participants through the many stages of the process, including how to prepare the paper using gum arabic and an agate stone, how to grind and mix pigments in shells, prepare kajal for outline and apply the base paint and colour fill. Learning brush technique with squirrel hair miniature painting brushes, the application of metal foils, gold-work and the final burnishing of the painting, building the layers with precision. There will be outings to the Old City’s bazaars to see the making of gold leaf and to an artisan paper-making workshop in Sanganer.
It’s a wonderfully intense week, juxtaposing the wonderful chaos of Jaipur with the meditative calm that pervades miniature painting at its best.
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