Patronised by the rules of Mysore and continued in British Period too.
Themes revolve around Hindu gods and goddesses.
The unique part of these paintings is that they had two or more figures in each painting and one figure predominates all the others in size and colour.
Use the ‘gesso paste,’ which is a mixture of zinc oxide and Arabic gum. This gives a particular base to the painting that develops sheen on the background.
They counter it with the use of muted colours that are not so bright to counteract the background.
