WRITING & FILMS ABOUT PAINTING

I have been watching the BBC's Art of Persia documentary series and thought I'd share that it includes footage of miniature paintings, miniature painters at work in modern day in their studios (including one that paints using a single cat hair!), an exclusive look inside a Timurid Shahnameh that is six centuries old, as well as information about subjects commonly referred to in miniatures and the dynasties that celebrated this art form.

Here are some photographs I have taken so you can get an idea of what the documentary series is like, and for those who don't have access to it.

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A meditation on miniature painting in film. This feature-length film is accompanied by specially-commissioned music designed to aid your painting meditation. Watch, relax, learn and absorb the rocks through your pores. When you purchase this film it is yours to keep forever. Private use only, not for distribution. Please do not share or otherwise copy; it took me months of work to make this film and countless hours of painting practice to achieve. I trust you will enjoy this production in good faith and wish you many hours of painting, meditation and viewing pleasure.

Watch here: https://www.theperfectbrush.co.uk/copy-of-look

I wanted to watch this for ages and finally did, here: https://archive.org/details/IGNCA.Agayata.Shilpi - it's about a medieval Indian architect. So, architecture rather than art, but the film gets into the traditional and timeless mindset of a craftsman and I enjoyed the gorgeous, slow visuals. I would love to be an amateur architect in this way, drawing a diagram on the floor or a mandala and creating a building from the ground up. Geometry lovers, I think you'll enjoy this. Here are some stills.

Nainsukh! Wonderful wonderful. I highly highly recommend anyone who is interested in miniature painting to watch this gem of a film!