The Hindus Laid Down The Law For Painting

                              Small watercolor sketch of Donna, Anchorage 1995

The Sandanga

The six canons of excellence in pictorial art

1) Knowledge of appearances
2) Correct perception, measure and structure
3) Action of feelings on forms
4) Infusion of grace, or artistic representation
5) Similitude
6) Artisitic use of brush and colors