Ganjifa cards are circular handmade cards made on a plain sheet of paper.

Ganjifa’ is the name given to an ancient Indian card game. Quite aptly the name Ganjifa comes from the Persian word Ganjifeh which means playing cards. The speciality of these cards is that they are traditionally hand-painted by artisans.

Ganjifa is practised in small pockets of Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra, and Mysore, where dedicated communities of artisans strive to keep the card-making craft alive.

This workshop is on Ganjifa cards from Sawantwadi Maharashtra. We will be teaching one Avatar from the Ten Avatars (DASHAVTAR). A set of Sawantwadi Ganjifa consists of 120 cards and needs 3 players to play the game. This game needs a good memory to be able to remember all the cards which have been played in the tricks.

*Pre-Registration is Mandatory.

Booking closes on the 19th of February.

What Do You Learn

Day 1

3-4 borders – on a drawing sheet

Placement and planning for the final Avatar drawing

Final drawing on the MDF round piece.

Practice of making circles using a paintbrush and compass on paper.

Day 2

Painting of the final piece

Outlining and finishing

Material kit includes

2 MDF round pieces – 5” diameter

2 Drawing sheets for practice

4 Paint Brush Round- 000,1,2,4

1 Eraser

1 Pencil

1 Compass

1 Set of Acrylic colours

Please note

• This workshop will be conducted in Hindi

• An artisans takes more than 25 years to master the drawing and painting of the art form, you might not be able to get the accuracy as you see in the picture but it will get better with practice.

• We will be sending a digitally printed copy of the painting which will be taught in the workshop for your reference.

This is a two-day workshop on zoom. One and a half-hour per day. It is a live session and no recordings will be provided.

Date: 25th & 26th February 2021 on Zoom

Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm IST

It might exceed 15 mins since we will be teaching the details.

Fees: ₹1800/- (inclusive of material kit)

Tickets once sold will not be refunded.

Please note that the Material Kits will be delivered to you, once you register for the course.

* Please note we try our best to send you the links through Emails, SMS and WhatsApp but still in case you do not receive the link for any technical reasons you can call or message us on 7506122332 share your booking ID and we shall immediately share the link with you.

* Since we have changed our workshop Platform there might be some initial technical issues. We request you all to please cooperate with the same.

The picture shown in the post is just for your understanding and also a reference for you to practice further, it need not be what is going to be taught in the class. We try and plan a subject which can give you the maximum insight into the Art form. The pictures we put on the posts are actually for you to understand what you can do after attending the workshop.

We are more than happy to teach. Please note if time permits, we will answer all your queries during the class or try to email them to you.

Sometimes there are unavoidable network issues from the conductor’s end, and more often than not, these are due to some inherent issues with the Zoom app. We would greatly appreciate your patience in such conditions.

The workshop will be conducted in Hindi.

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