Batuan Village Bali: House of Painting in Bali

The life of painting in the Batuan village didn’t escape the attention of tourists. Classic painting as for the night atmosphere, humanity, divinity, and animal are naively depicted, simply and decoratively very beautiful. Batuan village is so popular with a painting that they called Batuan style of Painting.

Batuan Art Museum is one of the museums that are on Ubud. Located in the middle of Bali island, 9 kilometers from east Denpasar. Batuan village is nearby Sukawati Art Market. There have a lot of paintings by local painters since 1930 ago. The museum was inaugurated in 2012 and become a favorite tourist destination of art.

Batuan village has two figures who have carved achievement in the field of painting. They are Mr. Made Suryana and Mr. I Made Cat Suteja. Their work has become well-known internationally. Their style of painting uses special techniques of Batuan village, that’s the way the painting has great work. 

The Batuan paintings is a hereditary culture. Usually, the painter will use the special techniques of Batuan style. But this time, the painter has combined with the modern style with the theme of contemporary life by including images such as cars, planes, and so forth. But, this contemporary style is still used Batuan style technique, so this technique is a sign that the paintings are Batuan style. 

Paintings in the Batuan village are so complex and detailed. Everything looks really solid and leaves no space. The theme of paintings can be more than one and there is no point of view. Also, everything looks the same from each side. Many painting usually only use black and white in their canvas, so the first impression seen from the painting is the magical charm that is so thick.

To make Batuan paintings, the painters take a long time. There are several steps that must be done to produce amazing work of art. The initial process starts with a painting (sketching with a pencil), then Sangwi (connect the line and make it look firm with Chinese ink), next step is Ngucak (giving effect far and light-dark), manyunin (giving the impression of full painting), next is nyawi (giving the ornaments and details with colors), and finally is coloring. The step of Batuan Village painting from the past until now is the same. With these stages, it is not surprising if the Batuan Paintings has small object details that so clearly visible.

The unique tourist destination, it’s a pity to miss. Let’s explore the house of Painting Batuan Village. So many amazing art of paintings have been made in this village. With various sizes and colors that make the eyes do not stop looking at its charm.