• Wall paintings (murals)

• Paintings on the walls of temples

• Paintings in manuscripts (books)
Newar art is basically religious art. Newar have
learned the past and absorbed the
contemporary, now they are attempting to
unlearn the rules and formulae what they had
learned, and hearing their own inner voice,
creating their own codes and putting their own
signature in subconscious manner. Listening
to oneself and expressing in one’s own visual
language is perhaps one of the best ways of
creating art.devotional paubha painting,
sculpture and metal craftsmanship are world-
renowned for their exquisite beauty.[4] The
earliest dated paubha discovered so far is
Vasudhara Mandala which was painted in 1365
AD (Nepal Sambat 485).[5] The murals on the
walls of two 15th-century monasteries in the
former kingdom of Mustang in the Nepal
Himalaya provide illustrations of Newar works
outside the Kathmandu Valley.[6] Stone
sculpture, wood carving, repoussé art and metal
statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities made by
the lost-wax casting process[7] are specimens of
Newar artistry.[8] The Peacock Window of
Bhaktapur and Desay Madu Jhya of Kathmandu
are known for their wood carving.
Building elements like the carved Newar
window, roof struts on temples and the
tympanum of temples and shrine houses exhibit
traditional creativity. From as early as the
seventh century, visitors have noted the skill of
Newar artists and craftsmen who left their
influence on the art of Tibet and China.[9] Newars
introduced the lost-wax technique into Bhutan
and they were commissioned to paint murals on
the walls of monasteries there.[10][11]
Sandpainting of mandala made during festivals
and death rituals is another specialty of Newar
art.
Nepali art is as old as Nepali culture despite
the fact that we can only find the sculptures
of fourth century A.D., the point of time in
houses of Kathmandu valley despite the fact
that the earliest Nepali painting ever found is
the Prajnaparamita manuscript illumination.
Our culture is as old as our civilization, and
our art is a constituent part of our culture.
Our cultural rituals and festivals integrate a
number of arts as sculpture, music, painting,
performance and installation. At the then
time, art was not for art’s sake but for life. Art
had spiritual as well as pragmatic value. We
can find this trend, for instance, in Mithila art
even today.