sentences:  With the fall of the Vijayanagar empire, the artists who were involved in the Vijayanagar Paintings were rendered jobless.The Wodeyar king, Raja Wodeyar (1578–1617 CE) rehabilitated these artists in Srirangapatna and under his patronage, a new form of painting called as Mysore painting evolved.These artists employed by the king made use of locally available materials to do the paintings.