However, there is always tomorrow, the next day, and an entire lifetime of days like this. Egg-tempera paint is the medium used to paint the composition on this box. A palette of paints, consisting mostly of greens and blues dominates the scene. The artist uses these paints to convey the rural theme present in the composition. The village in the background creates a great setting and adds to the rustic atmosphere.
Gold paint is used in almost all areas of the painting, aluminum in some, for detail.
The use of metallic paints also helps bring a good amount of light to the scene. The box is constructed out of paper-mache made in the village of Palekh. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior and red lacquer to paint the interior. Gold beading frames the scene and gold filigree with aluminum flowers wraps around the sides of the box for decoration. The filigree is smooth, undulant, and precise all throughout its design.