About Scroll paintings

Scroll painting usually refers to a painting on a scroll in Asian traditions, distinguishing between handscroll, such a painting in horizontal format and hanging scroll, such a painting in vertical format.

The Preparation of the Thangka Painting Surface

Nov

2018

Culture, Design, Dharma, Painters, Thangka dipakdaspaswan

Steps for Preparing a Thanka Painting The painters of Tibet pursued their art in an orderly and systematic I way. When creating thangka scroll paintings they proceeded through six clearly defined steps: The first step was the preparation of the painting surface. Second, came the establishment of a design on that surface by means of a sketch or transfer. The third step involved laying down the initial coats of paint, and that was followed by .

Steps in Selecting a Thangka

Apr

2018

Thangka sadiksha

The choice of a thangka is very personal and we encourage our guests to be selective, finding just the right piece that speaks to the heart. Here are several factors to keep in mind while looking. Quality - Thangkas can be found in any quality from very poor to very high. The higher the quality, the more expensive. Some indicators of high quality are intricate detail (look at facial features, deity clothing patterns), the elegance .

Art of Nepal – Thangkas & Paubhas

Mar

2018

Art, Mandala sadiksha

Thangkas and Paubhas Paubhas is a traditional religious painting made by the Newar people of Nepal. Paubhas depict deities, mandalas or monuments, and are used to help the practitioner meditate. The Tibetan equivalent is known as Thangka. For more than eight thousand years an artistic tradition of great skill and beauty has flourished in the Kathmandu valley. As long ago as the 12th-century Newar painters, bronze casters and architects were famed across Asia and highly sought after for their talents. The emperor Kublai Khan .