Mandala Thangka Course 2 (Online)

by Karsang Tamag

Karsang Tamang was born in 1989 and grew up in the Kavrepalnchok district which is located in the eastern part of Nepal. It is almost 150km away from Kathmandu . One needs to cross the Votekosho river and go up on a rough road for 60km to get there.

His father was a monk. In nepal there are two types of monks: married and non-married monks. Karsang’s father was a married monk. Karsang grew up with his neighbors being artists, while there were many artist in his village. Today many of the villagers have changed their profession.

ÖuupioKarsang started to learn Thangka art work from his uncle when he was 15 years old. He would learn 8 hours a day for the first 2 years. It was challenging for him as a young man to study painting so extensively. After two years of study he moved to Kathmandu to finsh his studies. It was quite a culture shock moving from a small village to kathmandu, but he managed.

How Thangka painting was taught to him and how it is taught today has changed a lot. For the first 5 months Karsang would only be making cotton canvas’. Later on he would be combining colors, shading, and some sketching. After two years he learnd from different teachers for about 5-6months. He has continually been practicing by himself for 8 years today.

When Karsang started to learn Thangka painting the art would only be taught to family members, and the teachings would be passed on gradually. Today he has developed a teaching method where the techniques can be taught and learned faster and the art of painting thangkas is not only kept within the family, but beyond with the purpose of teaching to paint meditatively.

Course Syllabus

Painting a Mandala Tangka

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Date and Times

Dates: 4-11 February 2024

Time: 11:00-12:30 Berlin/Amsterdam/Copenhagen

Each day will have some homework for the next day.

Day 1

Explanation of Mandala Thangka.

The process of creating a canvas , and why we paint Mandalas.

Meditation

Going through the list of materials

Day 2

Sketching

Day 3

Combing colors and painting techniques

Day 4

Shading

Day 5

Making detailed lines

Day 6

Applying gold

Day 7

Finishing

Preperations

List of materials

Ruler

Pencil

Compass

Paintbrushes - brush sizes 0,5,6

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These are very fine brushes as you can see on the image.

You only need the three brush sizes mentioned!

Cotton Canvas (30cm x 30cm)

Airtight containers for the color mixtures we blend.

Acrylic Colors

Black

Blue

Red

White

Yellow

Green

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