Learn to paint

Seven weeks.
One thangka.

Scroll slowly · the paint is still wet

STAGE 1 OF 5

The grid

Every thangka starts with a geometry older than the painter: a grid of iconometric lines that fixes the proportions of the deity.

Week 1

Hold the brush yourself.

Weekend taster

Two days of line drawing with a master in Boudha. NPR 6,500.

Month of colour

Grind your own pigments and paint a small mandala. NPR 38,000.

Apprenticeship

A traditional 3-year path, with a scholarship for Himalayan youth.