How THANGKA are made ?
Thankas are painted on coarse cotton or on canvas, stretch on wooden frame and treated with mixture of lime plaster,
flour and glue them when dry, rubbed with a object e.g. "conch" to make the surface smooth. When the cloth is ready,
the outline is drawn with soot from oil lamps or charcoal, and later traced in ink.
The outline would always begin with the CENTRAL FIGURE around which the secondary scenes would then be drawn.
And the colors, mixed with thin glue were filled in.
Thankas are painted on coarse cotton or on canvas, stretch on wooden frame and treated with mixture of lime plaster,
flour and glue them when dry, rubbed with a object e.g. "conch" to make the surface smooth. When the cloth is ready,
the outline is drawn with soot from oil lamps or charcoal, and later traced in ink.
The outline would always begin with the CENTRAL FIGURE around which the secondary scenes would then be drawn.
And the colors, mixed with thin glue were filled in.
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