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visual art: master Thanka paintings of traditional Tibetan spiritual beings
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Tashi Topden is resident teacher and artist at Sangha-Tibet Resource Center in Somerville, Massachusetts. Tashi was born in the Kham Province of Tibet, Tawu City. He studied Chinese language and painting in Kham from 1973 to 1981, then studied traditional Tibetan painting at colleges in Lhasa and Tawu for another 10 years. In 1990 Tashi escaped from Tibet to India, and continued painting at the Religion Office in Dharamsala, the seat of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. As an accomplished Thanka artist, Tashi was employed as official Tibetan painting instructor in the Religion Office until 1998, when he moved to Boston to be reunited with his wife. Tashi continues to teach master Thanka painting to both Americans and Tibetans; call Sangha-Tibet at 617-629-4674 or write sangha-tibet@rcn.com for more details.
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| Artist Preview | contact: sangha-tibet@rcn.com
images copyright 1999-2001 Tashi Topden |
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| Thanka by Tashi Topden
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| Tashi teaching Thanka painting at Sangha-Tibet Resources Center
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Students learn the basics of traditional Thangka Painting, a devotional art form
created with mixed media: paint, charcoal, and glue and canvas.
Students will concentrate on developing skills of line, proportion and
stylization needed to detail the figures represented in these intricate
paintings. In Tibetan culture the act of painting is connected to
meditation.
Our courses are divided into various levels: The first level is a 10 week course which meets once a week for 2 hours; This first level focuses on drawing traditional design and sacred elements. Tibetan proportions and design pricnciples are stressed. Following courses stress more detailed drawings of sacred figures, coloration and eventually the creation of a complete Thanka.
Call Sangha-Tibet at 617-629-4674 or write sangha-tibet@rcn.com for more details.
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