Tracey's Art Studio

唐卡 , or thangka, tangka, thanka, is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. The paints are usually made of the minerals, diamonds, plants, rocks, which sustains its grace after centuries. 
I was lucky to have met and learned from a tangka artist after I graduated from high school the summer in 2018. This is my very first tangka painting and is still unfinished because the last step will be lining which takes much more practice and meditation. 
Swipe right to see how this painting comes to where it is now. The layers of paints are:
1.青金石 Lapis Lazuli
2.绿松石1和2 Turquoise 1&2
3.绿松石3 / 雄黄+黄金 Turquoise 3 & Realgar + Gold
4.朱砂+贝壳砗磲 / 雌黄+黄金 Cinnabar+Shells
5. 一些植物颜料 Plants-made paints