Sit at the brush: a thangka painting morning in Patanथान्का चित्रकला
Hosted by Ishvara Maharjan
4th-generation painter, National Heritage Fellowship
2.5 h
including pickup where listed
Max 4
you can book for a group
English · Nepali · Newari
languages on the day
Culture
Daily 09:30 or 14:00. Monsoon humidity slows the sizing; he'll tell you honestly.
Highlights
The proportions of a peaceful deity are fixed by a 1,000-year-old grid; the gold is real; the blue is lapis. You will paint a border and one halo and leave understanding why a good thangka takes three months. Ishvara's family studio has been on the same street since 1911.
- 1,000-year grid, real gold, lapis for the blue
- You paint a border and one halo — and take the panel home rolled
- Family studio on the same Patan street since 1911
- Ishvara will tell you if monsoon humidity will spoil the sizing
Daily 09:30 or 14:00. Monsoon humidity slows the sizing; he'll tell you honestly.
In / exclusion
Included
- Cotton panel & mineral pigments
- Your panel to take home (rolled)
- Iconography lecture
- Tea and the studio cats
Not included
- Finished commissioned thangka (months, not a morning)
- Lunch
- Framing
Itinerary
1 day · 2.5 h on the ground
Day 1
A morning at the brush
09:30 or 14:00. Four people, two cats, one grid.
- 09:30
Iconography, then the grid
Why a peaceful deity is measured, not invented. Cotton panel, mineral pigments.
- 10:15
Border and halo
You copy, slowly. The gold is real. The first line will shake.
- 11:30
Tea, roll, leave
Your panel goes home. Three months is what a good thangka actually takes.
- 09:30
Good to know
- Meeting point
- Lagan Marg, Patan — the blue door with the brass bell
- Languages
- English, Nepali, Newari
- Good for
- Makers, Rainy days, Gifts that aren't souvenirs
- Province
- Patan · Bagmati
रु4,200 total
1 guest · 2.5 h