START YOUR JOURNEY IN THANGKA ART! For people with and without drawing experience. Learn in a clear step by step process how to draw the Face of the Buddha (Buddha Shakyamuni) according to the Tibetan tradition of thangka. Full, personal guidance is offered during the course. For people on all levels. Check out our thangka learning course bundles!
Feb 22 / Nederland (Den Haag) / THANGKA TEKENDAG DEN HAAG
Verder werken aan je thangka of tekening die je bij Carmen Mensink bent begonnen, in de meditatieve omgeving van Boeddhistisch Centrum Sakya Thegchen Ling
Online / THE BUDDHA (Shakyamuni) / Feb 10 (Losar!)-Apr 14, 2024 / FULL
In this in-depth, online thangka course you will learn step by step to draw The Buddha (the Buddha of Healing) according to the Tibetan tradition of thangka. Course materials will be sent to you, and full, personal guidance is offered during the course. For people with and without drawing experience. Check out our thangka learning course bundles!
February – Malaysia & Singapore buddhist art classes
Annual thangka teachings in Singapore (in Jan, Feb or March). Evening workshops for the Asian Classics Institute and a thangka weekend retreat at the Buddhist Library.
February – Thangka brochure translated into Chinese
Tibetan Thangka painting brochure translated in Mandarin Chinese by two of my students from Singapore
January – Singapore Art Teachings
Annual painting classes in Singapore with Mandala of the 5 Elements as subject…
March – Sri Lanka Buddhist Art Course & sightseeing tour
The very first thangka art retreat on the island of Sri Lanka
February – Preparing for the Sri Lanka Buddhist Art Course!
Art course incl. sightseeing tour in Sri Lanka with subject ‘Guan Yin, the female Bodhisattva of Great Compassion’
First Thangka Course on Bintan Island (Indonesia)
Bintan Island thangka painting course, Indonesia / Singapore
East Coast & New York City retreats
Each year I spend 3 to 4 weeks in the US where I offer many different thangka drawing and painting classes at different venues.
Here’s an overview of the workshops I offered this year in July:
May – Kuan Yin, the beautiful Buddha
Guan Yin (also written as Kuan Yin, Kwan Yin or Guan Shi Yin) came from the Indian male bodhisattva Avalokitesvara