Drawing & Painting Buddhas and Mandalas in the Tibetan tradition
TV recordings, Early Bird Offers, Classes in The Netherlands, Italy and Austria, and much more! 🧡
TV recordings, Early Bird Offers, Classes in The Netherlands, Italy and Austria, and much more! 🧡
Dear [FIRST NAME GOES HERE],
It’s been a while since you last heard from me. Hope you had a wonderful summer and are enjoying the fall! 🍁
I certainly did. Besides the thangka painting retreat I gave in The Netherlands -where a TV crewcame recording a full day to make a portrait of my work– I also enjoyed my free time in Amsterdam with festivals and friends. See the pics in this newsletter!
A couple of weeks ago I taught in northern Portugal, where I offered a ten day Thangka and Meditation Intensive Retreat in collaboration with Burgs, a wonderful Meditation and Dharma teacher.
Currently I’m busy with all preparations for the upcoming courses in The Netherlands, Italy and Austria.
Have you always wanted to visit Venice or Vienna? Combine it with a thangka course! (and don’t hesitate to register as they are almost full)
Ciao ciao,
Carmen
PS Early Birds get a 15% discount for upcoming Online Courses!
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NOTE: Four-day Retreat in Dutch, translations possible In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Florence.
Milarepa, the famous Tibetan Yogi, Mystic and Poet Nov 6-9 / Venice, Italy
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Four-day Thangka Course in one of the most beautiful cities in the world! Incl. coffee/tea/biscuits/fruit, lectures, mantra and meditations
NOTE: Corso di Thangka di quattro giorni in inglese, possibili traduzioni in italiano In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Florence.
Introduction to Thangka Art + Learn to draw the Buddha Face Nov 13 / Vienna, Austria
>>> LAST SPACES Evening class incl. drawing the face of the Buddha, incl. materials and lecture In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Florence.
>>> LAST SPACES Thangka Weekend Course drawing the Buddha of Healing, incl. materials, lectures, mantra and meditations In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Florence.
Introductie in Thangka Kunst + Gezicht vd Boeddha leren tekenen 29 nov / Amsterdam, Nederland Een samenwerking van boeddhistische centra Maitreya Instituut en Rigpa 🙏🏼 Dagworkshop incl. lezing, koffie/thee en alle materialen
NOTE: Day workshop in Dutch, translations possible In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Florence.
Eight Auspicious Symbols Dec 5 – Feb 15 / Online Online Thangka Art Course in English, with video subtitles in Dutch, German, Italian, French and Spanish.
This course and the course bundle below are eligible for the Early Bird Offer: 15% off with codeEARLY-BIRD-15 In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Flore
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Flore
Buddha Face Start Your Thangka Journey! Dec 12 – 21 / Online Online Thangka Art Course in English, with video subtitles in Dutch, German, Italian, French and Spanish.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Florence.
The following course bundles are eligible for the Early Bird Offer: 15% off with codeEARLY-BIRD-15 In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Flore
White Tara, Buddha of Longevity Dec 19 – Feb 15 / Online Online Thangka Art Course incl. package with handouts delivered to your home. Course in English, with video subtitles in Dutch, German, Italian, French and Spanish.
All courses and course bundles below are eligible for the Early Bird Offer: 15% off with codeEARLY-BIRD-15 In this wonderful 6 or 8-day Thangka Retreat during Arts Week at Omega Institute you will learn to draw (and color or paint) a Buddha of Compassion (such as Chenrezig or Guan Yin), according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to advanced.
A comfortable stay with full board is included, or stay near in the sweet town of Rinebeck.
and apart from the art sessions you will learn so much more through the lectures, meditations and movies that are offered. And of course there’s free time to visit Florence.
More info will follow (keep an eye on the newsletter and the website)
ONLINE / Jan 17 / NY Insight Meditation Center / Lecture
NETHERLANDS / Feb 19-22 / Maitreya Instituut / Retreat US / NYC / June 12-14 / Tibet House /Evening and Weekend Classes US / NY / June 19-26 / Omega Institute /Thangka Painting Retreat
March 2026, specific dates to be confirmed The best of both in two weeks: one week Thangka Painting Retreat in Boudhanath, after which we’ll spend a week to the most beautiful and interesting (Buddhist) places in the Kathmandu Valley
During the Thangka Painting Summer Retreat in The Netherlands a TV crew from the beautiful KRO-NCRV program Zin in Morgen (‘a heartwarming program with inspiring stories about meaning and ‘small’ happiness’) followed me for a day to make a portrait about my work and the meaning of Buddhism in my life.
This portrait about me and my work will be broadcasted on Dutch TV on Sat Nov 29th on NPO 2.
During this joyous week, many amazing artworks were created,
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…new thangkas were started,
…and others were finished! 🙏🏼
Next year this retreat will be held from Jul 26-Aug 2. More pictures of this retreat can be found here.
In the summer, lots of nice festivals are held in and around Amsterdam. the Landjuweel Festival in Ruigoord is my favorite,
And I love dressing up for it!
More dressing up was done for the ‘Drag Olympics’ during the Amsterdam Gay Pride, where I always do the makeup for the drag queens and kings 🏳️🌈
Sail Amsterdam is another event that I love. It is held every five years (but it had been ten years since last time because of the Covid years)
More typical Dutch pics were made during a trip in my foldable kayak,
and a family vacation in beautiful Friesland (north of The Netherlands) where my family is from.
New was the ten day Tibetan Thangka Art & Meditation Intensive Retreat in Northern Portugal. A collaboration with English Meditation and Dharma teacher Burgs, held at his beautiful retreat center that is set in between the olive groves.
This was our first collaboration but won’t be the last! More pictures of this retreat can be found here.biocultural anthropologist and Tibetan medical doctor
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