I needed to create a skull necklace for the thangka I am currently working on. I found the best reference I could in an oldish thangka depicting Mahaka. I chose to copy the skulls directly from it. The original work is an absolute masterpiece and is available from the Himalayan Art Resource under the catalogue number 6500

http://www.himalayanart.org/items/65004

It is undoubtably one of the greatest masterpieces of old Tibet, and an incredible example of both a  ‘black ground thangka’ and Panjarnata Mahakala.

Seeing as I needed to repaint the skulls I though it a wonderful opportunity to produce another tutorial on Digital Thangka Restoration. My other tutorial on this subject matter can be found here http://jampaydorje.com/index.php/2015/08/02/dtw-tutorial-4-pt-2-digital-restoration/

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and the following images showing the before and the after…

Best wishes for your practice,
Ben (Jampay Dorje)