Posted on March 23, 2017
Painting Black Manjushri
Here is a video showing the process I used to arrive at the finished image of Black Manjushri. This was a tough image to create, and I really struggled up until the last few days. One night it all… Read More
Posted on July 21, 2016
DTW 20 – Digital Restoration of a Thangka
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… Read More
Posted on July 14, 2016
DTW 19 – Painting an Offering
Digital Thangka Workshop – In this tutorial I work on painting and shading a common form of offering depicted as a skull cup full of nectar. We do the usual shading techniques working on a file that will… Read More
Posted on March 30, 2016
DTW 17 – Kalachakra Sahaja – Creating Light Rays
I have been asked to create a simple image of a rare form of Kalachakra. Know as Sahaja or Innate Kalachakra this form is much easier to visualise than the traditional form, yet retains the entire blessing of… Read More
Posted on January 29, 2016
DTW 16 – Lake Born Vajra – Shading the Lotus
Digital Thangka Workshop – In this tutorial I work on shading the variegated lotus petals. I also do some work on the Hands, Feet and some quick shading on the jewelery.
Posted on January 29, 2016
DTW 15 – Lake Born Vajra – Adding Rainbow Elements
Digital Thangka Workshop – In this tutorial I work on the upper part of the thangka and attempt to add some rainbow effects surrounding the minor figures of Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri. I use the pen tool in Photoshop… Read More
Posted on January 2, 2016
DTW 14 – Compositing a Photograph into a Thangka
In this video tutorial we look at some methods for compositing a landscape photograph into our work whilst still keeping it looking as though it were a painting. I talk a little about atmospheric perspective and we look at… Read More
Posted on November 27, 2015
DTW 10 – Painting Green Tara pt.5
Digital Thangka Workshop – Here is a video showing the latest work on the Green Tara image. Its been a long but beautiful process. I have been working steadily on the image maybe about 2-3 hours a day,… Read More
Posted on October 28, 2015
DTW 9 – Painting Green Tara pt.4
Digital Thangka Workshop – This week we take a look inside my retreat cabin and have a tour of my meditation space and my portable painting workstation. Its raining outside and there is thunder approaching, so I head… Read More
Posted on October 13, 2015
DTW 8 – Painting Green Tara pt.3
Digital Thangka Workshop – This week we sign off on the colour flats and also talk a little about some new changes and maybe a few future adjustments to the composition. We talk a little about managing file… Read More
