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Tara's Mudra Thangka Art Course
During this in-depth thangka course, you will learn how to draw the Hand of Tara (most famous female Buddha) holding a Lotus Flower, according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Through Carmen Mensink's combination of creating art step by step, mindfulness meditation and lectures about iconography and mudras, you will not only create a meaningful drawing, but you will gain an experience that lasts way longer than the duration of this course.
After enrollment you'll get immediate access to this course for ten full days, though the average thangka student will only need half a day to complete this course and draw the Mudra in black & white, or a full day when working out the drawing by using shading or colour - note that the in-depth Colouring Techniques Course can be added on your checkout page!
Carmen will be fully available to guide and support you on your drawing during the course, you can upload your work, and you can ask her all the questions you have.
Besides the drawing aspect, this course offers
- Guided Meditation (to listen to and/or download)
- Different lectures (on Hand gestures in all Cultures and Traditions, Mudras in Buddhism, and the Mudras of Green Tara and White Tara)
- Downloads (such as the grids containing the correct proportions for your drawing)
- Mantra of Tara
...And many Bonuses! (such as the grid for Tara's other hand)
After this course
- You have drawn your own graceful Tara Hand with Lotus Flower
- You know more about the mudras in Buddhism, and specifically those of Green Tara and White Tara
- You have experienced the meditative aspect of thangka drawing
Requirements
There are NO requirements for this course, anyone can join. In fact, you don't need to have any drawing experience at all.
Carmen will guide and support you personally, and will bring out the best in you at your own level (and help you get to a higher one!).
Some Artworks by Carmen's students:
Mudra of Green Tara
The Hand with Lotus of Green Tara, the female Buddha of Active Compassion
Lots of Tara Mudras!
Thangka students showing their Tara Mudras after an in-person workshop with Carmen
Mudra of White Tara
The Hand with Lotus of White Tara, the female Buddha of Long Life
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Optional: to deepen your art practice and learn even more, the in-depth Colouring Techniques Course can be added on your next page (checkout).
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