Grade 7 2015 - Tibetan Medicine Thanka

In this project you are going to learn about Tibetan Medicine Thankas and their importance as education tools, just like our own health posters. You are going to create your own using traditional media, and learn about the human body in the process. This will help you with human anatomy for use in other areas.  You will learn how different cultures see medical treatment, especially for poorer classes in various cultures, and we will look at various teaching tools employed in educating people. You will also note that the style of painting used in thankas has influenced Indonesian and Southeast Asian art over  time. You will learn how to prime a piece of cloth and how to draw and paint on it using water colour from a tube. You will also stitch the completed work, bordering it with silk for hanging.