In Arts & Crafts, Bhutan| Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm
Traditionally, practised only by men with a religious background as all the art and dedications were religious. Painting, following strict iconographic rules, was mostly done on cloth for murals and banners (thangka) with mineral pigments but since the 1980s, synthetic colours are used and auspicious motives adorn the outside walls and woodwork of buildings and houses.
Painting (lhazo)
Traditionally, practised only by men with a religious background as all the art and dedications were religious. Painting, following strict iconographic rules, was mostly done on cloth for murals and banners (thangka) with mineral pigments but since the 1980s, synthetic colours are used and auspicious motives adorn the outside walls and woodwork of buildings and houses.