The Style of Tibetan Mural

The Tibetan murals originate from rock paintings and cover religion, politics, history, economy, culture and life as well as landscapes, birds and flowers and even hunting scenes. The style is unique: gloomy and dark colors including black, dark blue, mauve, gray, yellow and white are predominant, while line drawing and outline drawing are used to express simple and natural, rugged and reminiscent feelings.

How to Paint Tibetan Mural

The skills used in painting Tibetan murals are intricate.

Similar to Tangka, the pigments used in Tibetan murals are intentionally mixed with animal glue and ox bile, which makes the mural colorful and resists fading.