Buddhist Monasteries ,Buddha ,Dalai Lama all are blend into the history and culture of Ladakh. Monasteries are build as if they are part of the mountain range. The monasteries have buildings for temple,study center for monks, and their residence.Each of these sections are in stages or in different steps. It is indeed a steep climb which is worth it for the view from the top. The wind , peace and quiet and top of the world feel is fantastic here. Breathless in all sense!!
I have been keeping the painting of the monastery till now ,thinking I will keep the difficult one for latter. Today I started on one since I had a beautiful post card of Chemre Monastery.Chemre lies east of Karu in a valley .(This is my reference picture)
All monasteries here make great pictures against the background of the mountains. My painting puts on canvas a monastery raising from the valley and reaching the mountain top. This is the place of the Buddhist monks, seeking peace and reaching out to the inner self and reaching out to God leaving behind the mundane fears and stress of human life.
Beyond the fields there is the lush green trees protecting the peace of the monastery .The steps at different levels takes you higher and higher up the mountains to the top through the simple white buildings at each level. Though the drawing was tough for me I can see already it is looking nice .First I did the sky,then the mountains ,after that I started to sketch the monastery . But I was lost soon.So I did the foreground and the trees . This came out well and now I have filled in my sketch with the rest of the building.
Tomorrow I hope to finish painting the monastery and complete the painting.
Here is what I did today .
The Painting medium is Acrylic on Fine Art canvas board 10x12inch
