How To Make a Mandala Drawing

Did you enjoy my How To Make a Rainbow Leaf Drawing Tutorial from 2016? I've created another! This one shows you how to draw a relaxing, meditative mandala shape. This circular form I show is a very simplified version of a traditional mandala. A real mandala drawing represents the universe in both Hinduism and Buddhism and is drawn as a spiritual ritual.

What I am showing you here is how to draw a geometric pattern that derives some of its shape from this practice but whose goal is simply to give you a couple of hours of relaxing activity. You will need the following:

Paper (printer paper is OK)
No. 12 Pencil with Eraser
Thin Black Sharpie Marker
Color Pencils or Crayons

The outer circle is about 8" in diameter.

If you aren't comfortable drawing 2 circles by hand

use a cereal bowl for the outer circle and a clear glass for the

center circle (so that you can see that it is centered.

Do not worry about pencil marks.

You will erase them after you ink your drawing.

After the ink is dry (a couple minutes)

erase all pencil marks.

Time for Color!

I decided to go with warm colors -

yellows, oranges and reds.

To add a nice contrast I filled in the area around

my warm colors with a lime green.

Even though the green is a cool color it adds warmth to the drawing.

That's because lime green has a lot of yellow!

If you are having a stressful week entertaining yourself with a little drawing exercise like this can be very relaxing. It's a great activity for all ages. And, because you don't need a lot of materials you can do this anywhere - on the patio, at the park, in bed. Wherever you like. I hope you enjoy!

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