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HOW TO DRAW A MANDALA?
Mandalas are an ancient design that symbolizes the universe. These geometric designs typically feature a series of concentric shapes or repetitive patterns that lead to an inner point of focus
Materials needed:
All you need is: paper, a pencil, a ruler, and an eraser. To color in your mandala: your choice of colored pencils, watercolors, crayons, or any other type of art material for coloring. You can also use a compass if you like - this will be covered in the steps below.
The first step in how to draw a mandala is to measure out your paper into a square shape. The square can be as big or as small as you like. The bigger the square, the more room you will have for putting in lots of detail and color.
The next step in how to draw a mandala is to draw a series of circles around this dot. Once you've drawn the dot in the center of your square, one easy way to draw circles is to use a compass. If you don't have a compass, don't worry - drawing circles is easy if you follow these steps:
Using your ruler, measure out 1/2" (or more or less - depending on your preference) from the center dot. Make a mark 1/2" above, below, to the left and to the right of the center dot, as shown in the figure
Next, measure out another distance from the center dot. I chose 1.5" from the center dot. Using the same process as before, make a mark at this same distance on top, below, to the left and to the right of the center dot
You can continue making as many rows of these dots as you like. I chose to make 3 rows of dots, as you can see above
The important thing is to make sure that the dots you make are all equidistant from the center dot
Now that you've drawn your dots, it's time to connect them. Draw a straight vertical line connecting the dots that go up and down, and a straight horizontal line connecting the dots that go one either side
Next, draw another series of dots at the same distances from the center as your first series of dots. The yellow arrows point to where the new row of dots will be located. Try to make them at a 45 degree angle to the perpendicular lines
Draw four rows of dots, making a large x shape.
Next, use your ruler to connect the dots you just made.
Now you'll want to connect the dots into circles. To do this, start at one dot, and draw a curved line to the next dot, and so on
Don't worry about making the circles "perfect". We're not worried about perfection here! Just take it one step at a time, going from dot to dot
It's okay if you make mistakes. Just make sure you draw lightly enough that you can easily erase any mistakes.
Now that you've drawn the basic outline for your mandala, you can begin drawing designs in your mandala!
You can use a pencil, colored pencils, ink, crayons, or whatever you choose.
You can start from the center, or you can start from anywhere where you feel inspired to make some marks.
Using the lines and circles you drew as guidelines, you can draw shapes like circles, triangles, raindrops, loops, etc.
The important this is to repeat your pattern. For example, if you draw a circle on one of the lines, be sure to draw it in the same spot on the other lines
This creates repetition, which is a key element in creating a mandala.
As you draw more and more designs, your mandala will start to look more complex
The key is to take it slowly, drawing one shape at a time and going around the whole circle drawing that one shape in the right place
Then you build on that shape by drawing other shapes around the circle in the same manner
Here is how the mandala looks with all the designs drawn in. Pretty cool!
You can leave your mandala just like this, or you can choose to color it in.
Voila! Here is your finished mandala
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