How to draw a Mandala?

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Drawing mandalas is fun. When you are trying to create something new relax and think echo of your soul and the surroundings.

Sketching and giving shape to the mandala can be a new experience in your life which can help to explore yourself and find the shapes, colors, and patterns to represent your current state of mind to your most deeply-desired wish for yourself, for a loved one, or for humanity.

You can design a mandala to symbolize a state of mind that you would like to achieve.

The best thing about creating your own mandala is that you have the freedom to choose whatever shapes, symbols, and colors that you feel express your sense of self and your view of reality.

Your mandala is the representation of your inner self so you have the freedom to create something unique and meaningful.

Mandala and Meditation

mandalas are a great tool for meditation. Different patterns, shape, symbols have different meaning and are used for deep meditation tools. Many different cultures around the world use mandalas in their spiritual practices.

Precaution you need to follow before starting Mandala Drawing

Draw lightly with a pencil so you can erase it if you make a mistake.
Pick the simple pattern at first.
Pick fine drawing tool to give sharp details to your mandala
You can choose a simple symbol and put it in the center of the mandala.

Materials required to Draw Mandala

Tara Yantra Sketching

First of all, you need to select the canvas or paper sheet and cut it into the size that you will like to draw in it.

canvas or sheet of paper
pencil
drawing compass
ruler
protractor
fine liner/thin marker/pigment ink pen
thicker marker
color
brush

Steps Involved in Drawing Mandala

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First of all, you need to pick the canvas or paper in square size to draw a mandala. Like you can pick your paper size to 25*25 cm. The bigger the square, the more room you will have for putting in lots of detail and color.

Artist Drawing Tara Yantra Mandala on 25*25 cm Canvas

Tara Yantra

Secondly, Mark the center of the mandala and draw a small circle and follow up with other big circles as you desire.

Artist doing Meditation Mandala in 25*25 cm canvas

Drawing a mandala

Simply you can start coloring each round with light and dark colors and use a dark color like red or black for background color which can be like this at last.