Shapes in Mandala Drawings and Paintings

Drawings and paintings of mandalas.  Appreciating a beautiful, ancient form of art.

Mandala Designs Drawing with Quilling

Drawing with paper strips, to create a Mandala with the Quilling technique.

Mandala Pointillism and Doodle Drawings

A mixture of different aspects of art, in the form of mandala, pointillism and doodles.

Dotillism Paintings Mandala on Stones, Canvas and Clothes

Australian Artist Elspeth McLean has become very well known for her dot drawings, which she calls Dotillism, inspired by stippling, the drawing technique.  She draws Mandalas - ritual religious symbols, initially found in Indian Religion. They are supposed to be a representation of the universe and all things in it.  Lately, the word symbolises concentric symmetric geometric patterns, loved for the their artistic complexity and beauty.   An important aspect of McLean's acrylic paintings, is not just the complex pattern, but also the use beautifully complimentary, vibrant, colors she uses.  See how they are made in the Videos below.

Ink and Graphite Mandalas

Ink and graphite mandala drawings, with different influences.

Mandala Pointillism and a Doodle Drawing

Different forms and styles of drawings all in one post.

Symmetry and Style in Mandala and Mehndi Drawings

Mandala and Mehndi Drawings with a delicate South Asian flavour.

Colorful Mandala Designs

Bright colors, contrast beautifully with the black and white mandala designs.

Hand Drawn Traditional Mandala Drawings

Fantastic mandala drawings that use black ink and color pencils to bring these images to life.

Modern 3D Mandala Drawings

Many of these 3D drawings have intermediate steps to show how the mandala drawings were made.

Color and Black and White 3D Mandala Drawings

21st century mandalas inspired from the past.

Mandala Drawings on Journals Calendar and Boxes

A commercial twist to a very popular from of art.

Individual Inspired Mandala Drawings

The title needs repeating: "Individual inspired mandala drawings", as it encapsulates this post.

Black and White Innovative Mandala Designs

An evolution of the known pattern, to bring more geometric forms into it.

Mandala and Zentangle Drawings

Beautiful hand-drawn mandala and zentangle details.

Bright and Colorful Mandala Drawings

The practice of drawing these shapes, is believed to have started in the 4th century, where Buddhism and their arts, spread to countries like: Tibet, India, Nepal, China, Japan, Bhutan, and Indonesia.

Mandala Designs and Beyond

Mandala drawing style, turned on its head, with great innovative variations.

3D Looking Mandala Drawings

The ancient form of art, Mandala drawings, given the illusion of a third dimension.

More than Classic Mandala Drawings

Traditional mandala base, used to construct outstanding drawings.

Varied Collection of Mandala Drawings

Different colors, techniques, styles and mediums, to create different Mandala drawings, based on the same principle.