Art is something that needs a creativity which expresses imagination and technical skills to make. Art needs a diverse range of skills of creating artifacts. Being an artist or i say a mandala artist, it need lots of patience and hard work to create such beautiful artifacts.
To understand Mandala art first know the meaning of Mandala, it is a Sanskrit word which means circle. Mandala art are usually in circular form which have a definite center point, from which different types of symbols and shapes can be made. It is geometric design which symbolize the culture in Hindu and Buddhist.
In this changing modern world where modernity exhibits in art also mandala art can be in both geometric and organic forms. It can also contain some recognizable images or shapes which carry the meaning of the art or it may contain some different types of colors and forms.
A person can design mandala as per their state of mind or which can symbolize the status of person. Rather than being a showpiece or a show artifact Mandala art sometimes works as a great effective tool for meditation and can be also used as a means of self awareness. Many of the different cultures in this world use Mandala art in their spiritual practices also because they somewhere believe that it represents the connection between our inner soul and outer reality.
One of the best thing about making Mandala art is that you can design your Mandala in whatever shape and color you want which express your imagination or you view of reality. You can design your art into a therapeutic, inspirational, teaching and showpiece form, which means your mandala is only yours, your ideas, thought, freedom of creativity, which means its only you.
So design your mandala now in whichever form you want. And when you are creating Mandal just think of your inner voice, the echo of your soul. Drawing and coloring a mandala art can be highly beneficial for personal experience for which you look inside yourself to make patterns, shapes and colors who represent your current state of mind to your most deeply desired wish for yourself, for your loved ones and for humanity.
Materials needed
Your really don't need many materials to draw a mandala. All you only need is: a paper, a pencil, a ruler, and an eraser, some colors of your own choice it may be colored pencils, watercolors, crayons or any other type of colors. You also need a compass also.