Mandala

Class: Procreate for Beginners Skillshare (use this link for 2 free weeks of Premium; I get one free month per sign up) by Cat Coquillette

The third lesson is drawing Mandalas! I would’ve never thought to try this on my own before, so I’m glad the lesson pushed me to try something new. After learning how to use assistive drawing to fill the illustration with radial symmetry, I found drawing these to be mysteriously calming. Maybe that’s why these are so common for adult coloring books? This lesson has the largest number of iterations I did after the initial lesson - I really enjoyed them.

The class project using the retro mandala palette provided by Cat

My second version, taking inspiration from the tropical leaf project

A third version branching out from the leaf type of the second version.

A completely different take on this incorporating a technique of drawing small circles.

Bringing it back to the flower type, exploring making my own color palettes.

Another iteration with a slightly different color palette.

Another purple palette version.

Last iteration with a pink and red palette.