Creative Wellness at Home - Week 8
Mandalas, zentangles, patterns and doodles
Drawing is not only a great way to test out your creativity, but it can also improve your reduce your stress and improve your focus. And the best thing is, all you need is paper and a pen!
Remember that your drawing doesn’t have to be perfect! The doodles and patterns we’ll be showing you are a great way to get into a meditative zone as you draw.
Final weeks of our competition!
Our creativity competition is closing at the end of October. Don’t forget to send your entries in! Email to creativeresilienceinnerwest@gmail.com. If you need assistance with entering the competition, call us on 0470 593 207.
Drawing mandalas
For this mindful drawing exercise, we’ll be drawing a mandala with smaller circles inside, overlapping to create shapes and images. Thanks to our Art Therapist and volunteer, Sara Mitchell for this great drawing exercise and for providing these examples!
Materials
Paper
Plate or large bowl
Glasses or cups
Pens
Process
Draw around the plate or bowl to make a circle on a piece of paper.
Use the glass or cup to make circles inside. Overlapping circles are good.
You can use the bottom of the glass/cup as well as the rim.
Colour in, shade, or draw different patterns inside the circles.
See if you can discover images and add more detail.
Use patterns like dots, scribbles, stripes, checks to create patterns.
More patterns and inspiration
Try out these patterns with circles or squares. Draw extra circles to fill in, or try drawing a simple grid with a ruler and fill in each of the squares with different pattern.
Learn more about Zentangles from zentangle.com.
Some of our lockdown art
Here’s a little taste of some of what our community members have submitted! Thank you to everyone who has been participating! We’ll be collecting all the entries for a collaborative pandemic art project.
Don’t forget to send us what you create. Email us your doodles and drawings at creativeresilienceinnerwest@gmail.com.
Don’t forget to leave us feedback
We would love to know what you think. Let us know if you’ve enjoyed these activities and how we can improve in the future!