This 10 x 10 inch dot mandala canvas features a holiday theme - perfect to add to your holiday decor collection. Add a little more joy to your holidays. I start with a blank canvas painted black, lay a chalk outline with a ruler, protractor and compass and use different shape dotting tools and acrylic paint to create the design. What is a mandala? The word "mandala" is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean "circle," a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself--a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds. Describing both material and non-material realities, the mandala appears in all aspects of life: the celestial circles we call earth, sun, and moon, as well as conceptual circles of friends, family, and community.
