Calming Mandalas using Dotting, Aug 27th, Sat 11am

Making mandalas using the art of dotting is a great way to calm your nerves, and engage in mindful creation of a beautiful art piece. It is an extremely therapeutic exercise and is sure to make you feel refreshed and ready to take on the coming week! Try it and we're confident you'll fall in love with the process and will want to many more of these!

Learn to create your own colorful Mandala with a few easy patterns and steps! We will be using simple tools to create beautiful Mandalas using the unique technique of dotting. This is a beginner friendly session, you will be a guided by a professional Artist who's taken 200+ art workshops over the past few years.

About the Instructor: Sai Priya Mahajan is an Indian Contemporary Artist who recently won the Outstanding Watercolor Award at the Boldbrush Contest. An engineering graduate from IIT Bombay, she has now exhibited in India (Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh) as well as internationally (NY, Philadelphia - USA, Toronto-Canada, Taipei-Taiwan) and is part of several Art Associations including the International Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, USA and a lifetime member of the Art Society of India. Sai loves to share the joy of painting by teaching various art forms and has conducted several art workshops in the past.

Age: 8+ yrs

Level - Good for beginners, intermediate and advanced levels.

Rough schedule

First 5 mins - Introduction & Demo

Next 2 hours - Mark making followed by Dotting to make Mandalas

Last 5 mins - Wrap up and photos.

Material: you have to arrange for this on your own. You will need a canvas - square or round in shape about 6X6 inches in size, fresh acrylic or fabric paints in various colors (paints should not be dry), 1 flat brush of about size 6-10, dotting tools in various sizes, pencil, eraser, compass, ruler, 1 small round brush, hair dryer, protractor(optional), and some basics like tissues/rag, water and a plate/palette. For best results it is preferable to use dotting tools but if you don't have dotting tools you can also make do with brush bottoms, pen/pencil bottoms, makeup bottle caps, grilling skewers, toothpick, etc.

Please note that if your acrylic paints are even slightly dry, this technique will not work. If your paints are drying up it is better to buy a few fresh small 25ml bottles.

Please be ready with all required materials at least 5-10 mins before the start of the session. Register using the participants name, email & phone number, on which whatsapp is functional, this is where all communication will be sent. Please note that all timings are in IST (GMT+5:30hrs).

Late entries are not allowed. Please familiarise yourself with Zoom and its usage so you can join in on time, and have no trouble during the session. Zoom link will be sent to you 10 mins before the start of the session on whatsapp.

Important T&C: Ticket price is per user per session. For example, if two people are attending using one login, please pay for 2 people. Participants have to keep their videos on during the session. This ticket is valid only for the said date and time and cannot be used for other workshops. Videos recording of the session is not included. Non-refundable. Tickets once booked, cannot be cancelled/ rescheduled/refunded