Download or read book Botanical Mandalas written by Louise Gale and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconnect to Mother Earth and recharge your creativity by combining the healing energy of nature with the meditative process of drawing and painting mandalas. Explore Botanical Mandalas and watch your artistic expression flourish! Full of inspiration for reconnecting with natures beauty to inspire you to create expressive mandala artworks. Includes drawing, painting and mixed-media projects to find endless inspiration for your own botanical mandala journey.
Download or read book Coloring Botanical Mandalas written by Louise Gale and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recharge your connection to nature through the mindful practice of Coloring Botanical Mandalas. The practice of coloring has been proven to calm the mind, lower blood pressure and create a personal meditative experience. A large range of designs from simple blooms to more complex and intricate illustrations. Includes designs with intentional white space for you to add your own favorite details in pen. Melt away the stress of your day, using colors that bring you joy. Join the Coloring Book Club!When you purchase this book, you can register to join the Coloring Botanical Mandalas Book Club and receive bonuses which include: Access to the Members Book Club portal with video companions for coloring the mandalas in the book Artist community to share your work, connect with Louise and other Botanical Mandala enthusiasts Discounts for the Botanical Mandala Online Masterclass Program and Louise's other online mandala and nature art classes. Lots more as other bonuses are released Register your purchase at BotanicalMandalas.com/ColoringBookClub. Louise is excited to see you there! xx
Download or read book Mandala for the Inspired Artist written by Louise Gale and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to create beautiful mandalas using a variety of tools and mediums. Mandala for the Inspired Artist has prompts, exercises, and projects perfect for all skill levels.
Download or read book The Botanical Mind written by Gina Buenfeld and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity's place in the natural order is under scrutiny as never before, held in a precarious balance between visible and invisible forces: from the microscopic threat of a virus to the monumental power of climate change. Drawing on indigenous traditions from the Amazon rainforest; alternative perspectives on Western scientific rationalism; and new thinking around plant intelligence, philosophy and cultural theory, The Botanical Mind Online investigates the significance of the plant kingdom to human life, consciousness and spirituality across cultures and through time. It positions the plant as both a universal symbol found in almost every civilisation and religion across the globe, and the most fundamental but misunderstood form of life on our planet. This new online project has been developed in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the closure of our galleries due to the pandemic. 'The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree' was originally conceived as a trans-generational group exhibition, but has been postponed. In the meantime, we have launched this complimentary online programme of new artist commissions, podcasts, films, texts, images and audio, expanding on and enriching the ideas and issues informing the show over at botanicalmind.online ... During this period of enforced stillness, our behaviour might be seen to resonate with plants: like them we are now fixed in one place, subject to new rhythms of time, contemplation, personal growth and transformation. Millions of years ago plants chose to forego mobility in favour of a life rooted in place, embedded in a particular context or environment. The life of a plant is one of constant, sensitive response to its environment - a process of growth, problem-solving, nourishment and transformation, played out at speeds and scales very different to our own. In this moment of global crisis and change there has perhaps never been a better moment to reflect on and learn from them.--https://camdenartcentre.org/the-botanical-mind-online/
Download or read book The Mandala Guidebook written by Kathryn Costa and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relax, create and connect with mandala art. Do you love coloring mandalas? You're not alone! Adult coloring books are gaining in popularity every day. Do you want to learn how to draw and color your own mandalas? In The Mandala Guidebook, Kathryn Costa shows you how with easy instructions perfect for the beginner. You'll find a wide range of projects, each with beautifully illustrated step-by-step instructions covering more design styles and artistic mediums than any other book out there. Simply put, a mandala is a circle with a design in the center, but psychologists and spiritual leaders have used mandalas as a tool for self-reflection and self-exploration through the ages. Mandalas have intrigued cultures around the world, from Celtic spirals and Indian mehndi to medieval church labyrinths. And now it's your turn! If you can write the alphabet, you can create beautiful and expressive mandalas. Journey with Kathryn, creator of the "100 Mandalas Challenge," to create spontaneous and spirited mandala art: • Enjoy prompts and questions to practice self-discovery, gratitude, relaxation, meditation and explore your unique talents and artistic path as you create • Discover 24 demonstrations with clear and colorful step-by-step instructions to master the mechanics of making mandalas--both freehand and geometrically symmetrical designs • Explore mixed media and textural painting techniques within the boundaries of a circle using everything from a simple pen and paper to watercolor, collage, acrylic and stamped Gelli plate • Get pattern inspiration and discover how to play with color using common palettes from the world around you Set your intention and learn how to use mandalas to solve problems, let go of fear, lean into love and gain clarity and insight as you create!
Download or read book Easy Mandalas Mini Colouring Book written by L. J. Knight and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handy 5.25 x 8 inch (approx. 13 x 20cm) travel size format to fit in your bag 50 mandala designs Single-sided printing Original art Easy difficulty level For adults and older kids If you want to relax by colouring mandalas that aren't too difficult or complex, this book is the perfect choice. It features 50 original mandala art illustrations, with both abstract and themed designs. All the mandalas in this book are designed by hand, and digitally redrawn to create perfect symmetry and flawlessly smooth lines. This is a mini travel-sized colouring book, and its small size lets you carry it around easily, so you can get the benefits of colouring while on the move. IMPORTANT - This is a travel-sized colouring book measuring 5.25x8 inches. The illustrations in this book are the SAME IMAGES as in the full size Easy Mandalas colouring book by the same author. The images have been modified to work in this smaller format, but they will be more challenging to colour than the large versions, due to the smaller overall size. You can preview all the designs in this book on the author's website - for the URL, click the author name, and see the left hand sidebar. The images in this book are printed on one side of the page. However, as with most coloring books, bleed-though may occur with some types of marker. It's recommended that you place a blank sheet of paper under the images you're colouring, and two blotter pages have been provided at the end of the book for this purpose. Note: This title was originally published in March 2016 as Easy Mandalas Mini Colouring Book by Tigerlynx. In this new second edition, the author name has changed.
Download or read book Big and Bold Mandalas Colouring Book written by L. J. Knight and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 original mandala illustrations Mostly abstract designs Thick lines & large spaces - ideal for easy colouring Difficulty level - very simple to slightly more detailed, but all the designs are easy Single-sided printing 8.5 x 11 inches (approx. 22 x 28cm) Big & Bold Mandalas Colouring Book features fifty simple, mostly abstract mandala illustrations. As the name suggests, these designs have thick lines and large spaces, making them easy to colour. This book is a great choice for: People with vision and dexterity issues that make colouring small spaces difficult Children Beginners Those using thick markers or other broad-tipped colouring media More advanced colourists who like to add detailed shading, blending and patterns of their own Anyone who wants to relax by colouring simple designs! This simple colouring book is perfect for colourists of all ages, and will provide hours of relaxation and enjoyment. All of the mandalas in this book are designed by hand, and digitally mirrored for smooth lines and perfect symmetry. You won't find these original mandala art designs anywhere else! You can preview all the mandala images in this coloring book on the author's website - click the author name above for the URL. If you're using markers, it's best to place a sheet of scrap paper under the page you're colouring, to protect against bleed-through. There are spare pages at the back of the book for this purpose. Note: This title was originally published in March 2017 as Big & Bold Mandalas Colouring Book by Tigerlynx. In this second edition, the author name has changed and the back matter has been updated, but the designs are still the same.
Download or read book Natural Mandalas written by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These richly designed mandalas break away from the traditional Eastern format, which typically depicta the divine architecture of the Cosmos; instead, they reconnect us with Earth, and essential experiences of self-awareness, simplicity, and harmony. In-depth instructions explain how to meditate on the images, and why the particular patterns draw us in so intensely.--From publisher description.
Download or read book International Garden Photographer of the Year Collection 16 written by James McGlinchey and published by Mirror Plate Media Ltd. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This digital edition features a stunning selection of the winning photographs from the sixteenth International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition. This book is for anyone who values the beauty and importance of a green planet. Inside you will discover some of the latest and greatest botanical photography, and a gateway to the wonderful worlds of flora, fauna and fungi. IGPOTY exists to celebrate the achievement of all the awarded photographers, and to acknowledge the stunning majesty of natural and man-made gardens. This volume features every awarded image from the main categories as well as Portfolios, and a selection of higher-placed images from the five Photo Projects and select Special Awards. We hope you become inspired by the images within, and decide to enter one of our competitions or rediscover your love of plants and gardens – you never know how it may blossom! Find out more, at: www.igpoty.com
Download or read book Drawing Mandalas written by Hannah Geddes and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've ever wondered how to draw mandalas, then this fully illustrated guide is just what you need. Mandalas have appeared in decorative artworks and in spiritual works for thousands of years, but they often seem complex and difficult to draw oneself. Over the course of eight chapters, artist and teacher Hannah Geddes explains the origins of mandalas and then leads readers through the process of creating mandalas, including • A guide to the materials and tools are needed • Step-by-step instructions on how to draw the various components - from centers and middles to outer segments and borders • How to make templates and create intricate patterns including a compass rose mandala, a half-moon mandala and an intriguing sinkhole mandala • The incorporation of sacred geometry and patterns, and • How to introduce color into the patterns There are beautiful projects to follow to practice your skills and lots of handy tips to help readers become expert mandala designers.
Download or read book Ecopoiesis written by Stephen K. Levine and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book emphasises ecological, nature-assisted expressive and creative arts and art therapies within the context of the current ecological crises. Rich in fresh theoretical perspectives, this timely compendium of theory, research, and practice also provides methods and tools that can help the reader understand and incorporate new eco perspectives into their work. Building on the concept of poiesis as the human creative function, this book seeks to stress the importance of humanity's ecopoietic capacity, creating a more sustainable life for humans. It has been specifically created within the context of this most critical period of human existence, and acts as a forum for innovation based on the values of the environmental movement and its desire to address the extensive sociopsychological impact of the ecological crisis.
Download or read book Japanese Mandalas written by Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first broad study of Japanese mandalas to appear in a Western language, this volume interprets mandalas as sanctified realms where identification between the human and the sacred occurs. The author investigates eighth- to seventeenth-century paintings from three traditions: Esoteric Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and the kami-worshipping (Shinto) tradition. It is generally recognized that many of these mandalas are connected with texts and images from India and the Himalayas. A pioneering theme of this study is that, in addition to the South Asian connections, certain paradigmatic Japanese mandalas reflect pre-Buddhist Chinese concepts, including geographical concepts. In convincing and lucid prose, ten Grotenhuis chronicles an intermingling of visual, doctrinal, ritual, and literary elements in these mandalas that has come to be seen as characteristic of the Japanese religious tradition as a whole. This beautifully illustrated work begins in the first millennium B.C.E. in China with an introduction to the Book of Documents and ends in present-day Japan at the sacred site of Kumano. Ten Grotenhuis focuses on the Diamond and Womb World mandalas of Esoteric Buddhist tradition, on the Taima mandala and other related mandalas from the Pure Land Buddhist tradition, and on mandalas associated with the kami-worshipping sites of Kasuga and Kumano. She identifies specific sacred places in Japan with sacred places in India and with Buddhist cosmic diagrams. Through these identifications, the realm of the buddhas is identified with the realms of the kami and of human beings, and Japanese geographical areas are identified with Buddhist sacred geography. Explaining why certain fundamental Japanese mandalas look the way they do and how certain visual forms came to embody the sacred, ten Grotenhuis presents works that show a complex mixture of Indian Buddhist elements, pre-Buddhist Chinese elements, Chinese Buddhist elements, and indigenous Japanese elements.
Download or read book Mandala Rock Painting Made Simple written by Carla Schauer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the art of mandala rock painting Creating the satisfying curves and colors of a perfect mandala stone is both fun and relaxing—and it's a skill anyone can learn! This simplified guide takes you through the whole process, from picking the right rock to choosing your paints, so you can create everything from an Affirming Aqua Mandala to a Sea Urchin Symmetry Mandala. Sharpen your skills—Find step-by-step instructions to help you choose your hues and execute every swirl, swish, and circle. Delightful designs—Dive into 25 easy tutorials, featuring motifs and palettes inspired by the natural world. Finish with a flourish—Get tips for protecting your artwork from wear and weather, plus inspiration for how to use them as gifts, decor, and more. Grab this book today, and turn any plain rock into a vibrant work of art.
Download or read book Esoteric Buddhism and Texts written by Jinhua Chen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores trans-cultural and cross-border transformation of Esoteric Buddhism in East Asia, focusing on the significance of Esoteric Buddhism in relation to some forms of material culture, including rituals, arts, and the construction of sacred space and narratives. In East Asia, Esoteric Buddhism’s influences can be seen across all levels of society: not only in that it achieved a recognizable sectarian identity, but also because elements of esoteric teachings were absorbed by other religious schools, influencing their philosophical tenets and everyday practices. The influence was not confined to the religious sphere: scholars have been paying more and more attention to the significance of Tang Esoteric Buddhism in relation to material culture and the dissemination of Esoteric Buddhist technologies in South, Central, and East Asia. No matter how one looks at a maṇḍala—an integral feature of esoteric practice—or the uncannily expressive statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas or Yidam that come in all shapes and sizes, or the murals that depict the variegated, mysterious themes of the esoteric tradition, one can always recognise the profound connection between art and Esoteric Buddhism. Esoteric Influences also abound in East Asian literature across different genres, displaying its unique characters both in poetry and prose. Likewise, in architecture, one can readily make out the enigmatic, colorful and distinctive elements characteristic of the esoteric tradition. Monks initiated into the esoteric lineages not only brought Buddhist classics and practices to China, but also advanced knowledge in astronomy, calendarial calculations and mathematical theories. The chapters in this volume investigate the profound and far-reaching impacts wrought by Esoteric Buddhism on rituals, arts, and the construction of sacred space and narratives in East Asia. This book will be beneficial to advanced students and researchers interested in Religious Studies, History and Buddhist studies. It was originally published as a special issue of Studies in Chinese Religions.
Download or read book Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism written by Pamela Winfield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pamela D. Winfield offers a fascinating juxtaposition and comparison of the thoughts of two pre-modern Japanese Buddhist masters, Kukai (774-835) and Dogen (1200-1253) on the role of imagery in the enlightenment experience.
Download or read book Meditative Stone Art written by Maria Mercedes Trujillo Arango and published by Rock Point. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alleviate stress, foster creativity, and commune with nature while creating beautiful art with Meditative Stone Art. Let artist Maria Mercedes Trujillo Arango guide you on a meditative art journey, for beginner and expert crafters alike, as she shares her unique and elegant designs for decorating stones. Meditative Stone Art includes 44 illustrated step-by-step projects—21 calming mandala designs and 23 nature-inspired designs, including: Single-color mandalas Multicolor mandalas Flowers Leaves Butterflies Moths Beetles Fish Chock-full of beautiful photography and easy-to-follow instructions to get your designs just right, along with drawing tutorials and information about gathering the perfect stones, tools and supplies, and art techniques, Meditative Stone Art will have you feeling inspired, focused, and relaxed in no time.
