Hand Art Mandalas on Paper Hand Art on Paper
This unproblematic mandala project turns a plain old newspaper plate into DIY scratch art. Information technology'due south bright and colorful and a neat manner to introduce the concept of radial symmetry!
DIY scratch fine art supplies ….
We created this simple mandala scratch art on a paper plate base. These concepts, though, could exist practical on about whatever surface and accept drawings of whatever shape. I hope equally you read you can imagine unlike applications for the various steps in this project!
Our mandala began with a uncomplicated paper plate- a Chinette paper plate to exist verbal. I think this supply detail could be a pretty big deal and bears a piffling experimenting if you're going to branch out and effort whatever extra paper plate is stashed in your pantry! Chinette paper plates are a super heavy paper-thin type with no waxy blanket. The cheaper coated paper plates may or may non accept the oil pastel as smoothly- I haven't tried this. So if you lot try another brand I'd love to know your results!
You lot'll also demand oil pastels, blackness tempera paint, and something to create the scratches with. We used mini skewers which are slightly heavier than a plain toothpick. However, it did take a few skewers to get through the entire mandala cartoon. This scratch art tool set might exist worth information technology if yous're planning to make more than one of these!
Get started on your mandala art…
The first step in creating your own scratch art is to comprehend your surface, in this case a paper plate, in a heavy coat of oil pastel. I encouraged a radial pattern of colors considering it matches upwards with the radial design of the mandala that will exist drawn. This radial color design isn't essential though- any colors will do.
What's most important is that there is a heavy coat of color- and so that no black paint can reach the plate below- and that the colors are bright! When the black paint is scratched away you want to see a contrast between the black paint and the oil pastel below. If your colors are night or get dingy your mandala drawing won't pop! Nosotros even added some colour to the rim of the plate to create the possibility of scratching a border design later!
We used full size paper dinner plates, because that's what we had! I love the idea of using a diversity of sizes of plates-from dessert plates on upwards! This would make such an eye catching display!
Adding the "scratch layer" to your scratch fine art….
Once you've covered your plate in bright colors it's fourth dimension to cover them all upward! That'south correct- paint over the entire newspaper plate clear out the edge of the plate rim. Nosotros tried a sample of black acrylic pigment and black tempera pigment for this step. I tend to employ tempera and acrylic paint interchangeably. For this particular procedure the tempera worked much better. The acrylic pigment "stuck" a bit ameliorate. Ordinarily this would be a good thing but in this instance information technology prevented the paint from existence able to exist scratched off!
A thin even coat is what you want to shoot for here. In places where the paint was super thick it was hard to scratch off in fine lines and instead clumped off in a chunk.
Set bated and let the paint dry out overnight or at to the lowest degree for a couple of hours before moving on!
Mandala drawing…
Have your kiddos ever drawn a mandala before? Have you? Mandalas are super trendy correct now. They tin be seen everywhere- from clothing to stationary.
A mandala is a detailed drawing that radiates out from a central point in concentric circles. If mandalas are new to yous I highly recommend checking out this mandala drawing template and tutorial postal service! It volition assist your kiddo describe a pace by pace mandala on a template that will disappear within their drawing. So those same techniques can exist applied to this mandala scratch art!
Creating a framework for your mandala…
The easiest manner to create a framework for your mandala is draw a few concentric circles on your scratch art plate. Concentric circles are circles with a mutual heart. They will never overlap.
You lot could do this with a compass, which I couldn't find. (Shrug.) Instead, we traced a serial of bowls to create a few concentric circles that provide some structure in which to draw the elements of the mandala.
Add a dimple detail that repeats all the way around a circumvolve starting towards the eye. (That way you don't take to lay your hand on summit of the drawing you've already washed!) Call up about repeating super simple elements like lines in different orientations, simple geometric shapes, or uncomplicated organic shapes. While the paint should scratch off fairly easily it doesn't let for equally much detail as pencil drawing. Think uncomplicated.
Scratching the tempera paint away will reveal the bright oil pastel underneath. Information technology will also effect in lots of little $.25 of "paint dust." Encourage kids to empty their plate straight into the trash occasionally instead of blowing them all around the room!
More mandalas for kids…
This mandala projection has a step by stride video and a mandala template perfect for drawing on top of and getting started!
Create a floral mandala by folding and squishing paint. And then add details with marker!
Make a leaf mandala by printing leaves with watercolors.
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