Glittering Gold Mandala Drawing Tutorial by Renae Davis

The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own.

I love mandalas. They are one of the few things that force you to slow down and focus on every detail of every step and yet you only have to make one simple decision at a time- then just repeat. It can be a time consuming project depending on the amount of details but the end results are well worth it.

Here’s some tips before you get started:

  • Make sure your hands, stencils and work surface are clean. Residues can cause smearing, smudging, and can make some inks unable to bond to the surface.
  • Take your time. This is not by any means a short term project. Tracing and drawing through a stencil takes concentration and a slow, steady hand.
  • Use your hand (or light-tack washi tape) to secure your stencil while drawing. The slightest movement can make a big difference.
  • Stencils are not perfect. Mistakes will happen. Don’t stress over it. It’s just a piece of paper.
Black, White and Gold Drawing Pens
Black, White and Gold Drawing Pens

These are the pens that I’m using for this project. You don’t absolutely need all of these but I like to have different sizes of each pen.

  • Sakura Micron 005, 01, 02, 03, 05, 08, 10 Pens in Archival Black
  • Sakura Gelly Roll 05, 08, 10 Gel Pens in White
  • Uniball Signo 10 Gel Pens in White and Gold
  • Zebra Doodlerz Gel Pen in Black Glitter
  • Sharpie Extra Fine Permanent Alcohol Marker in Black
Extra Fine Sharpie Permanent Marker through TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil
Extra Fine Sharpie Permanent Marker through TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil

To begin, I started drawing through TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil with an extra fine black permanent marker on a 12×12 white sheet drawing paper. Any type of drawing paper or scrapbook paper will do just fine.

6x6 TCW461 Rosetta Stencil center through 12x12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil center
6×6 TCW461 Rosetta Stencil center through 12×12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil center

The center of 6×6 TCW461 Rosetta Stencil fits perfectly through the center of 12×12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil.

Outer edge of 6x6 TCW461 Rosetta Stencil through 12x12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil within the outer orbs.
Outer edge of 6×6 TCW461 Rosetta Stencil through 12×12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil within the outer orbs.

For the outer orb circles of 12×12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil I traced the outer edge of 6×6 TCW461 Rosetta Stencil within the circles.

6x6 TCW887 Circle Gate Stencil center through 12x12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil inner orbs.
6×6 TCW887 Circle Gate Stencil center through 12×12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil inner orbs.

For the inner orb circles of TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil I used the center of 6×6 TCW887 Circle Gate Stencil. When tracing this part of the stencil, don’t go all the way to the edge. Once stenciled like this, you can easily connect the lines to the edge of the circle.

6x6 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil through 12x12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil
6×6 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil through 12×12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil

Drawing shapes within shapes is easy to do when you have both sizes of stencils. I used the 6×6 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil through the 12×12 TCW873 Orb Mandala Stencil.

Black and White Mandala drawing through TCW Stencils
Black and White Mandala drawing through TCW Stencils

The rest of the mandala is really just basic drawing. Draw some lines here and there. Color in a few shapes. Add some dots/circles around different shapes. Don’t forget to alternate between black, white and gold. Just have fun with it! Once you do one section, you only have to repeat for the following sections. That’s really all mandala “drawing” is. The tiniest details, even just dashed lines and dotted circles is what makes an ornate drawing.

Finished details of Glittering Gold Mandala Drawing
Finished details of Glittering Gold Mandala Drawing

Renae Davis, The Crafter’s Workshop Design Team Member

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