Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Mandala Painting in SCF




Mandala Coloring at SCF

Yesterday in SCF we did something different. Ms Mamta Gupta, Chairperson of MSSI (Multiple Sclerosis Society of India) engaged all of us in Mandala Coloring activity. She briefly explained that a Mandala is a drawing mostly in the shape of a circle with a center. Around the center there are geometric patterns or pictures of natural elements like tree flower animal bird etc. Sketching / drawing Mandalas or coloring such patterns is highly engaging. Concentration, attention, memory improves. You may get connected from your inner being to cosmos. They are seen in temple paintings / architecture. And most Rangoli drawn in front yard of our houses end up as Mandalas.

Mamta gave each one of us a sheet of paper printed with a Mandala. And sets of color pencils. We spent about thirty minutes coloring the sheet given to us. The activity was absorbing, took us back to our school days. Mr NV Murthy used just his black in pen to come out with a unique & impressive Black and white output. After appreciating our work she gave prizes to several members. Application of several colors, neatness in execution, fast and quick work, color combination were some points considered for judging the results of our endeavor.

My elder daughter has taken to coloring Mandalas during the past one year. She has been trying to enthuse me to try my hands at it.  She even gifted me a set of 18 Bi-colour Pencils (Faber-Castell) Few incomplete colored sheets are still staring at me.  But yesterday in SCF I managed to color a complete Mandala. Didn’t get any prize, but worth boasting about, I feel.  Here it is.


Note by Vyasamoorthy on 19th March 2019

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