Dot Painting is done by making dots of various sizes with shades of colors to create patterns using simple tools.

Workshop flow:

This workshop is beginner friendly and is totally fine if you've never held a paint brush or you can't draw/ paint. We'll have a small briefing about the history and technique of making mandalas, and then we'll move on to creating our mandala's step by step. We'll first practice on plain sheets of paper and make mandalas using acrylic colours. Tools like pencil, tooth pick, ear-nuds, matchstick will help you make dots with different sizes. The tool is then dipped in colours and used on paper or on canvas, plates or another surface.

Material required:

Any flat surface (canvas, thick paper, old CD) , Colors –any liquid consistency paint (acrylic, fabric colors), Tools to create dots –tooth pick, earbuds, matchstick, ice-cream stick or basically round stick with flat surface, small cup of water, tissue paper or rough cloth, pencil, ruler, eraser.