Author: Louise Gale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781527222328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
Botanical Mandalas
Author: Louise Gale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781527222328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781527222328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
Mandala for the Inspired Artist
Author: Louise Gale
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 1633220729
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 1633220729
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
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.
The Botanical Mind
Author: Gina Buenfeld
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907208942
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
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/
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907208942
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
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/
Botanical Gardens Coloring Book
Author: Dot Barlowe
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486298580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Detailed and accurate black-and-white line drawings depict the lush beauties of 37 botanical gardens throughout the United States and Canada. Educational fun for nature lovers of all ages. Captions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486298580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Detailed and accurate black-and-white line drawings depict the lush beauties of 37 botanical gardens throughout the United States and Canada. Educational fun for nature lovers of all ages. Captions.
Easy Mandalas Mini Colouring Book
Author: L. J. Knight
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721881963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721881963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
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.
Natural Mandalas
Author: Lisa Tenzin-Dolma
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781844833139
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781844833139
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
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.
Drawing Mandalas
Author: Hannah Geddes
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398819565
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398819565
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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.
Ecopoiesis
Author: Stephen K. Levine
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1787759946
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1787759946
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
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.
International Garden Photographer of the Year – Collection 16
Author: James McGlinchey
Publisher: Mirror Plate Media Ltd
ISBN: 0993452973
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
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
Publisher: Mirror Plate Media Ltd
ISBN: 0993452973
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
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
Japanese Mandalas
Author: Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824863119
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824863119
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
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.