Downtime Bold and Easy Mandalas

Mandalas have a reputation for demanding patience most people don't have on a weeknight, and this collection quietly ignores that reputation. The symmetry is still here, circles and diamonds and the occasional oval holding their shapes together, but the patterns stay open and readable, built from bold forms rather than the kind of fine lattice work that punishes a shaky hand. Look closer and a rabbit or a bee or a scatter of stars turns up inside the pattern, planted there to reward attention rather than demand it. It suits colorists who like the idea of mandalas more than the marathon, and works just as well for a first attempt at the form as a fiftieth. Fifty pages, each one finished before it has the chance to feel like work.