Any roller ball pen, Micron Pen or Pitt Pen will also work for this project. For this project I’m using a Pilot ball point black pen.
You can use any pen that you’d like for mandalas. Once the color wheel is completely dry, start adding in designs to make a colorful mandala. The size of the circles depends on the personal aesthetic you like for your mandala. For this example, I have some circles that are ¼” apart and others that are ¾” apart. Choose random circle sizes to add at least 6 circles within the large circle. Now we need to add in the additional circles for the mandala. If you’ve never seen a circle ruler or the Helix Circle and Angle Maker before, check out this article where I shared my favorite circle making tools. Choose the small circle that is at the 3.5 inch mark on the ruler and draw a circle. Line the center of the circle ruler up to the dot on the center of the page. My favorite tool is the Helix Circle Ruler as it is one of the easiest tools for quickly making circles. If you are using paper of similar size, draw a 7” circle on the page using a circle making tool. The page that I’m using for this project is 8.5 by 11 inches. But I’ll be adding this project into my art journal, so I want my image to be centered. You don’t necessarily have to center your color wheel.
Measure the size of your page and add a dot to the center of your page.
