Sloth Mandala With Leaf Patterns
A sloth face sits open and unshaded at the center of a leaf mandala, every ring left as clean white paper.
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The design on this page is drawn entirely in clean black line on white, with no filled areas anywhere in the rings. A sloth face looks out of the middle, and unlike most sloth art the mask around its eyes is an outline rather than a block of tone, so you decide how dark it goes. Around the face sits a ring of small teardrop buds, then a band of paired leaves, then a wide outer crown of long pointed leaves, each one carrying a center vein and a few ribs. The shapes grow steadily larger from the middle outward, which is exactly what makes a repeating palette work: pick four colors, assign one to each ring, and the symmetry does the rest. Individual leaves are large enough to take a marker, which is unusual in a mandala and makes this one friendlier than most. The outer edge finishes in a scalloped fringe of points against bare paper, so the whole design floats instead of sitting in a frame. Work from the middle outward if you want the tightest result, since the buds nearest the face are the smallest shapes on the sheet and the easiest to overshoot.
