Beginner Zen Mandala #36 - Free Coloring Page

At the center, a smiling sun face fills a small circle: eyes, eyebrows, round cheeks and a simple smile. Two sizes of triangular points radiate around it, the larger ones lined with small dots, the thinner ones carved with a wavy stroke. A middle ring mixes spirals, stars and small flowers. The outer ring alternates large patterned eggs (zigzags, dots) with five-petaled flowers, framed by a plain, unbeaded outer circle.

The line stays thin and even throughout, but the density shifts: the sun's triangles and the egg bodies give wide, easy-to-fill areas, while the spirals and dots in the middle ring need a steadier hand. This printable mandala suits a child working the large zones as much as an adult tackling the fine details, taking anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours depending on how much care goes into it.

Start with the sun's rays and the eggs using broad markers, then switch to a fine liner for the spirals and the small dots inside the rays, the trickiest parts of the drawing. For a clean mandala coloring page, print it in A4 on paper of at least 200 gsm, which holds up better to markers than standard paper.