Stress Relief Mandala #3 - Free Coloring Page

At the center, an eight-pointed flower rosette opens around a tiny cluster of circles. It's ringed by curling leaves and comma-shaped swirls, dotted with small circled points. A thin circular line leads into a wide band of interlacing, almost Celtic-knot ribbon work, broken at four points by small three-lobed leaves. Around that, a crown of about twenty concentric-circle medallions alternates with tiny open dots, closed off by a single clean circular outline, with no beading or scalloped cut.

This printable mandala mixes bold and minute areas: the wide central petals suit markers well, while the interlacing band, fine and dense, calls for colored pencils or fine-tip markers to stay inside the lines. The outer ring of concentric circles is repetitive and moves quickly once you settle on a color rhythm. It suits someone already comfortable with detail work, for a two- to three-hour session.

Start with the central rosette to warm up, then work through the knotwork ring cell by cell — its tight weave is the most delicate part of the drawing. Save the medallion crown for last, where rotating two or three shades is enough. This mandala coloring page prints best on A4 paper at 200 gsm or heavier, thicker than standard stock, so markers don't bleed through the finest interlacing.