Elephant Mandala Coloring Page (2 of 4)
More floral detail surrounds the elephants on this sheet. Keeping the background pattern in cooler tones - blues and greens - while warming up the elephants and flowers themselves helps the animals stay the visual focus of the piece.
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About the Elephant Mandala
Elephants appear often in mandala and decorative art as a symbol of strength, memory, and good fortune, and their naturally rounded shape - the curved trunk, the broad ears - lends itself well to the circular symmetry of a mandala design. Here, four elephants meet trunk to trunk at the center, framed by lotus-like flowers, in a pattern that repeats cleanly around the full circle.
Because the four elephants are identical, this is a particularly forgiving mandala to start with: whatever color choices you make for the first one can simply be repeated for the rest, so there's no need to plan the whole palette in advance. Soft, warm grays or gentle pinks for the elephants, paired with cheerful color in the surrounding flowers, give a friendly, approachable finished look.