Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Join us to tour works in the SDMA collection where artists were inspired by meditation and then embark on a meditative drawing of your own with guidance from Museum Educator Sheena Dowling.
Meditation is a mindfulness practice where an individual by focusing on a particular thought, activity, or object with the intention of bringing awareness to the moment achieves a state of calm and peace.
Check in with your body, relax, and get inspired through great works of art with the latest SDMA tutorial!
Project Materials:
◉ one small, medium, and large circular object to trace
◉ paper
◉ pencil
◉ coloring implement (colored pencil, marker, crayon, etc)
Don't forget to share your creations on Instagram or Facebook and tag The San Diego Museum of Art.
Have you tried meditative drawing before? Comment your experiences below!
Featured:
"Shiva in meditation in the Himalayas," ca. 1710. Opaque watercolor on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.973.
collection.sdmart.org/Obj6012?sid=10066&x=30698
Alexej von Jawlensky, "Meditation," 1935. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Bequest of Earle W. Grant, 1972.47.
collection.sdmart.org/Obj2412?sid=10066&x=30720
Victor Vasarely, "Alom rouge bleue," 1965. Screenprint. Musuem purchase, 1969.18.
collection.sdmart.org/Obj2318?sid=10066&x=30744
Website | SDMArt.org
Educator Resources | SDMArt.org/resources
SDMA Art Tutorials | SDMArt.org/art-tutorials
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Twitter | twitter.com/SDMA
Join us to tour works in the SDMA collection where artists were inspired by meditation and then embark on a meditative drawing of your own with guidance from Museum Educator Sheena Dowling.
Meditation is a mindfulness practice where an individual by focusing on a particular thought, activity, or object with the intention of bringing awareness to the moment achieves a state of calm and peace.
Check in with your body, relax, and get inspired through great works of art with the latest SDMA tutorial!
Project Materials:
◉ one small, medium, and large circular object to trace
◉ paper
◉ pencil
◉ coloring implement (colored pencil, marker, crayon, etc)
Don't forget to share your creations on Instagram or Facebook and tag The San Diego Museum of Art.
Have you tried meditative drawing before? Comment your experiences below!
Featured:
"Shiva in meditation in the Himalayas," ca. 1710. Opaque watercolor on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.973.
collection.sdmart.org/Obj6012?sid=10066&x=30698
Alexej von Jawlensky, "Meditation," 1935. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Bequest of Earle W. Grant, 1972.47.
collection.sdmart.org/Obj2412?sid=10066&x=30720
Victor Vasarely, "Alom rouge bleue," 1965. Screenprint. Musuem purchase, 1969.18.
collection.sdmart.org/Obj2318?sid=10066&x=30744
Website | SDMArt.org
Educator Resources | SDMArt.org/resources
SDMA Art Tutorials | SDMArt.org/art-tutorials
Instagram | instagram.com/sandiegomuseumofart
Facebook | facebook.com/TheSanDiegoMuseumOfArt
Twitter | twitter.com/SDMA
