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Brushstroke Mandalas · Level 4

You already know how to dot.
This is the brush.

The course that takes your dot art off the little round and onto the wall. Learn brushwork, large format mandalas from 16 to 48 inches, and the color confidence to never stare at a blank board again.

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A finished large free flow mandala in soft pinks, purples and turquoise
1,000+ students 10+ years dotting 30+ countries Certified art therapy practitioner
If you've been dotting for a while

You're ready for bigger. Something keeps stopping you.

You've gotten good. Really good. But two things stand between you and the large pieces you actually want to make.

"I don't know what design to put where."

A big board is mostly empty space, and the fear is putting the wrong thing in the wrong place. So you stay on the little rounds where you feel safe, even though you've outgrown them.

"A brush still feels like a foreign object."

Swooshes, petals, flowing strokes. You've watched other artists do it and it looks like a completely different craft from the dotting you know.

"My colors are a gamble every time."

You pick what you like, cross your fingers, and hope. Sometimes it sings. Often it doesn't, and you genuinely can't say why.

I take the anxiety out of painting big, and leave you with nothing but the joy of making something new.

For every artist already painting big

Let's talk about guidelines.

If you've painted a large mandala, you already felt your stomach drop reading that word. Guidelines are the single biggest frustration in this entire craft. Ask anyone.

They won't stay on while you work
They're too faint to actually see
They rub off under your moving hand, halfway through
They're too thick, and they show through your paint
And at the end, they won't come off cleanly
Here is what you paid for

I solve every one of these.

My method gives you guidelines that are thin, easy to see, that never smudge under your hand or rub off when you clean up a mistake, and that vanish completely and instantly at the end.

This one lesson is worth the price of the whole course. Nobody teaches it. Once they do, they learned it here.

A large mandala showing star design, belts and frame
Never invent a design again

Learn to plan a big piece, so the board stops being scary.

The secret to a large mandala isn't more ideas. It's four decisions: your center, your star design, your frame, and your flowers. Make those, and the whole board is almost spoken for.

You'll learn exactly how many designs a board wants, how to build from tight center to bold edge, and the handful of rules that make a piece look considered instead of busy.

Flowing brushwork petals on a finished mandala
The brush, demystified

Every stroke, from your first swoosh to flowing petals.

We start with your wrist planted and one single brush, and build from there. Basic strokes, then designs, then the flowing brushwork that makes large mandalas breathe.

Practice worksheets included, so you build the motion on paper before you ever touch a board you care about. The first swoosh is always the worst one. We get it out of the way early.

A finished large mandala ready to hang
Big, without the fear

Two full projects, from bare board to the wall.

You'll paint a free flow mandala, made up as you go from the strokes you've practiced, and a pre-sketched piece, planned and traced before a drop of paint goes down. Two completely different ways to work large, so you find the one that's yours.

Plus a full finishing lesson, so your pieces are sealed, permanent, and ready to hang.

See it in motion

This is what you'll be making.

Real pieces, real brushwork, at a size that turns heads on a wall.

A few of mine

The kind of pieces waiting in you.

Every one of these started as a blank round and a little bit of nerve. By the end of this course, these are yours to make.

Finished dot and brush mandala
Finished mandala in oyster tones
Finished mandala
Finished mandala
A large mandala with its matching tea light holder
Included bonus

A matching tea light holder, painted alongside your mandala.

Your large piece gets a little companion: a 6 inch tea light holder in the same palette. Together they turn a shelf or a windowsill into a set that looks like you planned every bit of it, and they make a gift people genuinely cannot believe was handmade.

But there's another reason I make these small pieces before every big one. It's a habit that quietly changed how I work, and it will change how you work too. I show you exactly what it is, and why, inside the course.

The part nobody teaches

We'll fix the color thing.

The reason some pieces glow and others feel off is almost never the design. It's the palette. This course teaches you the rule behind it.

Color you can trust, every single time.

You'll learn how to build a palette that works before you commit a single dot: how to mix a smooth gradient, how to tone colors so they belong together, and the proportions that make a big piece feel calm instead of chaotic.

Limited palettes, complementary palettes, monochromatic, and how to swap any of them for colors you love. A full color theory guide is included.

What's inside

Everything, in order.

Nearly seven hours of calm, clear video, structured so each lesson builds on the last. Watch at your own pace, forever.

Module 1 · Getting Started

Welcome & materials

Exactly what you need and what you can skip. The honest, buy-less materials list, brushes, specialty paints, stones, and stencils.

Module 2 · The Brush

Brushwork from scratch

Your first strokes, basic designs, flowers, and how to build your own designs so you never run out of ideas.

Module 3 · Color

Palettes that work

Color theory made practical. Mixing gradients, AI-assisted palettes, and the proportions behind every palette that sings.

Module 4 · Planning & Prep

Design, base coat & sketching

Planning a large piece, base coating, and both traditional and my own faster way to sketch a grid and place guidelines.

Module 5 · The Projects

Two full mandalas, start to finish

A free flow piece and a pre-sketched piece, painted ring by ring alongside you, plus a matching tea light holder.

Module 6 · Finishing

Fixing mistakes & the final seal

How to fix anything (nothing is unrecoverable), removing guidelines, varnishing, and adding stones and shine.

Plus a library of designs, color palettes, and downloadable guides that keeps growing over time, at no extra cost to you. Every new palette and design I add, you get free, forever.

Lina, dot art instructor

Hi, I'm Lina.

I've been making dot art since 2016, and teaching it for over four years to more than a thousand students in thirty-plus countries. I'm a certified art therapy practitioner, and that's not a footnote. It's the whole way I teach.

This isn't about turning your art into a hustle. It's about a calm, creative ritual that's entirely your own. No schedule, no one watching, no pressure to be perfect. Just you, a brush, and something beautiful coming to life under your hands.

My students tell me the quiet of it is the point. I built this course to give you that at a bigger, bolder scale.

Real students, real words

What people say after they start.

These aren't curated testimonials. They're emails, DMs, and comments.

★★★★★

"Your soothing voice made each lesson a meditative experience. The mental health benefits have been profound."

Online student
★★★★★

"You have a natural talent for making complex techniques seem simple. It's brought me invaluable mental wellness."

Online student
★★★★★

"My art is my therapy, and without Lina I would still be wandering the web wondering how can I do that?"

Cheryl, online student
Choose your path

One course, or the full jump.

Both give you lifetime access and every future update, free.

Launch price, for now. Brushstroke Mandalas is brand new, so it's $167 instead of the regular $237. This course also grows over time, and every new design, palette, and lesson I add raises the price for new students. Enroll now and you lock in the launch price and keep everything added later, free, forever.

Brushstroke Mandalas
Regular price $237
$167 launch price
The complete Level 4 course, on its own. Everything you need to paint large.
  • Nearly 7 hours of video lessons
  • Brushwork, color, planning & prep
  • Two full mandala projects, ring by ring
  • Bonus: Tea Light Holder design lesson
  • All worksheets & downloadable guides
  • Growing design & color library, free forever
  • Lifetime access & free updates
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Level 3 + 4 Bundle
$267
Brushstroke Mandalas plus the Advanced Elements course, for the complete large-format skill set.
  • Everything in Brushstroke Mandalas
  • Plus the full Advanced Elements (Level 3) course
  • Advanced symmetry, layering & structure
  • The refined techniques the projects build on
  • Lifetime access to both, free updates
  • The clearest path to polished, complex work
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Before you ask

Good questions.

Do I need to know how to dot already?

Some dot art familiarity helps, since this course is about adding brushwork and large format to skills you already have. If you're brand new, my Level 1 Dot Art Confidence Course is the place to start, and you can always come back to this one.

Do I need to be able to draw or paint?

No. If you can hold a brush, you can do this. We start with your wrist planted and one single stroke, and build slowly from there. The whole course is designed for people who feel like a brush is a foreign object.

What size pieces will I make?

The techniques work anywhere from about 16 to 48 inches, and you choose the size that suits you. The projects walk you through large boards, but everything scales up or down.

How much will materials cost?

Less than you'd think, and I'll always tell you what to skip. You need one good brush, not twenty. My materials lesson is as much about what not to buy as what to get.

How long do I have access?

Forever. Lifetime access, including every future lesson and update I add to the course, at no extra cost.

Is it live, or can I go at my own pace?

Fully self-paced and pre-recorded. No schedule, no live sessions. Watch whenever you want, pause, and rewatch as many times as you like.

The board is only blank until you start.

You already have the hardest part, the patience and the love of the work. This is just the brush, the scale, and the color confidence to match. Come paint something for the wall.

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