A continuation of the “Color Wheel Project”
Part 1 of this Post explains the project and displays a slideshow of the watercolor version of the “Yellow Jacket” mandala color wheel.
Acrylics “Yellow Jacket” – Golden Acrylic Paints
Color Wheel Colors
Cobalt Blue (PB 28)
CP Cadmium Red Medium (PR 108)
CP Cadmium Yellow Medium (PY 35)
Bone Black (PBK 9)
Titanium White (PW 6) |
CMY Colors
Phthalo Blue (PB 15:4)
Quindacridone Magenta (PR 122)
Hansa Yellow Light (PY 3)
Bone Black (PBk 9)
Titanium White (PW 6) |
| Marker: Sakura Permapaque Black 1.0 mm |
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All-in-all I enjoyed doing this project and will probably play with it some more in the future…trying different brands of paint along with doing them in color pencil, markers, and/or oils.
I hope you found this helpful.
Happy Coloring!
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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The Color Wheel Company asked me to use one of my mandalas to demonstrate the difference between coloring with red, yellow, blue vs. magenta, cyan, yellow. I opted to do 2 versions: watercolors and acrylics, using the “Yellow Jacket” mandala. I painted 1/2 of each mandala with red/yellow/blue and the other half with magenta/yellow/cyan.
Over 3 days, I completed both of these paintings. In the process I learned the following things:
- I need to improve the lighting for painting
- I need to improve my photography skills to better line up the images I take
- I prefer using magenta, cyan and yellow…the colors are much brighter and seem more true (IMHO)
- It seems that when I use the RBY combo, the colors come out warmer and the CMY combo creates cooler colors. I could see the value in using either combo depending on the desired outcome of the painting
- Until this project, I rarely used black…mostly just to outline designs. Adding varying degrees of black to the colors gave me a deeper range of colors.
- I found a big difference between using a slightly translucent acrylic black (bone black) vs opaque acrylic carbon black
- It’s okay to change my mind as I go through the project (you’ll see what I mean when you see the acrylic slideshows)
- Listen to the voice in my head that said I needed another photo of the completed acrylics version…I talked myself out of it thinking I had already done it. If I had just taken a moment to view the images on my camera I would have noticed that I needed to take one more photo. The painting is now on its way to Orlando. When it returns at the end of the month, I’ll add it to the slideshow.
Watercolor “Yellow Jacket” – Graham W/C Paints
Color Wheel Colors
Cobalt Blue (PB 28)
Cadmium Red (PR 108)
Cadmium Yellow (PY 35)
Ivory Black (PBk 9) |
CMY Colors
Phthalo Blue (PB 15:3)
Quindacridone Rose (PV 19)
Cadmium Yellow Light (PY 3)
Ivory Black (PBk 9) |
| Marker: Black Micron .03 mm |
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Read “Color Wheel Project – Part 2″ to see the Acrylics version of this mandala. (I made this into 2 posts so that I could have 2 separate slideshows)
I highly recommend doing a color wheel…you’ll get a better understanding of colors and how you only need a few colors to make all the colors you’ll ever need.
Happy Coloring!
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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April 19, 2012 by The Mandala Lady
I finally had a chance to continue coloring section 4 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year today.
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Happy Coloring!
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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April 8, 2012 by The Mandala Lady
Started coloring Section 4 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year yesterday (4/7).
For this month’s section we focus on the 4th chapter of Susan Jeffers, PhD book, “Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway”. Here we look at the payoffs for staying stuck in whatever circumstances we find ourselves whenever we take on the role of victim.
I really enjoy playing with the cross-overs from one section to the next. Please know that for those of you coloring along, you’re free to color any way you choose…you can go with the cross overs or totally ignore them…that’s the joy of coloring these sections. 
Just as a reminer…I’m using mostly Tombow brand markers, with gel pens to accentuate or highlight.
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Happy Coloring!
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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April 3, 2012 by The Mandala Lady
I finished coloring section 3 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year today (4/3/12).
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Now to move on to color section 4
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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March 29, 2012 by The Mandala Lady
I continued coloring Section 3 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year last saturday (3/24). Section 3 is all about moving away from inner pain towards our inner Power.
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Happy Coloring!
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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March 22, 2012 by The Mandala Lady
I continued coloring Section 3 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year last saturday (3/17). Section 3 is all about moving away from inner pain towards our inner Power.
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Happy Coloring!
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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