Art Progressions

“Fly Away With Me” Days 5 and 6 (final)

The Mandala Lady — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:56 +0000

Yikes! It’s been almost a month since I last posted (and did any coloring)…how did I let this happen! Oh well…time to get back on track with coloring on a regular basis.

So the last two days I finally had an opportunity to do some more coloring and in the process, I finished this version of “Fly Away With Me.” Yay! Now that it’s done, it has a bit of an MC Escher look to it. I definitely want to do more of this style of coloring. I think I’ll do one of the hyperbolic tessellation ones next…they have lots more detail.

With yesterday’s coloring, I recorded me coloring in one of the outer sections so you could see the process.

Here’s the slideshow of my process over the last two days:

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Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Fly Away With Me” Days 3 and 4

The Mandala Lady — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:55:50 +0000

For days 3 and 4 started adding layers of detail. On day 3, I added spirals and curved lines to the “wings”. On day 4, I started adding much finer details to the inner bands of wings that were a bit of a challenge even with a .005 micron pen. The overall effect in the end should be cool. Actually I’m starting to see a pattern building with the background negative space.

Full view of coloring to date

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I plan to video the next day of coloring…which will probably be on Monday.

Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Fly Away With Me” – Day 2

The Mandala Lady — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:21:13 +0000

I finished all the narrow sections on all the “wing” parts. I filmed most of today’s progress and then increased the speed…bringing 24 minutes down to under 2 minutes…love technology when it works.

All the coloring I’ve done so far on this piece was done using squiggly lines…one of my favorite strokes and easy to do.

Progress to date

Detail shot…you can see the squiggly lines.

You can view the video on my youtube page: http://youtu.be/ciZ1w66ZOPA

Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Fly Away With Me” – Day 1

The Mandala Lady — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:56:10 +0000

Okay onto the next mandala coloring as part of my “ink drawing” series. This one is title “Fly Away With Me”. It’s a simplistic rendition of butterflies with overlapping upper and lower wings. Today I start with squiggly lines…my favorite.

Full view of what I completed today

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Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Wings” Day 8 (final)

The Mandala Lady — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:50:37 +0000

Today, I finished version three of the “Wings” mandala. I worked on the small outer band (72 mini-windows) and fine-tuned other sections here and there.

Close-up of small outer band of 72 mini windows.

Full view of completed “Wings” Mandala – version 3

Now to pick out the next one And with this one, I plan to video some or all of my progress…if I can set it up easily on my work table.

Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Wings” Day 7

The Mandala Lady — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:02:28 +0000

Today I finished the “dots” around the flying critter heads and start on the outside band. Tomorrow I should be able to finish this piece. It’s always fun to work on these and equally as fun to finish…so I can move onto the next one

Wings 3: Day 7 – 3…working on the outer band

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Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Wings” Days 5 and 6

The Mandala Lady — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:04:56 +0000

Finally had some time to continue coloring this version of “Wings“. Most of the focus is on the “flying critters” for now. I have 6 more ‘critters’ to finish coloring…note the difference between the upper right area versus the lower left. Once I finish the critters, then it’s on to the border…which may take 1 or 2 days to do depending on how much time I give myself to color.

Day 6: full view to date

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Here’s the second version of “Wings” that I did back a few years ago. Remember how the first one looked like a rose window? This one, to me, looks like a piece of Spanish tile. It still blows me away how just changing colors and changing the focus on different patterns within a design completely changes the whole look of a piece.

Second version of “Wings” mandala…this version was done with markers.

Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Wings” Day 4

The Mandala Lady — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:04:06 +0000

Made some more progress on this version of “Wings” today…mostly on the bodies of the flying critters. They seem to be taking on a bit of a mechanical look…steampunked.

Down below I posted an image of the first version I did of “Wings”

Wings 3: Day 4 – 6

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Wings Mandala – Version 1 – Markers

Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Wings” Day 3

The Mandala Lady — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:25:37 +0000

It’s been 2 days since the last time I worked on this piece…back to the drawing board today. Yay! Basically I’m continuing the coloring patterns I used in the center area to do on the outer sections. With where I ended today, you may start to see the abstract flying critter that is the premise for the name of this mandala: wings.

Wings 3: Day 3 – 3

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Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady

“Wings” – Days 1 and 2

The Mandala Lady — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:55:39 +0000

Yesterday I started working a third version of the “Wings” mandala. I’m continuing with using black ink markers to color. With this design having a lot more detail, it will take me a little longer to do than the last couple. This one is printed on an 8.5 x 11 piece of 110# card stock (a page out of the “In Flight” Mandala Coloring Book).

Wings III Day 2 – 5

Day 1

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Day 2

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Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady