Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autumn bliss, mandala, nature, oak leaves, the mandala lady, watercolors, winter market on March 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Since mid-January, I’ve been painting/coloring a second version of the Autumn Bliss mandala every Saturday morning while at the Corvallis Indoor Winter Market.
My plan is to finish it by the end of the market season in 3 weeks on April 13.
1st version of Autumn Bliss – 3′ x 3′ watercolors
joyfully, Maureen
The Mandala Lady
Posted in Acrylics, tagged Acrylics, blue, color wheel, cyan, magenta, mandala, primary colors, red, the mandala lady, watercolors, yellow, yellow jacket on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Part 1 of this Post explains the project and displays a slideshow of the watercolor version of the “Yellow Jacket” mandala color wheel.
| 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 | |
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
Posted in Acrylics, Watercolors, tagged blue, CMY, color wheel, cyan, CYM, magenta, mandala, primary colors, red, secondary colors, the mandala lady, watercolors, yellow, yellow jacket on May 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
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:
| 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 | |
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
Posted in Color Pencils, Watercolor Crayons, Watercolor Pencils, tagged class, color pencils, maureen frank, rosebud, the mandala lady, watercolors on February 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In preparation for a color pencil class, I created this piece to demonstrate putting a base layer of watercolors before coloring, speeding up the coloring process. This 6″ x 6″ piece took me about 1.5 hours from start to finish.
Happy Coloring!
joyfully, Maureen, The Mandala Lady
