While in my booth at the Portland Body Mind Spirit Expo on April 5, I started painting the “Sweet Victory” mandala using watercolor pencils & crayons. I have two ways I use w/c pencils.
If I have a large enough area to fill, I color it in using the w/c pencil or crayon as a normal pencil or crayon. Then I wet a brush and then use the brush to ‘convert’ the dry pencil into watercolor paint. (You’ll see an example or two in the slide show)
For smaller, difficult areas to fill, I take a wet brush, dab it on the tip of my pencil/crayon, and then brush the paint onto the paper.
My Mission: connecting with our Inner Light in delightful, inspiring ways
For me, creating mandalas is more than just coloring pretty patterns in a circle. I do it because my spiritual evolution and creativity require it of me. My mandala designs come about within an active meditative state, connected with my higher self, my spiritual guides and nature spirits.
Together, we bring into form, mandala art the allows me to re-connect with my own inner peace and joy, letting me explore and expand my own creative spirit to however far and in whatever direction I want to take it.
As part of my own spiritual journey, I encourage, and hopefully inspire, others to explore their own creativity, to help them re-connect with their own inner peace and joy. As a means to that end, I make all of my mandalas available for people to color. Why should I have all the fun?
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