I decided to document my progress while painting this week’s Mandala of the Week #27: Glass. Feel free to download and color for yourself. I would love to see what you did.
I used watercolor crayons/pencils and gel pens. Select any image to see larger view.
In the beginning…
different shades of blue for center circle, started the red circular row
Completed red and orange circular rows
Completed yellow circular row
After wetting the section, dabbed in yellow, blue, green and violet…let colors bleed into each other
Continued dabbing process in left sections
Finished left sections
did wet dabbing process with four shades of green
Started wet/dabbing process in the right side sections using shades of red and orange
Finished red/orange sections on right side
Added purple stripes to left sections
Added blue-violet stripes to red sections
Filled in last open section with golden-orange/marigold color
Using orange gel pen, added random squiggles to orange circle
Using gold gel pen, added random squiggles to yellow circle
Using red gel pen, added random squiggles to red circle
In the end…added dots of colors throughout…except the marigold path
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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