From “Mandala of the Week” #31, here’s the progression through my version of painting it. Completed on August 4, 2016, I used watercolors, gel pens and black ink marker.
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Doodled in some black lines, started upper left “circle”
Finished upper left circle
Painted upper right “spiral” circle, blending one color into the next
Finished right side circle, giving it a yin yang look; put some water down in bottom right circle to demonstrate putting water down first and then adding color
Finished the yellow/orange/red section of lower right circle
Finished lower right circle, put in background to lower left circle
Finished lower left circle
Put down a background color for left side circle
Painted petals of center circle
Painted background to center circle, shadows to petal
Added details to background of center circle; added bright color dots to right circle
Painted red, orange and yellow artists
Painted green, blue, and purple artists
Painted “arms” of artists, giving each arm the color of the artists to either side
Added shading to artists
Painted the inner circles of the artists with the complementary color to their “body” color
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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