I knew in advance that I wanted to be somewhat true to the amazonite chips color as seen on the pair of earrings that inspired this mandala design. The rest of it (the background and “petals”) I figured out as I went along. As it turns out I ended up using new-to-me colors that wanted to come out to play. How could I turn them down?
I love the color mix and balance of warmth (maroon and indian yellow) and coolness (turquoise). For this painting, I used a mix of Golden Matte Medium with M. Graham and Golden acrylics on canson’s mixed media paper; plus a couple of gel pens (white, yellow, salmon) for highlights and dots.
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1 – Golden Permanent Maroon
2 – M. Graham Indian Yellow
3 – M. Graham Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide for inner petals
4 – M. Graham Turquoise
5 – M. Graham Turquoise to darken shadows on “chips” and centerpiece
6 – M. Graham Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide for shadows on larger yellow petals
7 – White and Yellow gel pens for highlights
8 – Chip shadows and Salmon color gel pen for background dots
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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