Thursday, December 8, 2011

Mandalas & Inspiration Avenue

I mentioned in an earlier post that I was taking a *FREE* online Mandala class from Willowing.ning. I really enjoyed it! I usually prefer asymmetry but I wanted to learn more about mandalas so I can feel confident teaching my students how to make them. We used a compass and ruler to create the design then I painted some with watercolor pencils and some with regular watercolors before adding more designs with ink.
 The circles are a little distorted. Since the paper doesn't fit easily on my scanner I had to photograph them. One of the shapes I created in the mandala on the left reminded me of a cicada so I just went with it.

Inspiration Avenue hosts a weekly blog party challenge. They disappeared from my blog roll for about a month* but I actually remembered to check the theme this week. This week's theme is Christmas Balls. I had yet to finish one of my mandalas so I thought I would be festive and turn it into an ornament. Maybe I'll find a relative to give it to for Christmas!

*They show up again now all of a sudden so I don't have to remember on my own!

7 comments:

  1. Love the Christmas ornament one!

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  2. This is absolutely gorgeous, such beautiful colours.

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  3. Wow these are all just gorgeous! Great idea to turn one into a Christmas ornament, works really well!

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  4. I just adore mandalas and your Christmas ball one is stunning! Makes me wish we were related, LOL!

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  5. beautiful colours and just the loveliest patter work... I keep meaning to have a go at Mandalas but there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day... yours are inspiring me to try to find the time xx

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  6. All so beautiful...mandalas remind me of spiro-graph, are you old enough to remember that?
    ♥♥♥

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  7. I'm 25 but I used to play with my mom's old spirograph at my grandma's house! She said they look like spirographs too!

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