I like the way this is coming along!
And I’m a little nervous to add color to it.
I have a habit of wanting to use all the colors and it doesn’t always turn out the way I’d like.
But I’ll add a few more details then take a leap of faith and splash some color.
Fingers crossed!
This has really been a joy to work on and I look forward to adding details and color.
Mandalas have been one of my faves for many years.
This one feels like an old friend I haven’t seen in ages but easily reconnected like it was yesterday.
9.5 x 9.5 inches
Watercolor paper
Largest Mandala I’ve worked on in awhile.
Start with pencil, trace with micron then add the watercolor.
What a cutie!! No real smashing took place – maybe too full from dinner or overwhelmed with all the festivities. The carrot cake was a hit though!
Sunday night I used a pigma graphic to outline this mandala.
I also got a new phone – Huawei P30 Pro…a bit of a learning curve! And having to sign in on all the apps is a real pain!
The camera is great, but I didn’t take any stills of the cake smash so I had to download an app to get the pictures above.
I used Video to Photo Frame Grabber.
It’s not a huge creative endeavor but I’m counting it for today.
The second try at the Torus Mandala worked out much better. The tutorial from Deb Soromenho was great.
I used another compass – which ended up being the same make in a different color…with the same issue. I added a little tape around the pencil and it worked well enough.
Maybe time to declutter my mandala supplies!
Used the sketchbook app again tonight.
The wee one is a busy girl and wore me out this weekend!
She’s learning to walk and her favorite thing to do – hold your fingers and cruise! So fun!!
She’ll be a year old next week! Where does the time go???
Being grandma is such a blessing. 😍
Mandala using Sketchbook app on my computer.
My go to when I’m having a hard time with a project – especially a tech project is a mandala.
It’s easy on the mind to make the lines – I’m really happy with how this is looking. It definitely will get some shading at some point!
Websites are a pain in the butt – my difficult project. I don’t know what I’ve done but somehow I can only get in using a random login and password…computer generated, which means it’s not easily memorized.
And I can’t add photos from my phone…everything is much more time consuming this way.
I did get another challenge going at aleapintolife.com though. A 30 day Challenge to help me learn to let go of some of my stuff. Day one today! At the end of the challenge I will be 465 items lighter – I’m excited about it!
I was pulling pictures from a discarded book I got from work and this one called for a mandala!
A good excuse for a relaxing Friday evening using my new Micron pens.
They draw so smoothly and needed no pressure at all. 😊