3 – paint the sun and sun’s rays with primary yellow and zinc white
4 – paint the blue sections w/ultramarine blue
5- paint the orange gear wheel with cadmium orange and yellow ochre (shadow)
6 – tone down blue sections with light blue violet
7 – paint the green outer gear wheel
8 – close up view of painted areas
9 – outline entire design with black artist pen
Today I decided to paint a second, smaller version of “The Eclipse Rides Through Corvallis” mandala that was a community street mural painting done on July 30 (see my post of that day’s progress: MotD 211). With this version I can easily put this design on t-shirts and stickers (as people in the community are requesting).
I did my best to match the colors used in the street version. In image 4 where I painted the blue, it seemed a bit off. Then when I painted the orange, the blue looked even worse to me. So at image 6 I toned down the blue with a light blue violet, which balanced out the colors a bit better. Going over the black lines at the end (images 9/10) helped to more clearly define the design and make the colors look better together.
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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