Mandala
1/08/2010 08:49:00 AM Posted In ink and watercolor , Mandalas Edit This 21 Comments »
Yesterday my dear friend Vicki and I went to a wonderful resale shop in Jackson, Mi, where I bought a punch bowl. No, I'm not making any punch, but I've been wanting a couple of goldfish for quite awhile, and having learned that each goldfish needs one gallon of water (!) to swim in, and not wanting to pay $12 for a 2 gallon bowl if I could help it, I decided to look for one while we were out. Success! It's a perfect bowl for them - even has roses sort of embossed in the glass ... all for only $4. Such a deal!
Anyhow, when I got home (early because it was snowing and the roads were getting pretty dicey), I decided to try my hand at a Mandala. Now, if I were more computer savvy, I would have a great video right here that you could click on, but since I'm not, I'll direct you to Vicki's blog where you can click on it. You really need to visit her blog anyway - it's so interesting, informative, and wonderful. You can visit her blog here and find the link to the Mandala video: http://vickiholdwick.blogspot.com/2010/01/doodling.html
I did quite a bit on the Mandala yesterday, then at 1:00 AM, Abby (our sweet, but sometimes annoying dog) decided it was a good idea to go out, so since I knew my turn at sleeping was over, I got up and noodled about in the studio. After finishing the drawing, I tried out some of the different inks that my sweetie gave me when he cleaned out his home office over the weekend. I had to supplement them with yellow watercolor since there wasn't any yellow ink, and I watered them down quite a bit because the color was more intense than I wanted it, but it was fun to play with. As Mandalas go, this is about as basic as they get, but for my first attempt, I'm pretty happy with it! Thank you, Vicki!
Anyhow, when I got home (early because it was snowing and the roads were getting pretty dicey), I decided to try my hand at a Mandala. Now, if I were more computer savvy, I would have a great video right here that you could click on, but since I'm not, I'll direct you to Vicki's blog where you can click on it. You really need to visit her blog anyway - it's so interesting, informative, and wonderful. You can visit her blog here and find the link to the Mandala video: http://vickiholdwick.blogspot.com/2010/01/doodling.html
I did quite a bit on the Mandala yesterday, then at 1:00 AM, Abby (our sweet, but sometimes annoying dog) decided it was a good idea to go out, so since I knew my turn at sleeping was over, I got up and noodled about in the studio. After finishing the drawing, I tried out some of the different inks that my sweetie gave me when he cleaned out his home office over the weekend. I had to supplement them with yellow watercolor since there wasn't any yellow ink, and I watered them down quite a bit because the color was more intense than I wanted it, but it was fun to play with. As Mandalas go, this is about as basic as they get, but for my first attempt, I'm pretty happy with it! Thank you, Vicki!
