I'm not really on an art retreat. But I did have a lot of very quiet, uninterrupted time to myself while in Vegas taking care of a few necessites. I'm so glad I brought some art supplies with! I decided that I wanted to make a mandala for Ethan and so I went with colors that would fit in well in several areas of his place. I worked on it over the course of two days and am really pleased with the way it turned out. I'd been feeling a little bit "stuck" or bored with mandals recently. The last couple just felt like nothing "new" was happening. I started to think maybe I'd run the course with these. But then I started on this one. And while in many ways it's similar to many of my others, there were new ideas and inspiration popped up in the making. Nothing major but small details that felt like new and inspired ideas. I didn't bring any of the tempermental white gel pens with me so the outlines and details are all gold metallic. I love the way the photo that I took on an angle kind of shows the gleam of the gold. Need to remember this when taking photos in the future! So, just thought I would share as I want to make more of an effort to document what I make. Thanks for looking!
5 comments:
I love your mandalas! The color is so luscious and each one is different. This photo is great, I love the different perspective on it. Great that you brought some art supplies with you on your getaway. Not having the white pen helped you make do and come up with a great alternative! What size is this one?
oh this is a beauty...love the gold1
Thank you Jan and Suz! I put this in a 10" frame with no matting (because I didn't have a mat cutter!). It's hanging on Ethan's kitchen wall which is a very intense sort or teal/aqua green. Luckily there's not a whole lot of wall! It looks quite nice there! And covers up the plug in for a land-line phone which, of course, he doesn't have! I didn't mean to make the photo so large but couldn't figure out how to undo it!
Beautiful, Robin! So glad you're back on your blog!
I love the look from the angle. I picture this in giant size as the center of the floor of a grand ballroom! Love, Lois
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