Three Times Makes a Habit!
As I did last month, here’s a roundup post of the mandala doodles I’ve been posting on Twitter. Mondays! Mandalas! Alliteration!
#MandalaMonday
December 7:
December 14:
December 21:
December 28:
Stay tuned to see if I remember next month!
I’m Victoria And I Use Adult Coloring Apps
It’s true. I do use them sometimes when I’m feeling too mindless to even use the mandala doodling app. One thing I’ve noticed about most of the mandalas and other designs used by these apps is that they have an awful lot of little divisions so that you can click a whole lot and use lots of colors.
Since one of my long-term ideas is to put together a coloring book of mandalas (coming to a Kickstarter near you … someday), I notice these things, so that I can incorporate these things into what I do.
Because I Can
Here’s a mandala with lots of internal divisions, perfect for lots of coloring (click through to a larger version:
Bonus Sample
To counteract the density of this one, upcoming is a light and simple mandala based on a mandala doodle:
Commercial Announcement
The mandalas have started to show up on RedBubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/ninthcircle/collections/450308-mandalas
That is all.
What people really want to see: new mandala
So, after the last tentacular one, what I’ve got for you next is a leafy mandala! Click through on the image to get a version large enough to print.
LEAF.
And a sample of the next one:
But wait, there’s more!
I’ve also been trying out a new method for taking the trees from sketches to vectors. It’s going well and I’m hoping to post some in the new year.
Once again, doodles!
As I did last month, here’s a roundup post of the mandala doodles I’ve been posting on Twitter. Mondays! Mandalas! Alliteration!
#MandalaMonday
November 2:
November 9:
November 16:
November 23:
November 30:
And now we’ll see if I remember to do one in January. :)
Last Updated When?
I went to check out my About NCD page, since it’s been ages since I looked at it, and lo! I did direly need to update it. The self-description is now cut down (yes, that’s cut down. :/), and my newer activities have been added.
One of those is a casual mention that I was taking an oil painting class this fall. Did I ever mention that here? No?
I really wanted to take the drawing class (and anyone who has seen my non-digital, non-tree sketch work would agree that I really really need to), but it was on Wednesdays when I had something else going on. So, oil painting class on Tuesdays it was. It turned out to be, as I feared, about 80% older folks who have been taking this “class” for years with the result that it was essentially just studio time and basically no actual instruction.
Because I Could
After a couple awkward starts (one of which was a mandala I will eventually finish), one day I just plain forgot my working canvas and only had on hand a tiny 3″x3″ canvas. Fine. I’ll use that. And I’ll look through my gallery of images on my phone until I find something I can use as a reference image. Hey, this looks good!
This is a small bowl of cherry tomatoes I picked in our garden. It’s under artificial light in the dining room. Maybe not the best photo ever, but I had it on hand at a moment I needed it.
Here’s the final result (though I need to fix a smudge and sign it):
The background here is a shawl made for me by a friend. Sorry – the flash washed everything out a bit. Ah well.
Tentacles! Tentacles! Tentacles!
I mentioned a while ago that my latest mandala was sprouting tentacles, yes? (I did.)
Here’s the final version, which revealed itself to have a somewhat undersea theme:
There’s a larger version suitable for printing if you click through. If you like it and print it, please leave a comment!
And a microsample!
Still working on more of these. Here’s a sample of the next piece:
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