Versa Mark Ink

This was done with a Versa Mark Watermark ink pad 

and pan pastels.  Basically, you rubberstamp with

the Versa pad and then blend pastels or chalk over it,

revealing the stamped pattern.  You can work in layers

of color and pattern.  I confess that this isn't my best

effort.  I'm just plain tired tonight.

Paper Quilling

Old Mandala and the Sea

More of my beachcombing loot. Sea urchins this time.

Inky Fingers

This one is for all of us who had the joy of opening

an Ed Emberley book as a child.

Thanks, Mr. Emberley

http://www.edemberley.com/pages/main.aspx?section=home

Simple

Watercolor on very cheap paper. I like the 

green parts.

Welcome to Oz

My daughter named this post, since this 

odd little mandala reminded us of horns, roads, and 

buildings.

In other news, my very astute husband pointed out that my

project is really mandala 366, since this is a leap year.

So cool.

Office Supplies

Admit it, you are all jealous of my giant purple elastic bands.

Found Mandalas

Sometimes I need to get some fresh ideas. Here is a small sample of the mandalas I found around the house today:

Crepe Myrtle husks.

My eye.

Interesting weed my daughter found near the bus stop.

A lamp.

Plant stand.

In Jest

An Old Friend

The Spirograph.

Couched potato

Today's title is just a bit of embroidery humor.

Silver thread, heavy black wool on thick pink felt.

Coral

This daily practice has had the pleasant side effect

of giving me opportunities to enjoy my many 

collections of flotsam and jetsam like this coral.

Teeny tiny beads

Origami Fireworks

This is a kinetic origami that flips inside out. 

It was quite a challenge and I am very proud of it indeed.

Flowery

One of the cool things about doing something everyday 

for a year is that I get to use some of the art supplies

I have been collecting for ages and ages.

Today I used Derwent Inktense water color

pencils on Fabriano Artistico hot pressed water color

paper.  A real pleasure.

Dots, mostly

String Theory

The most, um, meditative part was hammering in

80 nails.

Daisy, Daisy

I have another beloved pen:

Rotring Artpen, finepoint.  I'm not sure if it is

available any longer, but it is worth buying if you

happen upon it.  it is a fountain pen, more or less, with a

long, tapered barrel.

Playing with my food

Yum.

Back to basics

Back to my trust Copic pen and cheap white paper.

Hmmm...

I don't really know what to say about this one. 

It started as a color study of purple and yellow 

and turned into a sort of madcap zebra flower.

Fortunate

Color Wheel

Adobe

More experimentation with using rulers and compasses.

On to something different tomorrow, I think.

Redux

Watercolor crayon and pencil, Micron pen.

A Different Approach

Many makers of mandalas use protractors and rulers to create

the design.  Up until today, I hadn't tried that approach.

Then I happened upon a generous artist in Argentina

offering a free online workshop in this process, so I gave it a 

try.  The pictures show the progression of the piece. I like the way

it turned out and I am looking forward to trying more of these.

Check out Guada's site:

http://guadasartplace.blogspot.com/

Presto Change-O

I really fancy the kaleidoscopic nature of mandalas.

I used a photo of one of my knitting projects for this

one. I used a kaleidoscope app on an iPad to create the 

second image.

Yummy colors.

Bookworm

Cats: the leading cause of illiteracy. 

And mandala interference.

Ball of Whacks x3

Yet more triangles, sort of.

More Triangles

What can I say? I like these simple shapes.

Triangles

The lovely triangle, around the circle.