Mandala

 

 

Supplies: colored pencil, acrylic paint, watercolor paint, thin black marker, 

 

When I researched mandalas I began to piece together some ideas that I thought were pleasing to the eye but also represented me. I began to think of things that symbolize me and how I wanted to represent them in my mandala. I sketched out several designs and ideas to put in my mandala. I also experimented with a rough draft of my mandala to decide what colors and designs I liked best. My sketch was free handed, and I wanted it to be symmetrical, so I folded pieces of paper and cut out the shape I wanted. I then traced my paper shape so that I knew that the shape was symmetrical. I decided to have two sets of eyes, one green and one blue, because sometimes I have green eyes, while other times I have blue eyes. I am also a very visual person and learn best by watching someone else. On the outer edge of the eyes there are butterflies because butterflies fly from one thing to another and I am the same way, I like doing and learning a variety of different things and am open to trying new things. The pink tutu is because I am a ballet dancer. I chose peacock feathers because I love the colors, the look of them and the graceful shape. I chose the colors, blue, pink, purple, and teal because those are my favorite colors. The gold reminds me of things that are bright and happy, and I consider myself a positive person. I chose to use watercolor paint for the butterfly wings, the flowers and the tutu because I wanted to experiment with layering the colors. I used acrylic paint for the gold and white highlights because it is opaque, and I used colored pencil for the peacock feathers and eyes because I could make fine details.  I used a black micron marker to outline some of the mandala details