#6

Another mandala - although I'm thinking of calling them kaleidescopes instead of mandalas.
This one has no white, which makes it different from the others:


And when I angle it into the light you can see the gold bits:

At first I didn't like the colour of this one, but now it's grown on me and has become my favourite!

it started out as a minor adjustment...

before:


after:


and with light reflecting off the surface:

can you see the gold bits?

Whatever Leads to Joy

all 10 x 10", but not all finished...

and now back to flowers...

before:

after:

"The Memory of Flowers" series #2
acrylic and conte on 4 canvases
10 x 40"



before:

after:

Not sure if these are finished, they are also 10x10 canvases.



And a couple of new starts:


Don't look like much yet, but I have big plans for these!

finished!

Today finished up the last ones:







I have spent this week making these things - 5 mandalas in all. Wonder where it will take me?

a few more

So I have been going off on this tangent, as you can see...


The top 3 are maybe finished, bottom 2 need some work, mainly detail patterns.
I have discovered that spray coating them when finished gives them a really nice surface - as opposed to brushing on medium or varnish, which seems to lay on very thickly compared to the spray.

And this one is my favourite so far:


All are 10x10", acrylic on canvas

florella mandala