"Green Mandala" finished

First I would just like to say that I have been having so much trouble with Blogger. I am unable to comment more often than not. Please know my friends that I have been visiting you all and have seen all the things you've been up to. One minute I am able to comment and then the next I'm not, it's a little frustrating! This has been going on for several weeks now. Has anyone else been having this problem?

Second I would like to show you the "Green Mandala" I finished.

"Purple Mandala"

Ah Ha moment!

This week I have focused on Mandala's and what it means to create such patterns. I have to say I am literally in awe of how much this style of art fits into my life. I have always felt that drawing was a form of meditation for me and this form has proven to be true. The idea of starting something from the center and letting things come together gradually from there is naturally the way I like to work anyway.  I never go into a piece knowing what it will be like, it's alway spontaneous and evolves as I work. Mandala's are a form of creating that is so stress free and I literally feel like they just appear from my fingertips. I find myself starting one and the next thing I know it's 4 hours later and I have a new one. Where does the time go when something so free and relaxing engages you? It's amazing what goes through my mind too especially when I'm working in black and white. I'm not even thinking about color combinations just the lines as I draw them one at a time.  The last image is one I've started that has some green tones in it. I'm thinking green today because everything outside is so lush at the moment!! Needless to say after chattering excitedly about these, I will most likely be posting many more of these Mandala's as I drift off into many more meditative moments.

This is a poster I created for my pen and ink class. 

This is the one with some green tones..............hmmmm I think I prefer the black and white ones better!

"Mandala"

What is a Mandala?

A mandala is a sacred space, often a circle, which reveals some inner truth about you or the world around you. In Sanskrit mandala means both circle and center, implying that it represents both the visible world outside of us (the circle- whole world) and the invisible one deep inside our minds and bodies (the center- healing circle)

`From Native American and Tibetan sandpaintings to Gothic rose windows and Hindu yantras, mandalas are used as symbols for meditation, protection and healing`
Clare Goodwin 1996

Here is a Mandala that I am currently working on.
(This is a definition I obtained from here. I like it(O:)

http://www.mandalaprimitivepop.com

"NEW" Postcards!!

This is a set of 6 Doodling Diva's Postcards with envelopes available now in my Etsy Shop!

Medallion

Here is a medallion I created with the use of 3 different borders circled around.

"Creative Hair"

This is "Creative Hair" using "Beads on a String" pattern. Thanks to Eden's amazing doodle directory I have been having fun with some of her patterns. This one that I named "beads on a string" works very well for hair!

"Creative Hair"

"Beads on a String" pattern