Free mandala class part 1: Introduction and Doodling in a circle

by Louise | Free Mandala Class, Mixed Media Mandalas, Monday Mandala

Hi everyone and warmest welcome to you as I begin this blog series on Mandala explorations. As I mentioned in this post last week, I am excited to share what inspires me to create the different types of mandalas and also offer you a sneak peek into just a few of the...

Free mandala class part 3: food and ink stamping

by Louise | Classes & Gatherings, Free Mandala Class, Mixed Media Mandalas, Monday Mandala

Hi everyone and welcome! For the free Mandala Class part 3, we are exploring mandalas in food. Today I have taken a slice of fennel and used this as inspiration for drawing. I also use the main part of the fennel to stamp out the natural mandala pattern from it. There...

Free mandala class part 4: flower & macro photography inspired

by Louise | Classes & Gatherings, Free Mandala Class, Mixed Media Mandalas, Monday Mandala

Hi everyone and welcome! For the free Mandala Class part 4, we are taking a simple, beautiful flower and drawing this inside a circle. I will be starting off with a line drawing, showing you my macro photography for inspiration and also using watercolor pencils to add...

Free Mandala class Part 5: Sacred Geometry

by Louise | Classes & Gatherings, Free Mandala Class, Mixed Media Mandalas, Monday Mandala

Hi everyone! For the free Mandala Class part 5, (the last in this 5 part free class series) we are having a go at drawing a sacred geometry design. My drawing is based on a curved Octogram. The octogram shape is used as a basis to draw symmetries of octagon...

Heart Chakra Colors {Mixed Media Mandala} start to finish painting

by Louise | Mixed Media Mandalas, Painting Process, Paintings & Mixed Media

We are at mid-point in our Creative Color energy Workshop, working on wonderful balancing green and nurturing pink – the colors of the heart chakra. In preparation for the “Mixed Media Mandala” class I have been painting up a lovely collection in...

Orange and Yellow {Mixed Media Mandalas}

by Louise | Colour, Mixed Media Mandalas, Paintings & Mixed Media

These were the first to be finished in the new #mixedmediamandala series for the art show in Estepona in April. I love how these fit well together. They are both 12 x 12 inches square on stretched canvas and painted with acrylic, watercolor, pen, spray paint and there...