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Finally back to somewhat of a normal existence.. But only sort of.. K is with Nana and I am with Mark.. It’s soooo quiet! This week is partial due to our travels to Texas.. ijourney1018 {@} gmail {dot} com meandmyinkpen {@} gmail {dot} com About Me : Buy Me Coffee! : Get […]
Due to emergency travel plans, this week is only partial and I took a break from mandalas while we traveled home to see Mark’s mom and during her final days and the funeral. ijourney1018 {@} gmail {dot} com meandmyinkpen {@} gmail {dot} com About Me : Buy Me Coffee! : Get My […]
All my good intentions of staying on time with the posts of mandalas went out the window when Mark was dealing with neck pin and then my mother in law fell.. So this post is late and week 9 will be a partial that I will post next.. Life gets in the way! […]
Late as usual, here is week 7 and a bonus set of pics that are of my new art bag! It’s a $10 canvas rigging bag from Harbor Freight.. I will do some more playing in time but for now I gotta make a trip and I had to pack the bag and be ready! […]
Another round of catchup.. Here is week 6 with 7 to follow tomorrow.. ijourney1018 {@} gmail {dot} com meandmyinkpen {@} gmail {dot} com About Me : Buy Me Coffee! : Get My Badge! My Projects : My Artwork Digital Bullet Journal Install Instructions My Shop On Etsy My Shop On Society6 Usage […]
Again I am behind with posting, but this time it’s due to all of the stress of the last couple of weeks… Lost wallet, truck breakdown, Mark’s neck injury.. Just one thing after another! But it’s all good now, Mark is recovering (we think), we bought a new truck, and I have rebuilt my wallet.. […]
Some days I have to force myself to sit down and focus on drawing even a simple mandala. I have so many things swirling around in my head that need to be done. But it is always worth it.. The mandala from day 24 so far is my very favorite. I love how I feel […]
Some days you’re the windshield… or at least that’s how my weeks feel sometimes! I don’t know how I missed posting last week. I just had my hands full. So here’s week 3. On some mandalas color just seems necessary. Not necessarily all colored in as you can see. I just needed some color! Some mandalas are […]
Home is wherever I happen to be with Mark.. Most days I doodle up mandalas while doing lessons or what have you but this one I did at the California Science Center when we went to see the Dead Sea scrolls.. Very cool day! I noticed in photos here that I had messed up numbering lol […]
In my post about the fauxdori, I showed you the guide I use on my mandala/journal pages. I decided to write this one so you all could see what I do.. I decided to take the 100 Mandalas Challenge that can be found over at 100Mandalas.Org . I decided to do this so that it helps […]
About a month ago, I made myself a diy fauxdori. For those of you that aren’t familiar with this term, it’s a fake (faux) Midori Traveler’s Notebook. The originals are expensive and made of leather. I didn’t have any leather, nor did I want to invest in any to begin with. I needed a trial […]
I love these patterns that can be piled up on top of one another. To me this is just a seriously tangled mess! Another organic line doodle. I saw a large tangled peacock feather that was all curvy and flowing… I love it but I wasn’t sure it was something I would want to attempt. […]
I love making mandalas! I hate spending money! So instead I make my own tools whenever I can.. This one is awesome! I made a half circle stencil that has a center point, 5-10-20-30 degree marks.. The size is meaningless as long as the degrees are there and you use a long enough ruler lol.. […]
Just a few quickie mandalas in my current Sketchbook. I noticed the other day that I am getting close to finishing another book and decided to give it a look through.. I found three or four incomplete mandalas and then these finished ones. I am real bad about starting one on a serious note […]
I took photos of this one in stages as I went. I don’t always pencil them in first. But this one is actually quite large. This is my 11×14 sketchbook but the mandala itself is only about 8″… I’ll aim for 10 next time! So even after I’ve inked in a few layers, I don’t […]
So the last post showed Open Composition mandalas, These are Closed composition mandalas (almost lol). Closed means that the entire piece of artwork is framed within the paper. The top one is pushing the limits of the edge but the others qualify lol. I tried dammit! ijourney1018 {@} gmail {dot} com meandmyinkpen {@} gmail […]
Open composition is when the elements of the artwork go beyond the edges of the page. With mandalas, I love when they come from one corner or another of the page… Or when they burst so large from the center that they go beyond the page completely.. These mandalas or doodles or drawings aren’t that great […]
