Somehow, I got way behind on posting so this post will include quite a few photos. I’ve kind of jumped around and worked in different books a lot lately. So you’ll see works in my mandala journal (in my fauxdori), my 11×14 sketchbook, my small dylusions art journal, and my small 5 1/2 x 8 […]
I started using Instagram this September (yes, I’m a little behind). I’ve enjoyed it and intend to keep using it. But I wanted those images kept within my website as well so I decided to do an InstaDiary either weekly or monthly or maybe both. This will be an ongoing compilation of my Instagram account. […]
12 New Mandalas! Since I completed the 100 Mandalas Challenge and hit that beautiful number of 100… I decided to start posting the new mandalas in sets of 12 instead of 7. I hope you can still see all their quickie doodled details and of course all of my flaws! I always always want you to […]
A doodle from my sketchbook. Inspired by Soutache and a pattern I seen on Pinterest that is similar only I started with the circles first.. A beautiful Amaryllis we found on a walk.. And my little lovely making a wish… ijourney1018 {@} gmail {dot} com meandmyinkpen {@} gmail {dot} com About Me : Buy Me Coffee! […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
This is just a random lotus doodle that I did while watching TV. I wanted to use it to point out something that’s pretty important to me. My style. I can and do occasionally complete a piece that has straight clean lines. But they feel so intense! These doodles (mandala or otherwise) that have the […]
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 […]
I’ve had my Derwent Inktense pencils for a while, but I haven’t gotten to use them overly much. So I not only colored on this little mandaladoodle I’d done the other day, but I also made me a color chart to keep inside my Inktense tin so that I can see at a glance what color […]
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Today, heat and all, I decided to bring us outside for math. Nothing like multiples of multiples.. After she finishes the multiplication, I thought it would be a fun treat to work on a zendala/mandala.. Of course, I had to play with one first to see if it’s truly relaxing or not! It is! Just […]
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After reading a 5 part tutorial on watercolor techniques (see the pin for part 4 – layering below), I immediately had to try the layering thing. I’m not so patient and my colors played a part in what happened… but I really enjoyed this. I also couldn’t stop with just the watercolors so I added […]
