If I were to re-work this mandala, I’d most probably use a different palette. The colours aren’t my usual kinds of colour choice, that’s for sure. The darker, richer colours really help the mandala to glow. I’m also glad that I’ve changed the background. The resulted in the outer rings of the mandala being more dimensional in appearance than the inner rings, less like decorative mosaic in a grand entrance hall and more organic, alive, vibrant. The colours took an unexpected turn in places, as did the contrast betwixt light and shadow. Still, I did what I’d arranged to do today, and when I came home I had a late lunch and retired to bed to sleep the lingering effects of the extreme stress/introvert hangover off.īefore I left home this morning, I managed to get a little more of this mandala coloured. Life events conspired over the past couple of days to keep me from paper and pen (digital or traditional) and the aftermath left me with a blinding headache and bone-deep tiredness this morning. Mandala 04 March 2020 ©Angela Porter | įinally! I have this mandala finished. This is digital art, created in Autodesk Sketchbook Pro and using a Microsoft Surface Slim Pen along with a Microsoft Surface Studio. I’ve also enjoyed using texture brushes to help with the sense of dimension too. I do like the illusion of dimension that I’ve achieved in this mandala by using high contrast. The colour palette is quite a simple one, mostly cool tones of blue, purple, teal and greys, but with a little splash of warm pink and mauve. Spirals are one of my favourite design motifs and they made an appearance too. In the same way I knew that runes needed to be incorporated into the design. I did, however, add the final ring of the mandala last.įor some reason I needed to add arrows into the design it was just an instinctive, intuitive kind of knowing. This is an unusual direction for me to work when creating mandalas usually I work from the centre out. I then created the ring of glowing runes, then worked inward. The artwork started with me creating a series of my own texture backgrounds, and this was the last one I created. All I knew was that I wanted to end up with a mandala and try out some techniques to get things to appear to glow. When I started this I had no idea at all what I was going to create.
The runes represent growth (the rune looks like a B), joy (looks like a P), flow (half an arrow) and strength (a bit like an n), and you are welcome to read into that what you wish.
I have, however, managed to get this little mandala done.
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