Friday, August 28, 2020

MANDALA ART #39

My blog and my channel are for every person thinking twice about starting to draw.

I have tailored both sites especially for beginners and in the goal to deliver a very important message: Everyone can draw!

Meditative arts are for everyone, for every single person.

We are born creative. Our hectic lives tend to push us away from this creativity and drown us in routine. Practicing meditative art will unleash your inner artist.

So welcome to my blog and channel and hope you will enjoy my tutorial:

This is a mandala sun and zentangle rainbow.

What is the difference between mandala and zentangle?

A mandala is composed from a number of circle organized around the same center. As for the zentangle, it is a well defined shape, such as a round a square an animal, etc, that is filled with doodles in a none circular pattern like the mandala.

The materials needed for this tutorials are the following:

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Materials Needed:

A4 Canson or paper (white)

Compass

Protractor

12 " ruler

Pencil

Black drawing pen (0.2)

Colored Stabilo fine point 88 ( the colors used codes are: 88/50- 88/40- 88/54- 88/44- 88/43- 88/36- 88/57-88/41-88/55)

Step by step drawing instructions:

First- Rainbow Zentangle

1- Take the right bottom corner of your paper as a center and trace 9 different circles with the following radiuses: 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm, 5 cm, 6 cm , 7 cm, 8 cm, and 9 cm.

2- Using the colored stabilo pens start filling the circles with patterns.

3- In the first circle trace intersected curves using the 88/50 dark red Stabilo.

4- In the second, trace woven lines using the vibrant red 88/40.

5- In the third circle, trace seamless curves using the orange Stabilo pen 88/54.

6-In the fourth, trace wavy lines, and fill them consecutively as follows: fully colored, points, vertical stripes, use the following yellow pen 88/44.

7- In the 5th circle, draw green filled circles using the 88/43 fine Stabilo pen.

8- In the 6th circle draw woven lines again using the 88/36 dark green.

9- In the 7th circle, draw seamless zigzags with light blue 88/57.

10- In the eighth circle, draw intersected curves using the 88/41 Stabilo fine.

11- In the last circle, draw diagonal wavy lines. Fill some with purple and others with small circles.

(Check the picture below)

This is the rainbow Zentangle. As you see, each circle is decorated differently. You can follow the picture, the instructions above and the video on my channel ( shared below) to have a good clear picture of how to create this Rainbow.

Second- Sun Mandala

1- Trace the Mandala grid taking the middle of the purple curve as a center for the circles.

The circles radii are as follows: 6 cm, 7 cm, 8 cm, and 9 cm.

The grid lines are separated by 20 degrees.

(check the picture below)

This picture represents the measure of the Mandala grid needed to draw the Mandala sun. Check the instructions above.

2- In the space of the 6 cm circle, retrace the grid lines in black. Trace very small circles on the left side of each line as shown in the picture below. Retrace the outline of the 6 cm circle.

3- In the space between the 6th and the 7th circle, and in every grid section trace a triangle (check the pic. below)

4- In between each two triangles, draw a smaller triangle.

5- Trace an inner outline inside of each large triangle, then trace the small progressive arcs and color the blank space in black as shown below.

6- Trace long triangle, taking as a starting and ending point the summit of the previous large triangles, and the last circle outline as a limit for the summit.

7- Trace another inner outline on the right of each long triangle.

8- Inside the small triangles: mark a point at the summit, trace two curves underneath it and color the space between them in black.

9- As a last step, draw triangles between each two long triangles. Draw an empty small circle at the summit of each. Trace a double inner outline at the bottom of each of those triangles and color it in black.

Check the video tutorial below for a good clear picture of the Mandala drawing process:

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Butterfly Zentangle- Further Instructions

This is an article detailing the steps of the butterfly zentangle

So please follow these instructions:

Materials Needed:

Ruler

Pencil

Protractor

0.2 fine drawing pen

Compass

Colored Stabilo fine point 88

Instructions:

1- In the video, you will find detailed guidelines on how to trace the butterfly outline.

2- Once this outline is traced, the butterfly will be decorated with a number of patterns.

3- The first thing to do is to trace 2 inner lines in the upper wing and one inner line in the lower wing.

4- Start by filling the first space with arc petals as shown in the picture below.

5- Fill the second space with horizontal stripes as show in the picture below.

6- Draw a large circle, color it in black. Trace two thin outlines.

7- Trace the pattern around the butterfly body. Check the pictures below:

Details of the following Pattern:

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8- Add an outline to the previously drawn pattern

9- Draw a large Swirl and fill it with Chevron pattern

10- Trace another swirl, opposing the first one, and smaller. Color the empty space with black.

Monday, August 10, 2020

Sunset painting/ Step by step tutorial/ Dot painting #4

Dot painting is one of the most mesmerizing painting techniques as it revolves around creating a beautiful image from paint dots. And it is part of the meditative arts adopted to help people with anxiety and stress to unwind and relax.

To practice this beautiful art you can either use professional tools that you can find on this link: https://mandalabymaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/required-materials.html; Or you can use tools from around the house; such as a pencil, a cotton swab, a wooden stick, etc.

If you wish to see how to dot paint with tools from around the house you can check the following tutorial: https://youtu.be/BridHxAuSwA

As for the paint I use, acrylics are the best choice.

Try to be as creative as possible, using as many colors as your soul asks for.

In meditative arts, there is no wrong or right there is just the pleasure of practicing and relaxation you feel.

You are welcome to watch the following tutorial shared below about how to dot paint a sunset.

As part of the meditative arts, I can name coloring. Coloring is in fact very relaxing and its effects increase when you color images illustrated especially for this purpose.

I have a number of books illustrated on Amazon that I would love to share with you.