Mandala Doodles

January 27, 2009 - 6:24 am 4 Comments

I have been trying to do doodles like Nici does for a couple of years now.  I have never been able to do them in a way I liked.  But I have enjoyed doing designs for a while now that are squares with various designs in them.  Here is an example of one of them.

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This gave me the idea to try the same thing with a circle.  And I was pleased with the result of this sort of funky mandala design.

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What I liked about Nici’s doodles was that she did some of them with twinklink H2O’s ( metallic watercolors) so I tried this type of mandala with the twinling paints.  And it is as close as I’ve come to liking a doodle type image I’ve done with them.  I think it’s a mandala doodle :)

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All of these were done in my journal which is a sketch pad.  The first two were done with sharpies.  The last one was done on a page coated with black gesso with twinkling H2O’s as I said.

4 Responses to “Mandala Doodles”

  1. Kristina Winnett Says:

    Zura! These are gorgeous! I love all of the colors, and I’m so impressed at how sparkly the Twinkling H2O’s came out on a scan. I can never get sparkly stuff to scan right.

    I love how colorful and free these are. They make me want to rekindle my love affair with mandala’s, and let loose a bit more.

  2. Zura Says:

    Thanks, m’ friend :) The colors in all of them are very rich, but the scan washes them out. I had such fun doing them!

  3. jill Says:

    Zura,

    Your mandalas just inspired me to make some of my own. Thanks for being a Muse!!!

  4. Zura Says:

    Glad you found some inspiration. I’m happy to muse you :)

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