Here is my mandala for Christmas. It was created in CorelDraw. A PDF coloring version of it is available on my Coloring Page.
Drawings
2018 Christmas Card
My Christmas Cards are mailed. Enough time has passed that most of the cards should have reached their destinations. Now, I can share the cards on my blog.
This year I drew ornaments on 3.5″ square tiles. I selected the high quality tiles, because I wanted to color on the tiles. I keep the color to a minimum because I wanted the ornaments to look delicate like glass Christmas ornaments. Below are a few of the tiles. All of the tiles are located on Drawing page.
I designed the card in CorelDraw. I converted the picture below to an outline drawing to use as a background on the card.
I created an area on the card to put the tile. I have been placing the same symbol with my name on all the back of all my cards since 2004.
Outside
Inside
The folded card measures 5.25″ square. I embossed several stems on the front of the card, and attached the tiles to the cards with photo corners. I wanted the recipient to be able to remove the tile without damaging the tile. Below is one of the finished cards.
Christmas Artwork from the Past
I visited the local museum to view their Christmas displays. On the wall were hanging copies of various artwork from 100+ years ago. Most visitors probably ignored these pieces, but the detail the artists put into these drawings are amazing. Artwork like this probably helped shape how we currently view the Holiday season.
Circle of Flowers
I have added another drawing to my coloring page. The original line drawing was done in 2015 using Corel Draw. I just added color to it over the weekend.
Flower Spin
Christmas Cards are done! Christmas shopping is finished (I think.) Work area cleaned, so I can get back to my drawings!
Here is a mandala I recreated in Corel Draw. It was based off of the one I drew by hand, which was Number 80 in the Mandala Challenge.
A black and white PDF version of this mandala is available on my coloring page.
Fluid Painting to Mandala
This painting was done on a 5″x5″ canvas. It started out as a pour painting, but the blue paint took over the painting. After it dried, for about a week, put a mandala on top of the fluid painting using metallic acrylic paint.
Mandala 027
Student Drawing
Each of these drawings were done in 2003 but DeRidder High School students.
I love all the detail that was put into old buildings.
Art of Concentration: Day 14
Let’s relax, create some beautiful pieces, and work on our concentration skills.
The Art of Concentration rules are:
- Draw lines on a page. Straight line, squiggly lines, circles, squares, triangles, stars, it does not matter.
- Color every other section a different color. Start anywhere. Use any color. Typical you will only have a black pen or a pencil, those are fine.
- If you desire, use multiple colors. Sections of the same color can not touch.
Today’s line drawing:
The line drawing are create in Corel Draw which is a great tool for creating anything from scratch. I do not use Photoshop for these drawing, because it is not a photo. After I am happy with the drawing, I export as a Bitmap. It would be time consuming to create each section for coloring in Corel Draw. Microsoft Paint is used to color the bitmap. If I wanted a gradient of colors in each section of the drawing, I would do that in Corel Draw.
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
All of the line drawing, done by hand, were done 14 days ago, and one was colored each day. It provided me time to work on other projects.
Art of Circles
Click here for a PDF version on today’s line drawing. You can also download any of my line drawing from the Coloring Page.
Art of Concentration: Day 13
Today’s line drawing is made up of hearts.
The Art of Concentration rules are:
- Draw lines on a page. Straight line, squiggly lines, circles, squares, triangles, stars, it does not matter.
- Color every other section a different color. Start anywhere. Use any color. Typical you will only have a black pen, or a pencil, those are fine.
- If you desire, use multiple colors. Sections of the same color can not touch.
My first color choice:
My second color choice:
Today’s hand drawing:
Hearts Apart
You can download a PDF version of the line drawing on the Coloring Page, or click here.
Art of Concentration: Day 12
Another spiral! Why? Because figuring things out, what works and doesn’t work is fun. I have fun drawing spirals and making something of them.
Below is today’s line drawing:
I learned that using two colors with at line drawing was impossible. Three colors would be difficult, not impossible, but fun. The first approach to coloring the line drawing was to color the individual square (or four point stars) with a different set of colors, but still following the rules.
The Art of Concentration rules are:
- Draw lines on a page. Straight line, squiggly lines, circles, squares, triangles, stars, it does not matter.
- Color every other section. Start anywhere. Use any color. Typical you will only have a black pen, or a pencil, those are fine.
- If you desire, use multiple colors. Sections of the same color can not touch.
You probably did not notice, but I tried to use a pattern for the colors. Here is the pattern I choose for the second color drawing. It is easier to show you than explain.
The vertical and horizontal pattern was: pink, blue, and white. Picking a pattern, made it easier to color without having the same color sections touching.
The results:
With the hand drawing, I used the four colors: pink, blue, purple and gray, and changed to a darker color as it got closer to the center.
Around the Spiral
You can download a PDF version of the line drawing from the Coloring Page, or click here.
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