"It's painted with acrylics and water soluble crayons. Most of it is painted directly on the linen except for the added beetles. I first sketched the beetle using pencil. Then I scanned the picture and made the beetle into two different sizes and printed it out. I used the water soluble crayons, matte medium and iridescent paint to paint the four beetles. They were then applied on top of the purplely color circles. The entire painted area is finished with a semi gloss acrylic varnish."
Now let's take a look back at this mandala's humble beginnings...
Cycle 2, Round 1:
Shana R. Goetsch to Heather Gordy
Milwaukee, WI to Houston, TX
Cycle 2, Round 2:
Heather Gordy to Shana R. Goetsch
Houston, TX to Milwaukee, WI
Houston, TX to Milwaukee, WI
Cycle 2, Round 3:
Shana R. Goetsch to Heather Gordy
Milwaukee, WI to Houston, TX
Cycle 2, Round 4:
Heather Gordy and Shana R. Goetsch
Mandala completed in Houston, TX
Completed in Texas...yeehaw!
7 comments:
wow!
such vibrant color.
and i love the little dudes!
i am very pleased that it is so bright!
good job heather!
the more i look at this, the cooler it seems. i so want to see it in person. (drawback#1)
It's even brighter in person. I have it hanging in my kitchen at the moment. The orange half of the circle painted around the dung balls makes me think of watermelon with seeds.
they are always cooler in person, why is that? photography can't steal the soul of a painting? (a joke)
Wow! It's awesome! I love the colors, the wings and the beetles a lot! :-)
That is truly magnificent!!
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