🔹 MY ART - acrylic mandala - process (13h work)
Hi dear Steemians, maybe you have noticed my previous post about mandala. It was not finished work, but today I would like to present you the result.
I was working on this piece for 13 hours. It is painted with acrylic paint, contours and permanent liners. The size of a canvas is 70x70cm. I also used ruler and dividers.
As you could see from the previous part, I started with the centre. I used paper and stick it in the middle. The canvas has its own structure, which can be an obstacle when you want to draw straith thin lines and small details.
The mandala should be in blue, green and red mostly, with some golden details. When I finished the centre I had to draw all circles around and paint them with the basic color.
When all the circles were painted I could start with the details and ornaments. There are repeated motvies,so I could finish all circles with the same pattern at once.
The lotus flower ornament was the most difficult, because there were so many layers. I had to draw them first, then fill them blue, inside part with green, the dark background layer, golden parts, red at the edges and dots at the end.
After filling the circles they had to be bordered with contours. I used golden and silver. I also painted the writings and made some final touches.
The result
The idea
I started with mandalas when I was 13. At the beginning I enjoyed coloring them, but after some time I tried to draw my own mandala. I have painted dozens of them since then.
You can find many different mandala sytles. They are mostly inspired by some culture. There are african, tibetan, indian, and so on. The meaning is quite simple. Mandala is an image in a circle. There can be abstract patterns and also animals and different things. It is a play with symbols mostly.
My mandala took some parts from tibetan mandalas. The centre is called Sri Yantra, which is a mystical diagram made of nine interlocking triangles. It has more representations in religion, but it is mostly a symbol of hindu Tantra. The triangle pointing down represents female principle and the one pointing up male principle. Together its the union of this two aspects.
Watch the video with the process
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Great job, that is a very nice color palette and a wonderful, circular design with squares and triangles embedded within. I really enjoyed the progress shots, animations, and the close ups. But nothing beats looking at from several feet away in it's full form. Keep up the great work, don't stop!
thanks, Im glad you like it :)
Oh my dear, amazing work, a meditation in itself! Bless for ever to u!
wooow,what a great piece of art work.
keep it up.
This is stunning!! ♥ You have to have a lot of patience to make this!! The color palette is so calming and at the same time, it has a great impact on the viewers. All the details are perfectly fitting one another. My admirations!!!
thanks so much :)
Very interesting. I am curious as to what you were thinking about while you were creating this? I saw the Tibetan monks create one in sand many years ago and loved the atmosphere of calm and reflection in the room. I've been meaning to make one myself some day. I found the sand now I just need the tools.
I think about everything... It is mostly automatic work, I need to be focused on strokes and all the things, but my hands are trained, so toughts can flow :)
I also wanted to try it, but I prefer painting :D
awesome work
That is so beautiful. I love it! Incredible attention to detail.
Really beautiful and inspiring piece of art !
Wow this is really cool!
Mesmerising to watch. The fruit of dedication and focus. Amazing.