Easy Mandala Designs

Easy Mandala Designs:

I paint mandala's without intending to, they come quite naturally to me. Painting original mandala's is something you can do free hand or you can geometrically mark up your canvas or paper and then fill each section with shapes, lines, doodles, dots or any other symbol for e.g fleur de lis, leaves, flowers etc.

Free hand mandala using Yin and Yang

Mandala Drawing:

This mandala symbolizes my authentic aboriginal heritage. Here you can see if have started in the centre with a dot - a common method. This canvas I marked into section geometrically starting with several circles getting larger each time and then by dividing the circles into pieces of pie - starting with 2 hemispheres then 4 quarters.
I will post this Mandala painting again when it is complete.

geometric designed mandala

Wedding or Engagement Mandala:

This Mandala is inspired by a family members engagement and pending marriage. This mandala is free hand and once again I have started in the centre. The yellow half loops represent "family and friends gathering" as a community. The mandala is a symbol of connection. I will post the completed mandala so my visitors and friends can see how it evolves to the completed state.

Wedding celebration by artist Kerrie Thomsen

Kind wishes

Kerrie

Art Journal drawing number 2

"Aerial view of a wide expanse of land and river. Some of this land is untouched by human hand and other lands are conserved and worked for food"

My second Drawing for my Art Journal:

This method today was as follows:
1. Drawing lines (and only lines) with my non-dominant hand
2. Create detail
3. Color in with your dominant hand to create an image that you find pleasing!
4. Step back and look to see what you can "See" - write up the description of what you have created on the back of your picture.

Kerrie

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Kerrie Thomsen


==> Email: kerriethomsen23@gmail.com
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First step with my Art Journal

Wedgetail Eagle and Three Crows - tangling mid flight above the Pine Forest!

First Step with my Art Journal:

I am very keen on journals and have kept and written in many over the past 40 years.

Now on my journey to develop my Art Therapy career I have started my very first Art Journal instead of a written one.

I am using some tips from "The Art Therapy Source Book" by Cathy Malchiodi.

This first Picture in my art journal is created as follows:

1. Keep your eyes closed

2. Draw scribbles for as long as you can; moving the journal pad around is fine

3. Open your eyes and colour in the picture

4. On the back write a description - just try to accept what comes to you and it does not have to be realistic or even symbolic. Try to tap into what ever inspired you in both stages of scribbling and then coloring. My painting turned out to be inspired a special experience on our morning bush walk. My husband first spotted this Wedgetail Eagle. he was gracefully gliding around. Some Crows were not that happy when he came near and "rushed" him a few times until he moved on. We suspect the crows had a nest very nearby.

I hope you enjoyed and would love to hear any comments.

Kerrie

NOTES:

This Journal is an A4 Sketch Book - the pages are thick (150gsm) and spiral bound which I am finding nice and easy to handle.

The pages are Acid Free.