I enjoyed doing ZIA tiles for the
Mardi Gras challenge recently, partly because I really like the color combination and partly because I had a fistful of new Sakura pens to try. I decided to do a Mardi Gras mandala in the same colors, with the same feathers and beads and a little more. It began with an acrylic wash in green and purple. When I was almost finished, I decided not to do ink patterns in the light ring of circles, but rather to use colored pencil. I did the same in the center. Here's what resulted.
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Tangles: Ambler, Caviar, Featherfall, Pearlz, Tri-dots, Tuscadero,
and not exactly Knightsbridge. And within Tuscadero: Emingle,
Knightsbridge, Tortuca, stripes, dots and whatnot. |
The whole piece is 24 cms. (9.5") square. Here's a detail of one corner. Thanks for the inspiration Laura!
