The "Resurrection" Mandala - in the beginning...
I started the "Resurrection" Mandala about 10 days ago. Normally I would be posting what I did for the day with one photo and a description. Instead, for today, I'm bringing you up-to-date with what I've completed so far.
This mandala is my interpretation of King Tut's amulet that depicts him as a scarab being carried off in a boat that takes him to the afterlife. I'm using a limited palette of Prismacolor pencils: indigo blue, copenhagen blue, true blue, canary yellow, lemon yellow, crimson red, dark grape, white, a colorless blender, and a little bit of black.
This photo shows my first day's progress. I completed the gold trim around the main scarab and the start of the blue stones. I achieved the gold by blending canary yellow and dark grape. The blue section is a mix of true blue, copenhagen blue and some white. I use the dark grape to outline the edges of the blue stones.
On the next day, I added the 'true blue' cross hatch background behind the boat and scarab. The orange stone was created blending canary yellow and crimson red with a little black grape in the center. This design is 12" diameter on 15"x15" 1-ply bristol museum board paper.
During my next session, I completed the left side of the boat, mirroring the right side. I then started the right column of the boat using the canary yellow & dark grape combination to achieve the look of gold. The blue stone work beneath the boat is the some color blending I used for the scarab.
During the next session, I was able to spend a lot of time on it and colored in major portion of the center image. For the brown sections, I blended canary yellow, dark grape and crimson red. The lighter gold sections near the tops of the columns, I used lemon yellow and dark grape. For the light blues, I lay down white first and then blend in true blue.
For this session, I completed the entire center section.
This image brings us up-to-date. I finished coloring the three rows of beading around the enter section; each row has 195 beads. The inside row has gold, red, orange, blue and green beads. The middle and outside rows have beads of gold light blue and medium blue. The green beads were colored with a blending of lemon yellow and true blue.
This mandala is my interpretation of King Tut's amulet that depicts him as a scarab being carried off in a boat that takes him to the afterlife. I'm using a limited palette of Prismacolor pencils: indigo blue, copenhagen blue, true blue, canary yellow, lemon yellow, crimson red, dark grape, white, a colorless blender, and a little bit of black.
This photo shows my first day's progress. I completed the gold trim around the main scarab and the start of the blue stones. I achieved the gold by blending canary yellow and dark grape. The blue section is a mix of true blue, copenhagen blue and some white. I use the dark grape to outline the edges of the blue stones.
On the next day, I added the 'true blue' cross hatch background behind the boat and scarab. The orange stone was created blending canary yellow and crimson red with a little black grape in the center. This design is 12" diameter on 15"x15" 1-ply bristol museum board paper.
During my next session, I completed the left side of the boat, mirroring the right side. I then started the right column of the boat using the canary yellow & dark grape combination to achieve the look of gold. The blue stone work beneath the boat is the some color blending I used for the scarab.
During the next session, I was able to spend a lot of time on it and colored in major portion of the center image. For the brown sections, I blended canary yellow, dark grape and crimson red. The lighter gold sections near the tops of the columns, I used lemon yellow and dark grape. For the light blues, I lay down white first and then blend in true blue.
For this session, I completed the entire center section.
This image brings us up-to-date. I finished coloring the three rows of beading around the enter section; each row has 195 beads. The inside row has gold, red, orange, blue and green beads. The middle and outside rows have beads of gold light blue and medium blue. The green beads were colored with a blending of lemon yellow and true blue.
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