The "Shine On" Mandala - Installment #2

Yesterday I was able to start painting in the outer portion of this mandala. About a week ago or so I had this flash of an idea of what colors to use on the striped portions of the pairs of "flames". I saw alternating segments of gold, with light red and blue alternating in between. To create the gold look, I painted a light and medium wash of da Vinci arylide yellow. The right side of the flame pair was done with the darker wash, the left side was painted with a light yellow wash.