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Circles: 9/24/08

I continued to color in the lower left hand area of the painting today.

Here's a close-up shot of the details.

Throughout the painting I want to create depth and dimension and the illusion of layers. That's accomplished by coloring in shadows. Some of the earlier areas will need more shadows which I'll go back and finish as this painting progresses.

Happy Coloring!

Maureen, The Mandala Lady

Labels: color pencil overlapping concentric circles

Circles: 9/23/08

Today I focused on the lower left hand area of the painting.

And a close-up shot of the details. To create the shadow effect on the blue outer circle, I colored with prismacolor black grape where I wanted the shadow. Then I colored over that with prismacolor true blue and copenhagen blue.

Happy Coloring!

Maureen, The Mandala Lady

Labels: color pencil overlapping concentric circles, prismacolor pencils

Circles: 9/20/08

I colored the "Circles" painting in two sessions today. For both sessions I focused on coloring in the upper left-hand portion of the painting. Here's the overview of the first session.

Here's a close-up view of the first session of coloring.

I continued in the same area for the second session.

Here's a close-up view of the second session.

Happy Coloring!

Maureen, The Mandala Lady

Labels: color pencil overlapping concentric circles

Circles: 9/19/08

Today, I continued coloring in the upper left hand corner of the painting.

Here's a close-up shot of the details. To create the illusion of the red ball being above the orange circle, I colored with prismacolor black cherry in the orange section in a crescent moon shape. I then colored over the black cherry with canary yellow and scarlet lake pencils.