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So Much Gratitude

04 Monday Sep 2017

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Art, Art Journal, Art Journal Every Day, Gratitude, Journal, Patterns, sun, Zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, ZIA

eclipse mandala in progress

fibonacci

black and white beginnings
black and white eclipse mandala auditions

You may see signs of some of my big art pieces in progress over the last few weeks of gratitude journaling, especially the Eclipse Mandala. I’m still learning Zentangle patterns in white on black. They behave and get shaded/highlighted differently. It took quite a bit of practice and auditioning to get to the finished mandala collage. I think I will include it here again because I’m enjoying looking at it and I hope you are, too!

eclipse mandala

I think I am going to do some drawing on top of the gold, but I’m not quite sure what the plan is yet.

Eclipse Mandala

01 Friday Sep 2017

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100 Mandalas, acrylic paint, Art Exhibit, black paper, eclipse, Mandala, sun, White ink, White ink on Black paper, Zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, Zentangle Method, ZIA

eclipse mandala

This piece is inspired by the Diamond Ring phenomenon from the eclipse. I am submitting it for a show this fall at Alhamra Art Center. This is a repurposed canvas from a painting party fundraiser. Here is my original version of the painting – it was a bunch of balloons and I made them more like flowers.

painting party picture

And I added some collage and some Zentangles. I’m not sure it is 100% done. I kind of want to tangle on the gold, but once it is on the canvas it is tricky. Maybe tomorrow I will post the development of the Zentangle Inspired Art – Mandala 50 of 100!

Draw the Circle Wide Mandala

25 Friday Aug 2017

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100 Mandalas, acrylic paint, Art, Certified Zentangle Teacher, collage, Mandala, Zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, ZIA

Big Mandala 47 done take 2

This is the large (for me 30″x30″) mandala that I have been working on all summer. There are a lot of layers and I took some pictures of the process. I really became fascinated with layers of acrylic glazes and am making a partner piece to this one that is more focused on that technique.

draw the circle wide mandala in progress

I started with collaged dictionary and other book pages onto the gessoboard. I also included some stamps. Then I did about a week’s worth of journaling on the board and stenciled a quote from a song that we sang at the Unitarian Fellowship I attend. This song has really resonated with me and really captures some of what I feel about my mandalas.

draw the circle wide mandala iris layer

I already shared this layer with you earlier in the summer.

Draw the circle wide collage mandala layer 1

At this point what I was envisioning for the mandala started to change. There were a number of intermediate layers that didn’t really work for me. So I got started on the mandala pieces. I’m still learning about layers in collage and what kinds of paint play well together. I used some gouache paint and that left wrinkles in some of the pieces, but I decided to incorporate some Wabi Sabi into the finished piece. I may add some more gold accents, but I think it is done.

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I played with a lot of different papers including navigation maps, dictionary pages, pages from a Chinese Poetry textbook and tissue. I continue to love how tissue paper works in collage. I used an old Vogue pattern for one of the pieces and decorated it with a Zentangle® pattern. Each of the pieces had some Zentangle® patterns.Big Mandala 47

I really toyed with leaving the layers show through in this point in the mandala but it was too much of a contrast from the other parts.

Big Mandala 47 done

Here is the fully assembled piece, but it needed some more Wabi Sabi so I added gold paint in a few of the joints. You can see it in these close up pictures of the details.

big big mandala 47 detail 2

big mandala 47 detail

The finished piece will be on exhibit at the Alhamra Art Center in September and October and is available for purchase through the Center. This is mandala 47 of 100. To join the 100 Mandala challenge check out Kathryn Costa’s website.

Eclipse Mandala

21 Monday Aug 2017

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Here is my completed piece for the Beaver Dam Area Arts Association fundraiser. I have been inspired by the eclipse frenzy.

eclipse mandala

If you want to learn how to draw small mandalas check out my classes.

Zendala #5

17 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Art on Exhibit, Zendala

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100 Mandalas, 100 Zendala Challenge, Certified Zentangle Teacher, CZT, Mandala, Zendala, Zentangle, Zentangle Class, Zentangle Method, Zentangle Tile

Zendala 5

This is going to be part of an art donation to the Beaver Dam Area Arts Association for their Community Art Project. It is also mandala #48 of 100 and Zendala® 5/100. If you are interested in learning how to create Zendalas® like this come to my Monthly Mandala Meetup Class.

Art on Exhibit in Morristown, NJ

23 Tuesday May 2017

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collage, flower, flower painting, mixed-media, painting, sunflower, Zentangle Inspired Art, ZIA

summers bloom framed

Summer’s Bloom: Mixed-media on canvas 22 x 18 $175

This piece will be on exhibit at the Art Upstairs Gallery at the Mayo PAC 100 South St., Morristown, NJ

I have become a member of the Morris County Art Association and will participate in their show.

MCAA members Show – June 27, 2017 – August 8, 2017

Artist Reception – Sunday, July 9, 2017 3:00 – 5:00 pm  I hope to see you there.

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