Comments for Mandala of the Month http://mandalaofthemonth.com Color these mandalas as a way to tap into your creative side Fri, 04 May 2012 12:55:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on May 2012: Helpless by EBSQ Friday Five « EBSQ: Art Meets Blog v2.0 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/2012/05/01/helpless/#comment-546 Fri, 04 May 2012 12:55:18 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?p=493#comment-546 [...] May MOTM: Helpless – Maureen Frank offers an exercise to help with those feelings of helplessness in this [...]

]]> Comment on April 2012: Hello by EBSQ Friday Five « EBSQ: Art Meets Blog v2.0 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/2012/04/01/hello/#comment-540 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:44:09 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?p=485#comment-540 [...] April MOTM: Hell0 – April’s mandala from artist Maureen Frank is about opening ourselves to new ideas and [...]

]]> Comment on About Me by The Mandala Lady http://mandalaofthemonth.com/about-me/#comment-539 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:38:06 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?page_id=286#comment-539 Hi Andrew, welcome to the world of mandalas. I can comment on everything except pastels…I have yet to use them…mainly because they can be messy.

Color pencils can give you vivid colors if you use a high-quality pencil. I use prismacolor and I burnish the colors in order to make the colors pop.

These days I use mostly markers or watercolor pencils. I use Tombow makers. They can be a bit pricy…yet they have great, vivid colors. The brush tip makes it feel like I’m painting and the fine tip lets me do detail work.

I also like to use a variety gel pens to add accents and highlights over markers.

I hope that helps answer your question.

Happy Coloring!
Maureen

]]> Comment on About Me by Andrew http://mandalaofthemonth.com/about-me/#comment-538 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:18:39 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?page_id=286#comment-538 Hi :)
I have a newfound interest in drawing Mandalas and was curious as to your experience with different coloring mediums such as colored pencils, pastel pencils, chalk pastels, oil pastels various markers and gel pens

Looking for something that will produce vivid colors, but is also forgiving and not messy as paint

What are your experiences/recommendations for a beginner
thank you,
andrew

]]> Comment on March 2012: Relax by The Mandala Lady http://mandalaofthemonth.com/2012/03/01/mrelax/#comment-515 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:59:47 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?p=476#comment-515 I read it loud and clear :-)

]]> Comment on March 2012: Relax by EBSQ Friday Five « EBSQ: Art Meets Blog v2.0 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/2012/03/01/mrelax/#comment-514 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:05:18 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?p=476#comment-514 [...] March MOTM: Relax – Maureen Frank must be reading my mind, because relax is all I want to do in March. Check [...]

]]> Comment on February 2012: What Lies Beneath by EBSQ Friday Five « EBSQ: Art Meets Blog v2.0 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/2012/01/31/february-2012-what-lies-beneath/#comment-507 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:38 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?p=461#comment-507 [...] February MOTM: What Lies Beneath – From Maureen Frank’s blog: This month’s mandala of the month encourages us to go [...]

]]> Comment on February 2012: What Lies Beneath by Lori Keller Schroeder http://mandalaofthemonth.com/2012/01/31/february-2012-what-lies-beneath/#comment-506 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:35:51 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?p=461#comment-506 I am not able to download this … lorikeller1@msn.com

]]> Comment on February 2012: What Lies Beneath by Lori Keller Schroeder http://mandalaofthemonth.com/2012/01/31/february-2012-what-lies-beneath/#comment-502 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:50:57 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?p=461#comment-502 I’m unable to download February’s mandala. Is something going on with the link?

]]> Comment on February 2012: What Lies Beneath by Lynne http://mandalaofthemonth.com/2012/01/31/february-2012-what-lies-beneath/#comment-500 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:23:29 +0000 http://mandalaofthemonth.com/?p=461#comment-500 Link to download mandala doesn’t work

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