The I Am the Diva challenge this past week was a “Use My Tangle,” and featured the tangle, Camelia, by Anne Marks.
I get very caught up in making something perfect — and also in bringing my own flavor to it, after being inspired by others. I wasn’t relaxed when I was doing this — though it did feel good to hold the pen and move it across the paper. I was very focused on doing it “right,” and by focusing too much on rightness, I lost the flow.
Mandalas were on my mind this past weekend. When drawing mandalas, I am in that flow.
I also was hit with an inspiration that I hope to be able to expand upon soon too. I don’t want to reveal too much — but what would you think of a hand-drawn mandala coloring “book,” available in print and digital — with images that can be imported into coloring apps like Paper (which is my favorite).
My book would be different from other mandala coloring books in not only its multi-platform flexibility, but that the mandalas would be hand-drawn — not computer-generated.
This made me supremely excited to think about doing!!
In other news, last night was the first night my husband and I could sit outside and eat dinner because the weather was so perfect!
Our deck is a wonderful extension of our home. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s fantastic. We’re elevated from the lawn and, for the city, we are in a fairly rural section.
Birds, trees and a running brook are in our backyard.
Ahhh!
Anne's tangle blog says
All three are beautiful but the second is my favorite, I keep looking at it. Must be great to have a deck!
1 Art Lady Kate, Tangles and More says
Lovely deck and I really like the variety you got with this tangle.
Helen Williams says
Lovely tiles! Lucky you able to enjoy warmer weather – we are heading into winter here and are starting to be hit with some very cold weather.
LonettA says
Wonderful tile with camelia! Great variations! Lovely mandalas, too! Very nicely done!
bunsofaluminum says
Love your Camilia play. It is one of my favorite patterns for background and I always love any pattern in play like you’ve done.
do you ever want to make a mandala of the circle in your backyard, using stones and tree branches or twigs?