How to Paint Dot Mandalas #6- Peacock Design by Kristin Uhrig is today’s tutorial. If you missed last week’s tutorial, How to Paint Dot Mandalas – Tools and Tips by Kristin Uhrig I highly recommend that you watch it first so you have all the tools to use in creating today’s Peacock Design.
Here are the list of tools that Kristin uses in today’s tutorial:
Artist’s Loft 6×6 canvas panel
FolkArt Pure Black Matte acrylic paint
FolkArt Cayman Blue acrylic paint
Americana True Blue acrylic paint
Americana Purple Pizazz acrylic paint
Americana Sour Apple acrylic Paint
Golden Fluid acrylic paint
Iridescent Gold Standard sized pencil
Primary sized pencil Manicure stylus
Small wooden dowel
Swarovski crystal Capri Blue and Crystal Clear
How to Paint Dot Mandalas #6- Peacock Design by Kristin Uhrig
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Here is what Kristin says about her mandala making:
“I have been on a journey to learn a new painting technique to relieve the stress brought on through a medical crisis with my husband’s cancer. A camping trip resulted in a fine collection of smooth flat, round stones. They were the inspiration for learning to create dot mandala designs on rocks, and then late on canvas panels. I began making tutorials to share this adventure with others, so they could learn from my mistakes as well as my successes. My hopes that others will be encouraged to try something new, and creat beautiful lasting pieces of art that will bring them joy. You can also follow along on my Facebook page at : https://www.facebook.com/HowtopaintRockMandalas/ ”
According to TED.com : “Look at the letters around you: on street signs, stores, restaurant menus, the covers of books. Whether you realize it or not, the letters are speaking to you, telling you something beyond the literal text — that whatever they represent is modern or finely crafted or fantastical or zany. Learn to decode this secret language with lettering designer Martina Flor as she explains how altering the shapes, colors and textures of letters changes how we perceive them.
“Martina Flor combines her talents as designer and illustrator in the drawing of letters. Through her work as an artist and teacher, she has helped establish letter design in the European design scene.”
This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxRiodelaPlata, an independent event. TED editors featured it among our selections on the home page.
The secret language of letter design by Martina Flor
For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”
Today’s video is chocked full of all the practical information you need to create dot art on a variety of surfaces. If you want to start dot painting, this is the essential information you need to begin. Here is what Kristen says about this video: “In this video you will learn about dotting tools and paint types, as well as everything you need to host a mandala painting party using one of my eleven YouTube tutorials.”
How to Paint Dot Mandalas – Tools and Tips by Kristin Uhrig
Here is what Kristin says about her mandala making:
“I have been on a journey to learn a new painting technique to relieve the stress brought on through a medical crisis with my husband’s cancer. A camping trip resulted in a fine collection of smooth flat, round stones. They were the inspiration for learning to create dot mandala designs on rocks, and then late on canvas panels. I began making tutorials to share this adventure with others, so they could learn from my mistakes as well as my successes. My hopes that others will be encouraged to try something new, and creat beautiful lasting pieces of art that will bring them joy. You can also follow along on my Facebook page at : https://www.facebook.com/HowtopaintRockMandalas/ ”
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