“This tutorial will show you how to paint a spiral dot mandala on a 3 inch stone. It is intermediate in difficulty, due to the small size of the dots.’
“Tools used:
Pittsburgh Transfer Punch set (Amazon)
Essence manicure stylus dotting tool (Amazon)
Clay doll sculpting tool, smallest size point (Ebay)
Rustoleum Triple glaze clear acrylic spray
Flat edge- small paintbrush
Tape measure
Charcoal white pencil”
“Paints used: Martha Stewart acrylic: Pollen, Marmalade, Fuchia, Indigo, Mother of Pearl
Golden Fluid acrylic Titanium white, Pyrrole orange, Magenta
FolkArt Colorshift Purple flash, Aqua Flash”
How to paint dot mandalas with Kristin Uhrig- #21 Candy Spiral
” 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.”
“Though we will be painting on rocks again, soon, this tutorial on a 12×12 canvas will give you lots of practice “walking thte dots” in multiple rows to create flower petals. The dotting tools I used were a manicure stylus and RedHeart crystalite crochet hooks, available on Amazon.”
“Paints used: From Golden Fluid acrylics I used: Crimson Hue, Quinacridone red, Quinacridone Magenta,Phthalo green, green gold, Titanium white and iridescent pearl. From Martha Stewart I used: Habanero high gloss, Mother of Pearl, Meyer Lemon From Americana: Turf green, Bluegrass green, Sour apple, Purple sunset.”
How to paint dot mandalas with Kristin Uhrig #15- Red Dahlia
” 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.”
Here is what she has to say about this step by step tutorial: “(Mandala Dreamcatcher is) created with a piece of plain white paper that was painted with acrylic paint. I also used an oil-based Sharpie paint pen, white signo gel pen, star stencil, modeling paste, white chalk pencil, white acrylic paint, black acrylic paint and a stylus.”
Mixed Media Art Journal Page Mandala Dreamcatcher by BeCre8ive2