Wednesday Work in Progress - Owl Doodle Mandala

I've been working on this one for a while now, and I thought I would share it.  Maybe it will help me get to work on the completion of this particular mandala, this giant of a project.  Please excuse the image quality, I really need a better lens!

Here is a detail shot of the pencil drawing I start off with.

Once everything is penciled in, I work on outlining everything with my Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph pen (.25 mm), then fill the lines in with a bigger pen (.30 or .50, depending on what I have to fill).  Here's the outline.

And about a third of the mandala completed.  I do much better when I outline the whole thing, then fill lines.  My lines are more even when I do.  But I often can't wait to see what the sections look like and go ahead and fill them one section at a time.  

Here's the whole piece.  It's on a 19x24 piece of Bristol, and it is the biggest mandala I have ever attempted.  That's probably the reason it sits on my piano, only 1/3 done, waiting for me to make time to finish it.  

   

Soon I'll have this one done, and I will be sure to post the finished piece.

Eye Mandala Inking

So I have been working a lot on my eye mandala drawing, and I thought I would share the progress.  I love working on these mandalas because they take time to finish, so the final reveal is something special to me.  I am about a week away from that mainly because I have to work on it after my two-year-old Lula goes to bed - she wants me to hold her every time I pick this drawing up. 

Here are a couple pictures of the outline work completed.

Outlining is probably the most tedious part.  Once done I get to go on auto pilot and color everything in.  This inking process is very relaxing and satisfying to me.  I just love working on a drawing at this stage.  I have a bit of the inking done, as you can see in the following picture.

I am very happy with the way it is looking so far.  What do you think?

Be sure to stop by this evening...I will be posting a giveaway for a $25 shopping spree in my I Spy Jewelry Shop at 6 PM.

Eye Mandala - Work in Progress

I am working on a new illustration for my I Spy Jewelry shop.  It will be printed on my packaging some time in the near future.  I am in desperate need of new packaging, and I thought I would make something special that I can use for a while. 

Here is a detail shot of the pencil work.

And a picture of the drawing in progress on my Light Tracer II.

A picture of the pencil work done.

And one of my rough draft (in two pieces) on top of the finished pencil drawing.

It takes me a few hours to get my mandalas to this point.  And I still have hours of inking left to do.  Can't wait to get my Rapidograph pens out and get started.