Something About Nothing

I want to create some mandala fabric on Spoonflower but first I need a repeating pattern.  My first attempt was the good old fashion way of creating a pattern in the middle, then cutting up the paper, rearranging it and finish up the pattern in the middle. Next I scanned this pattern and cleaned it up in photoshop. When I attempted to repeat the pattern I realized I had NOT scanned the entire image! It was off enough that the mandalas didn't line up properly. Sigh. Image before I finished coloring. I'll need to try scanning it again and see if I can get the entire image. Once upon a time I remember learning to create a vector image with Adobe Illustrator. I don't remember it being very hard, but I also don't remember how to do it. I need to learn the process again. In the meantime I decided to create individual mandalas that I can convert in to vector images and then creating repeating patterns digitally. Each mandala is at least a days worth of drawing and coloring. I ...

 I've been doing some stitching as well as drawing mandalas but I can't share the stitching yet, so here are the mandalas I've created: Playing with colored pens. I discovered how much I like Pitt Pens by Farber Castell . Added some Spirograph designs in to the mandala. I like the extra depth these designs add. Golden paints was giving away some samples of their new So Flat line and I was lucky enough to get one. Looking forward to trying them out! Mister and his Mom's came for a visit. Of course he had to make himself right at home in my studio.