One of my favourite designs is the mandala. There are so many pattern possibilities with it.
Once I start working on one I can loose hours of time being so absorbed with it.
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Tools of the Trade
After lots of trial and error these are the tools and materials I like to use. They are good quality without being ridiculously expensive. And they can mostly be bought from office supply and craft shops.
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Tools of the Trade
After lots of trial and error these are the tools and materials I like to use. They are good quality without being ridiculously expensive. And they can mostly be bought from office supply and craft shops.
Staedtler Eraser - I always have at least 3 of these handy. They very rarely smudge when rubbing out pencil marks and they don't tear or rough up the surface of the paper.
Pacer pencil - with a 2B lead - Easy to erase and does not need sharpening.
Pigma Micron Pen - Black 02 pen. Archival, waterproof and fade proof. I use these on all of my drawings. They are accurate, rarely bleed into good quality paper and don't smudge.
Staedtler Compass - One of my fave tools. I have had it for more years than I care to count. Very accurate and easy to use.
Circle Templates - The orange one is Fiskars and came from a scrapbooking shop. The Clear one is a Celco maths one and came from Officeworks. These are brilliant because freehand circles can be a bit tricky.
Quill Paper - 200gsm XL Multiboard Paper - Crisp white colour, good thickness, does not pill when eraser is used on it. Holds colour pencil colour well.
The other three very important items I need when creating mandalas are........
Indie the cat - she is great company and she can always manage to walk off with the pencil I need!
Coffee - A good hot cup of coffee (sadly I haven't found a bottomless cup yet)
Patience - I don't really start out with a design in mind. It just sort of evolves as I put pencil to paper. A bit of patience and time is a great starting point for anything creative.
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Be sure to check back in a couple of days for the next instalment of Making a Mandala
And if you have any questions or comments so far, I would love to hear them.
where can i get the pacer pencil
ReplyDeleteHello, a pacer pencil is just a retractable one, you can find them at any newsagents or office supply shop :)
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