More Mandalas

Now I have made some more Mandalas, one every day and many more to do..

Day 8

Day 9

Day10

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Hope you like my Mandalas, I love making them

Going to make 100 in 100 days

Have a great day

Namaste

My first week of Mandala making..

Now I have made seven Mandalas of one hundred.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

What is Mandala? Mandala is a Sanskrit word that loosely translates to mean “circle” or “center.” (center of the world)

I love making Mandala, love to see how different they are though I start from the same point every time.

My first week was black and white Mandalas, I might make next week in color..
Hope you enjoy following me on my Mandala journey

Have a wonderful day

Namaste

Happy New Year to all of you :)

Hello, happy new year to all of you.

To day is January the first, my birthday :)

To day is an very important day for me.

To day Life Book 2016 begins and Im going to be there.

To day I did draw the first Mandalas of one hundred Mandalas.. 

Wish me luck... one Mandala every day for 100 days..

At least Im going to try..

Have a wonderful day

Namaste

I did a little mixed media.....

Hello

How are you today?

Im fine

I did find few hours not planed

and

I used them to create....

These days, every day is packed with things to do, 

no time to spend on my "hobby"

I love them, each and everyone.... 

I still have two left,, the other are sold..

Have a great day

Namaste

New Mandala..

Last week I learned to make a new Mandala.

I thought it was a very difficult one but soon found out it was very easy to make.

I love my Mandalas black and white but I always color them at the end.

This Mandala is a Gratitude Mandala.

In every leaf I was supposed to write something I was grateful for but I did start 

to write verbs I love. Then I did fill it up with gratitude words.

Kind of like it with colors.. 

Have a nice week

Namaste

Flood the streets with art...

Flood the streets with art 2015

26th November this year I did precipitant in this event, but here bellow my text you can read all about it.

I did take a walk in ice cold weather to find a place for my piece of art. Not far away from my home I did find a lovely tree covered with a snow and on that tree I did hang my artwork with a little note to that one finding it.

Few hours later a lady posted a photo on the FTSWA events FB page saying that where she was taking a walk she saw the art pice hanging on a tree when she passed by. She took it home and was so happy about her new piece of art.

It feels good to give and Im sure Im going to participant again next year.

Have a beautiful day 

Namaste

Now you can buy scarves with my Mandala pattern

As you know then I love to do new things. 

Few days ago I found about about Vida. I did contact them and they contacted me back. Vida is a global partnership of co-creator, from a designer in Paris, to producer in Karachi and a consumer in San Francisco. They get in touch with artist all over the world and together they create a piece of cloth with the artist work on.

Here you can see mine, this is only a trial, I hope that it will go to production and sell a lot :)

If you like what you see you can go to this link Vida and order the scarf you like most :)

Here is a discount code you are welcome to use and you will get 15% of the price..

KAP7D9475RD

You would make me very happy

Have a wonderful day

Namaste

Class with Este Macleod, Explore Color

I have never painted flowers before and I really never liked painted flowers. One day a friend told me about a class by Esty Macleod. I had never heard anything about this teacher but got excited when the first one sold out in one moment. I did sign up and after signing up I found out It was all about painting flowers and fruit, or still life painting.

It was not my favorite but I thought I had to give it a try..

Este was a new kind of teacher for me, she was teaching a very different way from the teachers I had taken classes from before. But I liked her way, liked it very much. 

There was a lot for me to learn and Im still struggling.

You can see how different they are my paintings, I have the last one on my desk waiting for a time to  finish that one and I might work a little more on this one above to.

Always learning something new.

Have a great week

Namaste

Did I tell you that I love to crochet..

These days Im crocheting baskets. Im using Hoooked yarn, a very thick

 T-shirt yarn and a hook nr. 10.

I bought me two colors and did start with the soft orange color.

I did find it very difficult in the beginning to crochet from this thick yarn but then

 I got used to it and had no problem.

Im very happy with my baskets. I did make them for my bathroom.

Now everything is very organised and Im making some more for my other shelf.

Have a great weekend

Namaste

Sometimes I just draw...

I have not been painting for a week now, to tired after work but this weekend is a long weekend from work, 4 days :) so tonight I started painting again :)

 But I have nothing to show yet so I show you my drawing I did this week.

I love to draw girls and I love to drew birds so many times I do both together in one drawing.

And then I think, shall I color it or not.. and most of the time I color it and so many times Im unhappy with my work after I add the color.

I think she looked so much better before I did add color.

But it is done and I try to remember next time not to color....

Have a nice sunday

Namaste

To paint is my life....

Today I painted this beauty. 

This is my blue painting. Love painting with one ore two colors.

First the lady was holding a baby in blanket.

The blanket turned out to be a swan and then a bird made him a nest on the ladies head....

 Love this one with a great background made of an old phone book.

Have a wonderful day

Namaste 

I did make a beautiful bird...

Today I made this beautiful bird.

First I made his body with aluminium foil, then I covered the body with tape. After the tape I did add paper mache clay. It was not very easy using the brand I did use, i know of another brand much easier to use. Now it was a time to add some legs, I made some of wire and pearl.

When I had made a beautifully shaped bird with eyes and a little pattern here and there. I left it for some hours to dry.

When my bird was dry I did start painting.

I choose to paint him with pink, turquoise and white colors.

After the paint was dry I did add some brown paint over the whole bird and washed it of at the same time. Left in the pattern was little brown color.

Now it was time to add some feathers and a string so that I could hang him up.

I'm very happy with my bird.

Love him :)

Have a great day

Namaste

I love to draw Mandala...

I love to draw Mandala. Find it so relaxing to sit and draw.

It is so amazing how you can draw many Mandalas and they never look alike. 

I have been teaching my students to draw Mandala and I love to see how beautiful their Mandalas turn out.

This Mandala I did draw for a special project but decided to make another that I cant post a photo of yet. I spent a long time deciding if to color or not. I always end up coloring but after I always think I should have left it black and white.

What do you think, black and white or colored.

Have a wonderful week

Namaste

Making my own coloring book..

I love to draw and I love to doodle...

To day it is very popular to color in adult color book so I thought why not make my own coloring book.

Now I have made 12 pages, have to make few more.

After that I don't know what to do..

I don't know how to get published or printed...

Maybe Ill sell it on Etsy page by page for people to print and color.

Or maybe I keep it for me self.

Have a wonderful Saturday

Namaste

4 little angels

I´m taking a class from Community Thrive.

 The class is Festive Soul Food.

I´m one of the teachers but this paintings I made after Pia Roms lesson.

These are small, I did cut size A4 in to 4 pieces.

The background was covered with paper with pattern and then I tried to find angels in my background.

This time it was easy, they were there.

Have a great weekend

Namaste

My favorite art supply...

To day I went shopping. I did need to buy some more ink.

In Iceland there is only one shop that sells Daler Rowney ink.

I love working with the ink, the colors are so bright and beautiful.

I did have only 5 colors and to day I bought 5 more.

So now I have 10 and cant waiting to start painting.

The paint I'm in love with is Golden.

There is something about Golden Paint that makes it better than any other paint.

But they don't sell Golden in Iceland so last month when I was in the US I bought me some bottles of Golden fluid paint. Before my daughter did buy one and one color for me and brought to me when she came for visit. I cant order it, they don't send to Iceland.

 My brayer is my favorite tool, a little touch with the Brayer and I'm done.

I have some favorite stencils too. Most of them I buy online. I want to make some know I can, just waiting for the right time to find out where I can get them made after my design.

I have another favorite ink, that's ink in spray bottle, Dylissions ink by Ranger. Beautiful colors.

And of course I have a favorite paper. Dayler Rowne cold pressed watercolor paper 300 gr. I love the little rough look when painting on this paper. Sometimes I buy hot pressed paper but that's when Im going to make something very fine like my Guardian Angels.

There are many other supplies I love but these are my favorite.

Hope you liked my list.

It would be fun if you would leave me a message telling me what is your favorite art supplies.

Have a great weekend

Namaste

Which artist inspires me the most...

One of my favorite painting inspired by many artist

I was asked by Patience Brewster to
write a little blog about the artist or artists that have inspired me the most. I don't have to think a lot because It is so clear for me. I love colors, bright colors. I lived in India for a year long time ago and as you know India has a very colorful community and I'm sure that I have got inspired from all the colorful Indian life. You can see colors everywhere.

Inspired after a visit to India

But a artist I think I have to say that for a long time I have loved Hundertwasse for his colorful childish paintings. I love his use of color.

Inspired after a class with Flora Bowley

But in my life now there is no doubt  that my most inspiring artist is Mystele.

I got to know Mystele when I took an online class called Life Book, a class with 52 teachers and the class lasted for a year. Something happen to me after my class with Mystele, I started painting and painting, made my Lovely Ladies, so many of them that I don't have the number of how many. 

Inspired after a class with Mystele

They were all colorful ladies with a beautiful quote in their hair.

I love Mystele´s paintings, love how beautiful ugly her ladies were, and they were all colorful. Sine then I have taken many classes from her and I still like her paintings so much and I always wish that I could paint like she does :) 

Inspired after a class with Tracy Verdugo

Now I have taken so many other classes and got inspired form other artist like Australian artist Tracy Verdugo. I love the way she paint, layer by layer with bright and beautiful colors. I had the opertunity to take her class in Stockholm few weeks ago and I enjoyed it so much.

Inspired after a class with Tracy Verdugo

I love painting and I love to make things out of my art. I wish one day some one will discover my art so that I could see my work of art in a piece of art like Patience Brewster.... are doing with their art. Go look at their page to see what they are doing, love their Christmas Ornaments.

My painting on a diary

My paintings on greeting cards

My lady as a Christmas ornament

My dolls

My lady as a wall pillow 

One day my paintings will be for sale all over the world.... you have to have dreams if you want them to come true,,,, right:) 

Have a great week

Namaste