Mediations, mandalas and unicorns

A friend asked me to draw her a unicorn. I told her I don't really do that kind of art, but I could draw a  mandala inspired by unicorns. I have been having a ton of fun playing with that idea since and this is the Fantasy series that resulted. It started with a unicorn horn and moved on from there.

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Todays art

These are the pieces I worked on today:

FtL In Process - 11-12-13

Respiro Monkey take 2 - 11-14-13

Stillness Mandala - 11-14-13

Stillness Sketch after my morning meditation - 11-14-13

Mandala magic

One if my passions IS mandala making:

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Daily Art - My Sketchbook

Walter - 11-7-13

A few looks at my sketch book/artist journal since I began making art every day. Some Of TheM have LeAd To Series I ContinIue To Work On.

Do You Make Art Every Day? DO you Use An Art Journal?

"Joy" is  My first sketch using fine tip sharpies 11-6-13

Tree of Life Sketch - 11-3-13

A Loved One Mandala - 11-2-13

Amazement - 10-31-13

Free - 10-30-13

Truth & Consequences Abstracted - 10-29-13

Wacky Wednesday

Joy Monster 11-6-13

It's the first weekly installment ofWacky Wednesday, an anything goes art day in which I create and share whatever randomness comes to me, and no theme or word of the day need be used.

I did actually work on the word Joy today, and have been putting a Joy  series together, but all these other pieces were just crying to get out into the world instead. 

Swoon, Visionary 11-6-13

What do you do when you're working on one project and it inspires others? Do you set sketches aside for later, take notes? Switch projects? What are your techniques for staying focused enought, but not focusing on any one thing to the exclusion of all else?

Swoon, Reaching Out  - 11-6-13

Joy Mask - 11-06-13

Art Therapy - Conflict, Through Another's Eyes

Through Another's Eyes - 10-26-13

This week's journal prompt was "Conflict - Through Another's Eyes" and Working on this was a very inspiring evolution process.

Resolution - 10-26-13

I would love to see others take some of the journal prompts I share, and make them your own. If you make art about this topic,  I hope you will share it in the comments section.

Last week I faced multiple difficult communication moments with a variety of people who have some sort of influence or authority in my life.  These are my attempt to explore those from a different perspective.

I found the process healing and empowering. And due to that, I managed to have some good conversations that resolved some of my questions. 

Of Two Minds - 10-30-13

BowTie and Bars - 10-25-13

Success - 10-30-13

Too Much Inspiration (not complaining!)

Have you ever experienced a time in your life when So much inspiration flowed they you could not keep up? These were created by drawing a sketch, taking a photo, then digitally manipulating it in my Android phone.

Here are a few of the pieces I recently created:

UnNamed Truth and Consequences Sketch 10-27-13

Swoon Series - Mister E 10-??-13

Swoon - Elemental 10-??-13

Thank You to the Nurses at St Joe's 10-25-13

Swoon Series - Doorways - 10-25-13

Possible Material Patterns

Inspired by artists of FtL 10-25-13

I am designing a line of clothing including epi holders,  filter masks, emergency medical totes and back packs, wheelchair friendly pants, and the like. The first designs shown here are inspired by my time with +Elizabeth Lain +Chris Bonney  and other artists from FtL.  The rest of those shown are inspired by Masto Maybelle and Faithful Friends. 

Inspired by the artists of FtL 10-25-13

I recently reached out to a mask company, whose masks I like, to see if they would be willing to to team up on creating masks. In the mean time, I am hand making prototypes. So stay tuned for more details, and more adventures of Masto Maybelle and her Faithful Friends!

Inspired by the artists of FtL 10-25-13

Inspired by the artists of FtL 10-25-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Pink Power - 10-25-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Pink Power 02 10-25-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Brian 01 - 10-23-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Friendship Circles -10-23-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Brain 02 - 10-23-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Power Circle - 10-23-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Friendship 01 - 10-23-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Friendship 02 - 10-23-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - It's Complicated - 10-22-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - It's Complicated 02 - 10-22-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Nasty Masties - 10-20-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Koda - 10-20-13

Inspired by Masto Maybelle's Faithful Friends - Maybelle's Mandala - 10-20-13

I made these by taking cell phone photos of my freehand drawings and watercolor paintings, then using "Kaleidoscope for Android"! I love that app, because it allows me to control source image, capture area, angle, number of mirrors, and more. You can Get Kaleidoscope at https://market.android.com/details?id=com.resonos.apps.kaleidoscope and try it yourself!