Mandala 14 of 100

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100 Mandalas, Blue, Orange, Zendala, zentangle

Mandala 13 of 100

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100 Mandalas

I’m creating this post on my iPad because my laptop seems to have died. This is the mandala I’m going to use as the graphic for our shower curtain.

Diva Challenge 281 & Mandala 12 of 100

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100 Mandalas, art, Diva Challenge, Zendala, zentangle

Making progress on illuminated box #2. Check out the Diva‘s page for more Zentangled beauty!

Flower of the Day: Hibiscus

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Cee's Photo Challenge, Flower of the Day, flowers, hibiscus, photograph, pink, yellow

Another flower from our trip to the Frelinghuysen Arboretum last weekend.

For more lovely flowers check out Cee’s Flower of the Day!

Flower of the Day: Lollipop Flower

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Photos taken at Frelinghuysen Arboretum. For more flower photos check out Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Flower of the Day: Zinnia

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Cee's Photo Challenge, Flower of the Day, flowers, photograph, red, zinnia

To bring more beautiful flowers into your day check out Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Freelinghuysen Mansion View

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photography, summer, sunny day, trees

Flower of the Day with Insect

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Bug, Flower of the Day, flowers, hydrangea, Insect, white flower

Here is what is now blooming and hosting a variety of insects at my new house.

To see more flower photos check out Cee’s Flower of the Day! I wonder how this would look in black and white. Maybe I will play with it tomorrow!

Gratitude: Color Mixing and Mandalas

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100 Mandalas, acrylic paint, art, art journal, collage, color mixing, gratitude, gratitude journal, Inktense, painting

I’m very grateful for the time, energy and acrylic paint needed to match the colors I want in my mandala I’m designing for my shower curtain. I haven’t done a lot of mixing to get specific colors with acrylic paints and it was a challenge! Brown was surprisingly difficult. I’m very happy with how things are progressing and here is a sample of the colors I’m using. I tested them out together and in layers in this page spread.

While we were away on our trip to Cape Cod & Dia: Beacon I drew a simple mandala and colored it while watching the Olympics. Such amazing talent and variety in the human race. The athletes are so beautiful they make me want to paint pictures of people again. My first acrylic painting ever was of a diver in a long ago Olympics.

I used my Inktense watercolor pencils to color it in and I fell in love with them all over again. I hope you find some beauty in your day today!

Thursday Doors

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doors, old building, photography, Thursday Doors

This is the church in Falmouth, MA where I photographed the labyrinth that I posted in Cee’s Which Way Challenge. It had a selection of lovely doors. The smaller building is currently used as a soup kitchen. Lovely on so many levels. Apparently I’m not the only person who likes to take pictures of doors. There is a whole organized group of Thursday Doors!