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Published: 2007-07-14 01:46:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2349; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 22
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Slightly cropped work in progress. Started out as a simple hand mandala, originally done with white prismacolour on black paper. Later added colour. Prismacolour: aquamarine, magenta, canary yellow, black, white. I tried to stick with a limited palette. This is ever evolving...I spent a few hours on this the other day. Karl thinks it's a bit dark. I suppose I can always keep adding white and colour. Photo not ideal. I took it indoors, as it's raining outside off and on.All comments welcome...
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Thank you for your feedback. Glad you like it, and good to meet a fellow Prismacolour artist.
I find it really great to work on black paper with coloured pencils. Hope you will give it a try. I do need to finish this soon. It's nearly done, but I've been procrastinating. 
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I'll definately keep an eye out for it!
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This is beautiful! I can't wait to see it finished.
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I love this work the colors the composition it's great
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Thanks you for your kind comment!
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Amazing colors, composition and contrast 
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Thanks for your kind comment. I really should finish this thing. No it's not a sorcerer's globe, but I suppose it could be, if that's what you see in it. It started out as a healing mandala, something I saw in a book about mandalas. Then I wanted to add more stuff to it, because there was still such a large unused border. I suppose you could say it kind of evolved over time, and is still evolving.
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I see 
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Thanks for the suggestion! Perhaps when I finish it, I will make prints available.
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Very nice, the colours are great and the effect is gorgeous!
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This is fantastic! I absolutely love it! 
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I think there is an amazing mystique about it ..... its enchanting, beautiful work.
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Thanks for your lovely comment! I'm glad you like it!
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Thanks! So glad you like it!
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Thank you Liz! Glad you like it. 
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Hi ya yes i do do do
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Lovely piece !! I don't think it is to dark, the light is centered in the middle, and the darker parts gives it a little mysterious feeling. Very nice coloring too
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Thank you! You are not as harsh a critic as my husband. His tastes are not always the same as mine...he likes some of my work. I appreciate his honest critique, especially when I ask him what he thinks.
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Everybody has a different view and opinion, if one can't stand the critic, one should keep the art for them selfs
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I think you reach a certain point where you are confident in yourself, and you take it all in stride. I am mature enough to realize that even the greatest artist of our time had their share of criticism. Some of it you should take on board, and others you have to ignore.... Bring it on...my ego is not that big or fragile that I can't handle a bit of constuctive criticism, but please be gentle...
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hehehe, I'm always trying not to be harsh as some here on DA. With being harsh or rude you are not helping people
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It hasn't really happened yet to me, here on DA. I've met only friendly and supportive people. I get a lot of encouragement...it's been a very positive experience so far.
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Neither did I received crap, but I read some stuff on other pages, way to terrible. So far I have also wonderful support from my watchers, useful tips and good critics
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I try to stay away from negative people. I think that if you only send out kindness and friendly messages, that is what comes back. I've never had any problems, and don't anticipate them. I try to focus on the positive stuff here on DA. The rest I ignore.
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Thanks! I'm a great thinker...
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i can see some of your finished art works in this piece, well done
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Thanks for your comment! Yes I do seem to love drawing those flowers and that same sort of fish, etc.
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Personally, I like it as it is 
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Thanks for sharing your opinion on this!
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Wonderful!! I love it! Not too dark, methinks it's great!
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Thanks for the comment, and I appreciate your opinion. 
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Wow! Are you influenced by Australian aboriginal art? neat image..
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I wasn't really influence by aboriginal art, but the hands do appear similar to the Aboriginal cave markings. The hands mandala was an exercise from a book...Drawing on the light from within. I also learned the colour pencil blending and style from the book. The images are from my imagination.
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Pardon my ignorance, but are prisma colours an ink type pen? And they actually show up on black paper? Sounds interesting. Can you blend the colours to make a new colour or do you have to have the colour pen you want?
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Sorry I wasn't being clear enough. Prismacolours are actually a brand of coloured pencils. It's a brand name, because you can also get prismacolour markers. I used Primacolour brand coloured pencils on this work. I blend colours together. You can blend yellow and blue to get green; magenta and blue make a lovely violet; magenta and yellow bleded together make orange. You blend the white with magenta you get pink, etc....Of course I have oranges, violets and greens, but they are not necessary if you are on a limited budget. You can buy just a basic 5 pencils and get all the colours of the rainbow by blending and layering them.
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Get ya. The colours are very bright on the black paper. They must be soft if you can blend them so easily. I have some soft Staedlier pencils, maybe they will work the same way.
Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me.
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Yes, prismacolours are lovely and brilliant and softer than student grade pencils. I've had them for years. Bought a huge set in Canada from Zellers. They were very cheap at the time.
These days I buy them individually, from the art supply shop. They are relatively soft, very good quality. I think there are also student quality, which are not as good. One thing I've learned, that they work better when sharpened. So I'm always sharpening them while working. My favorites get worn down quickly. I do not put too much pressure on them, but have learned to do gentle layering strokes. If you press too hard too soon, they get all waxy. Mind you it is good to practice doing scales...start with more pressure then ease off as you move the pencil accross the page. (shading). Hard to explain, wish I could demonstrate. Books do a better job.
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Hi Karin, you have explained that perfectly. I haven't seen prisma colours in our one and only art supplies store. Still there is always the internet.
I'll practice my scales!
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Hi Sue! I'm smiling at the thought of you practicing your scales.
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