Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 1 - student project

This morning I treated myself to creating a project for this class, inspired by the amazing mandalas artists created in Part 2 of this series. It became more fun along the way and I made changes even after I started painting it. That's something that I don't do that often. Each stage is documented along with the pigments I used for the mixes.

I used only secondary colors, variations of greens, violets and oranges. Most of the secondary colors are fully saturated, meaning that I used only the two primaries closest to one another on the color wheel as explained in the Bonus Color Mixing Lesson. Two of the greens are neutralized greens. I used a yellow and a blue that were not closest to one another on the color wheel.

Here are the twenty five steps to painting in the mandala:

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 2 - student project Step1: Blue/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Step 2: Red/Violet - alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 3 - student project Step 3: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 4 - student project Step 4: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine Blue

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 5 - student project Step Five: Yellow/Orange - Hansa Yellow Deep & Cadmium Red Light

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 6 - student project Step 6: Yellow/Orange - Hansa Yellow Deep & Cad. Red Light (more of the yellow)

Step 7: Yellow/Orange (Neutralized) - Winsor Yellow & a speck of Cad. Red Light

Step 8: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue

Step 9: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue (more of the yellow)

Step 10: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue (more of the blue)

Step 11: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine Blue

Step 12: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Winsor Yellow & Ultramarine Blue Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 7 - student project Step 13: Yellow/Green (neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine Blue

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 8 - student project Step 14: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Winsor Yellow & Ultramarine Blue

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 9 - student project

Step 15: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 10 - student project Step 16: Yellow?Green (Neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine BlueStep 17: Red/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Step 18: Blue/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 12 - student project I added four new lines, dividing four of the shapes in half.

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 13 - student project Step 19: Yellow/Orange - Hansa Yellow Deep & Cadmium Red Light

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 14 - student project Step 20: Yellow/Orange (Neutralized) - Winsor Yellow & Cadmium Red Light

And then ... I added more flower petals and small circle behind the petals. Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 15 - student project Step 21: Yellow/Orange - Hansa Yellow Deep & Cadmium Red Light

Step 22: Yellow/Orange (Neutralized) Winsor Yellow & Cadmium Red Light Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 16 - student project Step 23: Red/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Step 24: Blue/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Flower Petal Mandala Variation With only secondary colors - image 17 - student project Step 25: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine Blue

Step 26: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue

Chris Carter

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