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2025 – End of Year Review

2025 - END OF YEAR REVIEW It's been a relatively quiet year, all told. Not a great deal to report on our normal activities. Most of my activity this year has been art-related. Studio changes I got some great new shelving units for the studio and reorganised things to make life a lot…

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31st December 2025

Eating Out / Food / Islamic Pattern / Mandalas / Outings

A Visit to the House of Marbles

A VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF MARBLES Yesterday we met up with some friends and had lunch together at the House of Marbles. We first met them there many years ago on a pre-Christmas visit. We had to queue for a table in the restaurant because the place was so busy. While we…

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8th February 2025

Christian Art / Drawing and Painting / Mandalas

The Redemption Mandala

THE REDEMPTION MANDALA DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - COMPLETING THE PROJECT The final stage of drawing the project for this course was to add the shading. It always amazes me what a transformation shading makes. It turns a flat line drawing into something that springs into life and seems…

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30th January 2025

Christian Art / Drawing and Painting / Mandalas

Domestika Course – The Art of Mandala Drawing – Drawing the Design

DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - DRAWING THE DESIGN The pencil sketch Having drawn the basic grid for the mandala, the next lesson in the course was to make the pencil sketch. This gives you the chance to try out different ideas, and to correct mistakes, before committing the drawing…

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29th January 2025

Drawing and Painting / Mandalas

Domestika Course – The Art of Mandala Drawing – Making the Grid for the Final Project

DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - MAKING THE GRID FOR THE FINAL PROJECT We are now on to the two final units of the course on mandala drawing. Having done a lot of preparation, we are now ready to start the drawing that has been the ultimate destination of the…

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26th January 2025

Cancer / Drawing and Painting / Mandalas / Zentangle

Domestika Course – The Art of Mandala Drawing – Beginner Practice Sheets

DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - BEGINNER PRACTICE SHEETS The second part of the preparation unit continues with drawing practice. Having done the shading exercises, we could now move on to do some actual mandala drawing. Sheet 1 - mandala elements Lizzie, our teacher, had prepared some sheets for us…

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24th January 2025

Drawing and Painting / Mandalas / Studio Equipment

Domestika Course – The Art of Mandala Drawing – Materials and Shading Exercises

DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - MATERIALS AND SHADING EXERCISES At last we are starting to put pen to paper in this course! The first two units have been really interesting, though, with the introductions and learning about mandalas. I have really enjoyed the new experience of seeing them everywhere.…

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20th January 2025

Digital Art / Food / Mandalas

Domestika Course – The Art of Mandala Drawing – Finding Mandalas Everywhere!

DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - FINDING MANDALAS EVERYWHERE! Our next exercise at the beginning of this new course was to find mandalas in nature and in everyday life. Mandalas from things found in nature Veg prep One of the early exercises in this course is to look for mandalas…

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17th January 2025

Drawing and Painting / Mandalas / Photography / Zentangle

Domestika Course – The Art of Mandala Drawing – Create Geometric Patterns

DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - CREATE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS Having completed the online drawing course just in time for the end of the year, I am now ready to start a series of new courses from Domestika. Last year I subscribed for a year and was able to get twelve…

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15th January 2025

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