For the step it up, I chose to do a paper Mandala, and used just a few tools. A simple yet entertaining project which can really get your mind going. I will explain the colours since the photo wasn’t as bright:
Brown, Green, Dark Blue, Dark Magenta, Regular Blue, and Orange for the Background.
Fun Fact: Purple is the rarest dye before the 1850s, since to obtain it you need to exterminate a specific type of snail!
Here’s a comment for Justine’s beach mandala post:
Kia ora Justine, it’s Mr Goodwin here from the Manaiakalani Team!
Your paper mandala sounds beautifully crafted, and thank you for describing the colours you used—the photo still looks great, but it made me want to see it real life to see the colours looking bright! That fun fact about purple dye is so interesting—I had no idea it was made from snails!
What inspired the colour choices for your mandala?
Keep up the awesome mahi—I can’t wait to see what you create next!
Talofa Lava Justine,
What I love about this blog post is not only the Mesmerizing Mandala, but the fact that you added a very interesting fact about a color. I never knew that, but now I do! What a clever method to attract your audience even more. Your mandala reminds me of a claywork one of my friends last year did for a project, i’m not sure if they did but I think they said it was a Filipino styled mandala.
Was your mandala inspired by anything, or did you just go with whatever came to your mind? Keep up the good work and have a nice day!
Madelyn