I know. My mandala doesn't look very impressive. But. It's holographic! Twist it in the light just right and a whole different mandala appears! My great-nieces (5 & 7) were SO impressed!
I'm not big on mandalas. I love seeing what others do, but have never had much interest in drawing them myself. So for this prompt I grabbed the Quasi-stencils I won from Artist Cellar a while ago, and used one for the dotted background, and two for the blue mandala.
How did I get the holograph? I used Daler-Rowney's Graduate Metallic acrylic in pearl-white with my last stencil. All their metallics are very transparent, and the pearl white is almost invisible. Until you hold it so the light can catch the sheen. It's a cheap thrill, but it's fun, lol!
I'm not big on mandalas. I love seeing what others do, but have never had much interest in drawing them myself. So for this prompt I grabbed the Quasi-stencils I won from Artist Cellar a while ago, and used one for the dotted background, and two for the blue mandala.
How did I get the holograph? I used Daler-Rowney's Graduate Metallic acrylic in pearl-white with my last stencil. All their metallics are very transparent, and the pearl white is almost invisible. Until you hold it so the light can catch the sheen. It's a cheap thrill, but it's fun, lol!
hahaha! this is awesome, sandra! i'm going to have to try it - i think i have that color :) yay, me!!!
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DeleteThank you! I think it's good to keep a sense of childhood wonder. If you get to the point where this kind of surprise doesn't make you smile, you've lost something.
ReplyDeleteI'm smiling! Sweet work!
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Thank you! I'm glad I made you smile. I think most of my readers have that sense of wonder. It's what makes you all special!
DeleteDelightful! I'll have to see if I have a paint that will work this way - maybe thinning a professional grade paint?
ReplyDeleteInterference colors can give you a similar effect, though they are even more transparent. If I were working on something that I wanted to sell or be sure was archival, I'd use Golden's interference color. I don't know how archival these Graduate colors are, but they have a surprising strong pigment for the price.
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