Mandalas Revisited

I did some mandalas the other day on the computer for the first chapter of The Artist's Muse but I got to thinking last night that perhaps I need to sit down with pencil and paper and draw some mandalas. I knew this would take me out of my comfort zone but to get the most out of The Artist's Muse perhaps I needed to do that. So after I got everything done in the house that I needed to do this morning, with no more excuses!, I went out to the studio, opened the doors, cleared my desk and took out a pad and pencils ..... oh! and a compass and ruler!!! I like things to be precise, not that I am saying I am perfect, I'm not, but I do like things to be just right hence the compass and ruler - well I would be drawing circles wouldn't I?

I didn't put on any music, which is most unlike me as I always have music on I hate silence and usually have something playing in the background. Anyway this was my first attempt at a hand drawn mandela. A bit like a colour wheel don't you think?
I thought I would try another one and set to with the compass and ruler but I then thought I should perhaps just draw freely, I can't draw but I thought I would try. I have always been a risk taker and this was a big risk for me - even bigger risk showing them on my blog. I coloured it in with aquarelle crayons using a triadic colour scheme.
Here it is once I had used a wet paint brush on it. The colours are a bit richer with the water added. I think I may try a few more of these and maybe, just maybe it will free me up a little, if you know what I mean. When I was drawing the little triangles - no measuring just freehand - the first row one matched perfectly, the second row didn't and as I was about to erase a few lines I decided to leave it as it was - however I couldn't help making the other two sides the same as the first two - so the opposite sides match!!

I joined Sue's group yesterday so I need to catch up a little.