Mandala Art

Mandala Art is very colorful and pretty but it depends on the person on how stressful it can be to make on.  In my art class we are doing mandalas and I would say that it is pretty fun for me. In a Mandala you find many different patterns and it looks pretty difficult to do. The steps to making a Mandala is to measure a triangle to the shape of the paper you're drawing it on make it to where the triangle is able to flip and rotate 6 or 8 times. (You're going to have to do some math to measure it all out right to be able to make it work.) On that triangle you make a design. Once you have that design you use a light box or some sort to trace your design to the back side of the triangle. Once you have that you get carbon tracing paper. You trace over your drawing on the carbon paper that's lied on top of the paper you are putting your Mandala on then you flip and rotate to get the pattern design. Once you got your Mandala done you color it how ever you wish. If I wasn't able to give clear instructions I'm sorry I tried my best to teach you what I learned from my art class. Here are some example mandalas I got off google because my Mandala isn't finished. 

Thomas Kinkade

William Thomas Kinkade III was a painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for the marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products at the Thomas Kinkade Company. I never heard of this artist before but thanks to a friend of mine she showed me him. He is amazing with his work. The way he sets his darks and lights and how he mixes his colors. His work is just beautiful. 

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinkade

Oil painting

Okay let's just start with how much I love oil paintings 😍💖. They are just so beautiful and the colors just pop and show so much emotion. It's so amazing what people can do with oil paints. I hope one day to learn. But, one thing about oil paint is that it is slow when it comes to drying and I'm not good with that once I'm into it and giving it my all I gotta keep going it's hard to do that with oil paints. Oil paint consist of particles of pigment suspended in drying oil, commonly linseed oil, and varnish may be added to increase the glossiness of the dried oil paint.  Here are some paintings I found beautiful. Hope you like them as much as I do.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paint&ved=0ahUKEwjD2qOEwIfTAhVU1GMKHZaqD4YQFgiVATAK&usg=AFQjCNH-h-sN-oRA_MQJRk5ixT_kU0bE4g&sig2=ulXwRj5TMP6LmrjS0n_b2A