Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques

Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques

“Thank you so much for taking this course. I hope you had fun and learned a lot. The techniques I showed you are things that I use all the time when creating my mandala artwork. Now it's your turn to paint an intricate, archival-quality mandala using acrylic paint on a professionally prepared panel. Let me show you an example of what I would like to see in your presentation: The Panel and the Grid Prepare and paint your panel. Then, rule up the mandala grid. Make sure everything is done according to what you want. Draw your pattern on the grid. Be careful!

Let the Fun Begin! Start making the linework! Once it's ready, paint your artwork by adding colours. The Artwork Add the finishing touches, sign, and varnish. Photograph your art and if possible, create a professional digital mock-up. Share your project on the forum by clicking the "Create your project" button. I will look at your publications as soon as possible and answer any doubts that need clarification. In the meantime, I encourage you to see what your fellow students have been up to and comment on their posts! If you also publish your project on social media, do not forget to tag me and Domestika so I can see your post too! See you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“ Final Project Congratulations on making it to the end of the course. Thank you for joining me and I hope that you enjoyed learning how to paint an intricate mandala. In this video, I'm going to share the most important tips and steps that you need to take so that you can create your project. The first step is to print and paint your panel. You can actually buy pre-prepared panels. However, this isn't quite as archival as if you did it yourself. It's quite a long journey doing this whole prepping process, but I promise it's worth it. The second step is to draw up the mandala grid. This is ...”

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Course summary for: Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (72)
• 3553 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (3h 6m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Acrylic Painting, Drawing, Painting