Intuitive Mandalas

"Sketching is like dancing. You can turn your head off and just sort of dissolve into the now." 

~ Molly Crabapple

I am always developing new intuitive art processes for myself in order to keep myself creating. Presently, I am in the midst of a very long mandala practice. At Mandala #200 or so I became bored with my creative process of intuitively drawing with pen and coloured markers.

 

Here is my latest intuitive mandala practice:

1. I paint a free-form watercolour painting inside my mandala circle. This brings forth a mysterious "ground" for me to gaze upon.
2. I soften up my gaze and I sense into what stands out for me.
3. I intuitively block out shapes with a thick black marker.
4. I detail the defined intuitive shapes with a finer black pen.
5. I amplify some defined areas with coloured markers.
6. I bask in the mystery of what I created.

I have created a 5-part mandala module in my year-long expressive art and writing course detailing five other intuitive mandala processes I have developed.