Mandala Monday

 I love to play and experiment.  It is lovely to be home from holidays and have access to all my art supplies.  As all my mandalas are this mandala was an act of mark-making and meditation.  I believe this is the first time that I have used oil pastels on a mandala.  I find oil pastels tricky.  I have yet to master getting them to blend nicely.  I am practising in my art journal so I hope to eventually master them.  They work well for simple marks no real skill is needed for that.  

This mandala is not beautiful to me but it is interesting.  I enjoyed creating it at the very least.  I used watercolour, pearl ex powder, markers, oil pastels and dye crystals all on a a coffee filter.