Methinks it’s past time for another Art Lab episode, don’t you agree? Quite, quite. 😀
Well, today I have a fun “two-player” art prompt for you to do with a friend or a pen-pal (or of course you could draw the whole thing by yourself).
Art Prompt: Here’s a mandala I really like.
{from this Etsy shop}
And here is a bunch of inspiration for mandala-type doodles:
Technique: Two-Player Mandala
My pen-pal Grace and I made this mandala together. We took turns adding a section each time we sent our letters until it turned out like this! Isn’t it pretty? 😀
Mandalas don’t have many rules. The basic idea is to create a symmetrical, circular design by adding consecutive rings of doodles. It’s fun to play with the position of the mandala – you can have it in the center of the page, running off the page, or in the corner, which is what Grace and I did. This is how the mandala looked from start to finish:
Wow. I realized this post is really short. XD Heh heh, oh well! I hope you enjoyed it, short though it may be! If you made some art inspired by this post, we’d love to see it! Visit this page to see how to help fill our art gallery.
Do you like doodling mandalas? Do you have a pen-pal?
***Allison***
This is such a great idea! I have a friend that I snail-mail with and she would love this. And I love zentangle, so I can’t wait to do this with her.
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Aww, hooray! I’m so happy you want to do this! I hope it turns out well!
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🙂
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This was so much fun to make with you, Allison! I’m so happy we’re pen pals. ❤
And it's so neat to see how our mandala has developed! Since we're going to make another one, I was wondering…would you be okay if I kept this one and you can keep the next one we'll do? I think it would be neat if you had the one I started and I had the one you started. 🙂
But whatever you prefer is fine with me! 😀
~Grace ❤
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YES, it was super fun! Aww, me tooooo! ♥
Sure, yep, that’s fine with me! I can’t wait to see how the next one turns out. 😀
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I had such a fun time making it! ♥
Okay, awesome! Me too. 🙂
~Grace ❤
P.S. Did Megan get the internet/PicMonkey back to working? She mentioned it wasn't working before. 🙂
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I know!
P. S. Yep… well actually I got it working. XD Heh heh, nah, it was probably just a coincidence, but it’s working now anyway! I shall skedaddle and let you chat with her… 😉 By the way, I love your blog design so far! Lookin’ good!
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Ooh, great job! *thunderous applause* Haha, okay! *hugs Allison* *waves* I think so, too! She’s doing a fabulous job!
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XD XD XD Yes!
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Ooh, cool! I love mandalas. It’s super cool the way you and Grace completed it! 🙂
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Thank you! Me too! Yeah, it was really fun!
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I really enjoyed this post! What a fun and creative idea. I did have a really good penpal for years, but we got out of touch in the past year and I don’t have her address. I keep hoping to reconnect. Have a lovely weekend!
❤ Alana
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Yay, I’m so glad you liked it!
Yep, we have a lot of fun together. 🙂 Aww, I hope you can reconnect to your pen-pal again! Thank you!
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Thanks Allison! Yes, I think that letter-writing is a lost art that needs to be kept alive 🙂
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Yes, I agree. There’s something so special about receiving a handwritten letter just for you. Plus you can’t add side notes and drawings or decorate envelopes with emails. 😉
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That’s true! I was obsessed with decorating envelopes. And loved picking out a new set of stamps from the post office 🙂
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Ha ha! That sounds like so much fun! We don’t really do special stamps but we love to decorate our envelopes – I’ll have to do a post about that sometime!
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That looks cool! 🙂
I have a pen-pal!
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Thanks!
Ooh, yay! 😀 It’s fun, isn’t it?
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It is! 🙂
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Great idea! I’ll have to try it…☺
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Yay, I’m glad you like it!
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This is SO cool!! I’ll have to ask Hayley if she wants to do this!! 😀
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Aww, thanks! I hope she does! 😀
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:D:D
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I love the idea of this! It looks so pretty too! ❤
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Thank you, Tabi! 😀
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Cool! I should really try doing mandalas, they look really pretty!
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Thanks! Yeah, I love mandalas! They’re really fun to make, too. 🙂
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You’re welcome !
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Lovely idea Allison
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Aww, thank you!
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That is SO pretty! What a cool idea! I love all the colors…
I do have a pen-pal, which you know or course. XD Maybe I could do something like this with Megan! 😀
-Clara ❤
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Aww, thanks! Hee hee, yeah!
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By the way, do you wanna trade ATC’s by mail? I can send one with my next letter if you like? 🙂
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Ooh, yes, that would be fun!
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Awesome! 😀
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You’ve been nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award!
https://beesandbutterflys.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/a-very-random-post-about-several-random-things/
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Aww, thank you!
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That’s so cool! I don’t have a pen pal, but I could do it with a friend of mine! Great idea!!
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Thanks, Bella! Yeah, it would work just as well with a friend!
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I loved this! What a great idea! I have over 25 pen-pals if you can believe it! LOL! 😀 I think I might try this with one of them! Thanks for the great idea! 😉
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WOW! That is amazing, Livy! You must be busy! I’m so glad you liked it, and I hope you can do it!
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I like tacos.
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Oh really. How intriguing. XD XD XD XD
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XD XD XD
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Ah this is beautiful! My sister draws loads of those!
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Aww, thanks! Yes, they’re kind of addicting, aren’t they?
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I should try that to teach myself patience. I love doodling and have used it to support blog content. I’m even offering a cartoon doodle to anyone who contributes here.
https://confederacyofdrones.com/2016/12/20/drones-groans-1/
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Ha ha, yep, it does take a bit of patience – but the result is really neat! 😀 Ooh yes, I love doodling too.
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Love this! Maybe you’d also like to visit my blog, it’s also about mandalas! Xx
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Thank you! Okay, I will go check it out. 🙂
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Like your work a lot.. ☺
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Why thank you! 😀
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