Hand painted mandalas

[level_0]

to all

I like this corymbia ficifolia,OMG. (without the fairy )

[oldmangrumpy]

Erisian, Issabella, Teapot and level_0 - thank you for commenting.

Here is another gum leaf mandala, this time in gold and, level_0 , without fairies ( )

[level_0]

OMG, It's so beautiful that I do not even want to try!

[Erisian]

OMG, It's so beautiful that I do not even want to try![ Image ]

I understand how you feel. OMG is really good at this sort of thing and that last one was beautiful, but remember he's been doing this kind of thing for a long time. If you get some good brushes to play with, and play a lot with G'Mic filters, you will soon start finding your feet. You have a good imagination and you use colour very well. Just keep building on what you have learned.

[level_0]

I understand how you feel. OMG is really good at this sort of thing and that last one was beautiful, but remember he's been doing this kind of thing for a long time. If you get some good brushes to play with, and play a lot with G'Mic filters, you will soon start finding your feet. You have a good imagination and you use colour very well. Just keep building on what you have learned.

thank you for encouraging me, I try every day but as it's frustrating, I try other things hoping that one day I will click.

[Pat625]

My first Symmetry Painting Mandala:

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[Erisian]

My first Symmetry Painting Mandala:

Symmetry Painting 1.png

Nice. I'll have a packet of those.

[Erisian]

I've created a tutorial on how to make temporary brushes. I thought it might be useful in this topic.

[teapot]

Nice one Pat.

OMG, Beautiful gold work, are you sure you haven't got a stash of ancient treasure in your garden that you are digging up?

Nice tutorial Erisian.

I'm having computer upgrade problems so thought I'd do some knitting in the meantime

[Pat625]

Thanks Erisian and Teapot for your nice comments.
Erisian thank you for the PDF on Temp brushes. I can use that!

[Erisian]

teapot - that is really beautiful. How did you do it?

I played with a new idea - giving a 3d effect to a 2d mandala.

[level_0]

I've created a tutorial on how to make temporary brushes. I thought it might be useful in this topic.

Erisian

I'd do some knitting in the meantime

teapot,you made knitting and me several hours for crochet!

[oldmangrumpy]

Erisian and Level_0 - change of pace and pattern; nice.

Teapot - yours too is different , so ... imitation is a sincere form of flattery

[Erisian]

level_0 - AnMal took one look at that one and said "WOW!" It's really nice.

OMG - another beauty.

[sallyanne]

All the recent ones are really nice. I liked the gold one OMG so did one with a couple brushes, BR and 3D extrusion. No where near as good but I had a go.

[Pat625]

Beautiful, Sallyanne!

[teapot]

teapot - that is really beautiful. How did you do it?

I played with a new idea - giving a 3d effect to a 2d mandala.

Thanks Erisian, I drew it with the MyPaint chalk brush and the mandala starting with 100 points. Your 3D is very effective

level_0, OMG, and sallyanne, really lovely mandalas I'd wondered how that 3D effect was done so good to know it's called 3D extrusion but what is BR?

[sallyanne]

@ teapot, BR is "Bevel Reflect"

[Erisian]

sallyanne - that last one of yours is a real beauty. It would be nice with a mirror in the middle.

[oldmangrumpy]

Sallyanne - neat effect and interesting idea from Erisian; might try it out.

This Gimp symmetry facility is addictive and lends itself to experimentation.