Back to yoga class

Posted on November 29, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Life, Mandala, positions, Relaxation, Relaxed, Yoga, yoga class, yoga pose2 Comments

After several weeks away from the yoga class I went back tonight. I do chair yoga as I cannot get up from the floor, but our teacher allows me to adapt positions so I can get the same effect. I also join in the breathing and relaxation parts of the session. The only thing I cannot do are inverted postures, where your head is on the ground and your legs and arms are raised so the blood goes to your head.

I have been doing yoga on and off for a few years, I don’t feel like I’m an expert, I’m not capable of doing some of the moves, but I try my best, which I think is a good part of yoga’s ethos. I am never going to be to do all the balances and postures, but it does help me relax.

Kaleidoscope

Posted on May 5, 2022May 8, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Drawing, Kaleidoscope, Life, Mandala, Meditation, Pattern, Sketching, Sketching app, Thinking, Time2 Comments

Kaleidoscope or Mandala using a sketch app on my phone, I think as I draw I try and create an interesting and satisfying pattern. You don’t know what you will end up with when you start, but I think it does help relax you. The app allows you to draw symmetrical patterns by repeating one line over and over again round a circle. I love playing with apps.

Swirls

Posted on November 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Addicted to art, Artrage oils, Design, Digital art, Fun, Life, Mandala, Pattern, Photodirector, SketchLeave a comment

Swirls drawn digitally. Artrage oils and photodirector. Draw swirls then play with editing options. You can do all sorts of things with digital apps. I feel like this is a little like a coral surface or a Mandala.

Pattern again, my thing, I suppose I will never get enough of it. Something happens in my brain and I have to do this. I’m addicted to art and patterns. I love convolutions.

Meditate

Posted on November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Design, Drawing, Life, Mandala, Meditation, metallic pens, Pattern, Sketching, TimeLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt is meditation. I wanted to do pattern to meditate on? I was trying to draw a mandala but it went a bit shaky and sideways. So I embellished it. Using various metallic pens.

Day five #MendNotTrend

Posted on January 20, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #MendNotTrend, day five, Drawing, drawing prompt, Life, Mandala, Sketching2 Comments

Today’s prompt for day five of #MendNotTrend was calm, do I tried to draw a mandala to meditate to, (not a corona virus!)

Two variations. The top one reminds me of a patterned tile. Drawn in Sketch app. I feel a little bit calmer.

Mandala?

Posted on May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Calming, Design, Doodle, Drawing, Fun, Layout app, Line drawing, Mandala, Relaxing, SketchLeave a comment

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Drawing really helps keep me calm. This is another doodle I started this morning. I’ve mirrored it to make it more symmetrical and to create a new pattern.

I like drawing in black ink, and by mirroring, it makes a simple act of putting pen to paper more complex.

I may cover the whole page. Might take a few more hours…..

Mandala.

Posted on May 25, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Drawing, Life, Mandala, Meditation, Memory, Pattern, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Random, ThoughtLeave a comment

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If I could find the centre of the universe,

would it encompass me?

Would this world be flung far out,

or be held by gravity?

Silent rainbows squirt sideways,

clouds billow outwards,

from the singularity.

Held by an umbilical arm,

tight fist entwined.

Give in to sorrow or joy.

Be free.

Mandala

Posted on August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Design, Mandala, Patterns, ReflectionsLeave a comment

I like creating kaleidoscopic patterns and this one reminded me of a Mandala I saw years ago.

I used to go to yoga sessions and loved relaxing and meditating. All I need now is some beautiful relaxing music.

By looking at something like this or drawing one you can take your mind away from the stresses of the outside world and start to relax. I understand why people like adult colouring books, and there is something I have heard of called zentangle, although I’m not exactly sure how that works.

I used to enjoy trying to draw celtic knots but haven’t done any for years. Perhaps that is the next thing to investigate. I wonder what it is that attracts people to pattern making. I know I love to do it.

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Tag: Mandala